Dr. Priya Ramaswamy
Field Biology & Wildlife Survey Methodologist
Field ecologist and independent research consultant; advises citizen-science programs on bird-survey methodology and counting protocol.
Priya completed her doctorate in ecology in 2015 and has spent the last decade splitting time between field-survey research, citizen-science program design, and methodology consulting for natural-resources agencies. Her field work concentrates on neotropical migrant songbirds, but she has spent enough time on shorebird counts and breeding-bird surveys to be opinionated about every kind of clicker.
She writes for the working naturalist — the regional checklist coordinator, the citizen scientist trying to keep her county breeding-bird atlas honest, the teacher running a school-yard survey.
Credentials
- PhD, Ecology
- 10+ years field research and methodology consulting
Areas of focus
- Field ornithology
- Citizen-science methodology
- Breeding-bird and migration counts
Writes in
EN, HN
