Director of BRI’s Net Positive Initiative; Co-Director of the Applied Ecology Group; Senior Quantitative Ecologist
Holly Goyert, Program Director and Senior Quantitative Ecologist.
Holly Goyert, Ph.D.
Director of BRI’s Net Positive Initiative; Co-Director of the Applied Ecology Group; Senior Quantitative Ecologist
Email: holly.goyert@briwildlife.org
As a quantitative marine ecologist, Holly has dedicated the last couple decades of her career to quantifying interactions between marine communities of birds, mammals, fish, and invertebrates, from the seafloor to above the sea surface. She spent years collecting data both at sea aboard ships, and onshore within seabird colonies. She uses hierarchical statistical models to estimate the exposure of marine biological communities to offshore energy development. At the intersection of her public and private sector technical experience, she leads the Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative working group for Marine Spatial Planning. Holly speaks fluent Spanish and has both lived and worked in various locales throughout North and South America.
Education & Certifications
- Ph.D. in Biology – CUNY GC, CSI, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB) program, 2013
- B.S., Biopsychology and Environmental Studies- Tufts University, 2003
Research Interests
- Conservation
- Behavioral Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Marine Biology
- Population Biology
- Spatial Ecology
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