Elizabeth Ng
Albuquerque,NM
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
PhD Graduate Assistant
University of New Mexico, NM
08.2025 - Current
- Co-advised by Dr. Matt Hurteau (UNM) and Dr. Gavin Jones (USFS)
- Funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and USFS grant
- Thesis will focus on Mexican spotted owl responses to changing management and disturbance regimes in the Southwest
- Techniques will include: bayesian occupancy modeling, stable isotope analysis, VHF radio transmitters, step-wise selection functions, etc.
- Results will inform resilience oriented management recommendations under future climactic changes
Masters Student
University Of Wisconsin Madison
09.2023 - 08.2025
- Thesis advisors: Dr. Zach Peery (UW Madison) and Dr. Connor Wood (Cornell)
- Conducted an independent research project comparing the relative effects of fuels management, high severity fire, and drought-related tree mortality on spotted owl occupancy
- Translated results into relevant management recommendations provided to USFS Region 5, presented at TWS-WS annual conference 2025
- Techniques included: occupancy modeling, bioacoustic monitoring, remotely sensed data wrangling
- Submitted 3 papers completed during this program as a cluster submission to FEM (in review)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Wisconsin Madison
09.2019 - 08.2023
- Primary advisors: Dr. Kate McGinn, Dr. Zach Peery, and Dr. Kristin Brunk
- Conducted mentor guided and independent research of anthropogenic effects on avian communities.
- Published 3 undergraduate research papers, including 1 first author paper
- Aided in processing acoustic data and streamlining bioacoustic score thresholding to minimize false positives.
- Processed feather material for mass spectrometry and interpreted results.
Education
Master of Science - Wildlife Biology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI08-2025
Bachelor of Science - Conservation Biology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI12-2022
Skills
- Science Communication
- Grant writing and editing
- Quantitative ecology
- Mentoring - emphasis on underrepresented groups in ecology
Accomplishments
- 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellow (awarded as an undergrad)
- 3 published papers, 3 currently under review
- Selected as graduate student representative on faculty search committee (2024-2025)
- Grader and editor for ENT201 (200+ students)
- Peery lab undergraduate advisor (hiring, mentoring, supervising)
- UW Madison Hoofers Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion President
Timeline
PhD Graduate Assistant
University of New Mexico, NM
08.2025 - Current
Masters Student
University Of Wisconsin Madison
09.2023 - 08.2025
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Wisconsin Madison
09.2019 - 08.2023
Master of Science - Wildlife Biology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bachelor of Science - Conservation Biology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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