TESSA RHINEHART

Hi! I am a conservation ecologist focused on unraveling the mechanisms behind how our changing Earth influences species demography—abundance, survival, and reproduction. 

I use scalable quantitative techniques, including autonomous sensing, machine learning, and hierarchical modeling, to understand even highly localized processes at landscape scales.

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