Presentation
Building Networks for Urban Wildlife Research: Biodiversity and Disease Across Cities
One Health in Action Seminar: Building Networks for Urban Wildlife Research: Biodiversity and Disease Across Cities Mason Fidino, PhD Ecology and Evolution Faculty, University of Chicago Senior Quantitative Ecologist Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo
Building Networks for Urban Wildlife Research: Biodiversity and Disease Across Cities
One Health in Action Seminar: Building Networks for Urban Wildlife Research: Biodiversity and Disease Across Cities Mason Fidino, PhD Ecology and Evolution Faculty, University of Chicago Senior Quantitative Ecologist Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo
Hill Pavilion, room 130, also available on zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94830557774
Mason Fidino is a senior quantitative ecologist that works in the Conservation & Science department at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois. Mason’s research, for the most part, is in biodiversity informatics. He integrates large and complex data sources, develops new quantitative techniques and software, and uses high-performance computing to determine how biodiversity responds to environmental change across multiple spatiotemporal scales. Mason is especially interested in understanding ecological principles in urban environments and, through their research, looks for ways to leverage the vast data sources that exist in cities to answer pressing social-ecological issues.