Amy Van Scoyoc

Amy Van Scoyoc is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science and Environment at UC Berkeley (DSE). As a wildlife ecologist and data scientist, Amy focuses on understanding how society, land-use, and climate affect biodiversity using a suite of spatial tools.

Amy comes to DSE after working with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement large-scale biodiversity monitoring across the Mojave desert and measure the impact of extreme drought on desert wildlife. Amy obtained a PhD in Environmental Science from UC Berkeley, with an emphasis on animal movement and remote sensing, and a BS degree in Biology from Dartmouth College.