Vijay Ramesh, Ph.D.
I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. My research is focused on understanding how the environment shapes the ecology and behavior of tropical montane birds. I use an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach that borrows from conservation bioacoustics, citizen science, and historical ecology.
This is a clip of one of my favorite bird species, the Malabar Whistling Thrush—in this clip, you can hear two individuals communicating with each other:
Year Hired: 2022
Contact Information
Email: vr292@cornell.edu
Social Media: Website, Google scholar
Degree(s):
Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
M.A., Conservation Biology, Columbia University
B.Tech., Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering
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