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Junxiong Zhou

Junxiong Zhou is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science and Environment at UC Berkeley (DSE). Junxiong focuses on understanding the climate change impact on livestock globally.

November 19, 2025
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DSE postdoc and collaborators co-author new paper in Science Advances

Kendall Calhoun, former postdoc in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management is the lead author on a new study in Science Advances that finds human-wildlife conflicts increased during drought. DSE postdoc Amy Van Scoyoc and faculty advisor Justin Brashares contributed to this research.
November 13, 2025
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New Study from DSE and the Karuk Wildlife Team Combines Citizen Science and Local Indigenous Knowledge in Novel Approach to Biodiversity Monitoring

DSE and the Karuk Wildlife Team are thrilled to share new research in Ecology and Evolution that validates the importance of implementing local Indigenous knowledge in studies on biodiversity and population changes over time. Our paper provides groundbreaking analysis on how the Wildlife Team’s traditional knowledge, research, and citizen-science efforts support elk restoration and presents a potential model for Indigenous-led conservation efforts worldwide. It was co-written by DSE team members, the Karuk Wildlife Team, and former postdoctoral researchers in the UC Berkeley Department of...
October 31, 2025

Jessenia Chan

Jessenia Chan is a freshman at Berkeley majoring in Data Science. At DSE, she is working on the GeoJupyter/JupyterGIS project, contributing TypeScript code to enhance the STAC browser interface. Outside DSE, she enjoys building projects that contribute to the community. Her hobbies include playing classical music, running, and chilling.

October 30, 2025
house sparrow (Imran Shah)

Kristin Davis Uncovers Nuanced Songbird Population Responses Between North America & Europe

Our ability to predict how any given species will respond to the environmental changes that are happening in our world - like extreme temperatures and drought - hinges on a fundamental ecological assumption: the niche conservatism hypothesis. This hypothesis posits that a species' ecological niche, or the set of environmental conditions where individuals can survive and reproduce, remains stable over space and time. But is that assumption too simplistic? Modeling Abundance Data Reveals Niche Differences Within Conserved Boundaries Kristin Davis, DSE postdoctoral researcher, is the lead author...
October 29, 2025

Annie Gao

Annie Gao is a junior at Berkeley double majoring in Computer Science and Economics. At DSE, she is working on the GeoJupyter/JupyterGIS project, contributing TypeScript code to enhance the STAC browser interface and support broader geospatial data access in JupyterLab. Outside DES, she enjoys drawing, traveling, and exploring good food.

October 24, 2025
Marcov chain

A brief primer on Hidden Markov Models

DSE postdoc and UC Berkeley D-Lab Data Science Fellow, Amy Van Scoyoc, overviews a robust, lightweight modeling approach that researchers in computer vision, speech recognition, bioinformatics, animal movement, and more may find useful.
October 22, 2025

Andrew Schoenen

Andrew Schoenen is a senior at UC Berkeley double majoring in Computer Science and Ecosystem Management and Forestry. At DSE, he is an intern working on creating tools to more intuitively visualize and understand the changing ranges of Joshua Trees, and to better track their movement in the context of wildfire recovery and changing climate conditions.

 

October 15, 2025