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Profile Summary

I connect people to science. I am a conservation biologist with broad training in data management, analysis, modeling, literature review and synthesis, and science communication. I make space for stakeholders and scientists to design data-driven solutions to real world problems, and communicate their findings with visualizations and story for engagement and education.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Ecology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

The Forest Stewards Guild

September 2018 - Present

Research Associate

Pacific Northwest College of Art

June 2017 - Present

Assistant Professor of Biology

Linfield College

July 2015 - June 2017

Biological Consultant (ornithology)

Crag Law Center

June 2016 - October 2016

Biological Consultant (wetlands and wildlife)

Dudek Environmental Consultants

March 2015 - August 2015

Academic Coordinator Salton Sea Initiative

University of California Irvine

October 2013 - June 2015

Assistant Professor of Biology

Pacific University

August 2012 - June 2013

Postdoctoral Fellow

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

September 2009 - September 2011

Education

PhD

University of Connecticut

August 2000 - October 2007

PhD (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

University of Connecticut

August 2000 - October 2007

BSc.

The Evergreen State College

August 1988 - June 1992

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

OTHER

Gregor Yanega, Douglas A. Barnum, Timothy Bradley, Michael Cohen, Bruce Wilcox(2017). State of the Salton Sea{\textemdash}A science and monitoring meeting of scientists for the Salton Sea . {US} Geological Survey

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Gavin, M.C., Botero, C.A., Bowern, C., Colwell, R.K., Dunn, M., Dunn, R.R., Gray, R.D., Kirby, K.R., McCarter, J., Powell, A., et al.(2013). Toward a mechanistic understanding of linguistic diversity . BioScience. 63. (7). p. 524-535.

M.L. Smith, G.M. Yanega, A. Ruina(2011). Elastic instability model of rapid beak closure in hummingbirds . Journal of Theoretical Biology. 282. (1). p. 41--51. Elsevier {BV}

Carina Gjerdrum, Gregor M. Yanega, Douglas F. Bertram(2006). Bill harnesses on nestling Tufted Puffins influence adult provisioning behavior . Journal of Field Ornithology. 77. (3). p. 329--334. Wiley-Blackwell

Gregor M. Yanega, Margaret A. Rubega(2004). Feeding mechanisms: Hummingbird jaw bends to aid insect capture . Nature. 428. (6983). p. 615--615. Springer Nature

Cryan, P.M., Bogan, M.A., Yanega, G.M.(2001). Roosting habits of four bat species in the black hills of South Dakota . Acta Chiropterologica. 3. (1). p. 43-52.