TESSA RHINEHART

Hi! I am a David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Looking for Smith Fellowship application tips? Check here.) 

I study wildlife ecology and conservation using quantitative techniques, including autonomous sensing, machine learning, and hierarchical modeling. 

To monitor animals at landscape scales, I develop and apply methods that use machine-learning classifiers to catalog biodiversity captured on acoustic recorders and camera traps for moths.

I obtained my PhD in the stellar Kitzes Lab at the University of Pittsburgh.

In addition to my research, I am passionate about birding (eBird profile), science communication (articles), and developing open-source tools for birders and ecologists (projects).