I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science. I moved to Pōneke Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand in August 2024.

 

My thesis topic title is "Building Tools for Community Science Datasets to Model Bird Populations and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Aotearoa New Zealand".

Supervisors

Kris Bubendorfer, Markus Lukzac-Roesch

  Proposal Abstract

Community science platforms have enabled the creation of global observational datasets which afford unprecedented insights into natural biodiversity. The heterogeneous nature of the data presents significant challenges for standardisation, quality assurance, quality control, and workflow management.

The goal of my research is:

• to build tools that enable researchers to use these datasets with higher degrees of certainty;
• to develop workflows to allow for standardised, reproducible processing of the data;
• to use case studies that offer meaningful insights into how community science can be used to understand epidemiology and population demographics;
• to use this to inform public policy.

I focus, in particular, on bird populations in Aoteaora New Zealand and Oceania, and on predicting the oncoming significant threat posed by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

 

Get in touch!

I am very open to collaboration on any of topics above.