Acoustics Lab Co-Lead; Bioacoustics Ecologist
jay.mcentee@briwildlife.org

Jay joined BRI in 2025, where he co-leads the Wildlife Remote Acoustics and Imagery Lab (WRAIL). Jay came to BRI from the academic world, having taught a variety of courses (statistical methods, biogeography, ornithology, population genetics) and run a research lab studying bird diversity at Missouri State University, where he continues to serve as an adjunct faculty member.

After spending much of the last two decades focusing on the evolution and maintenance of biodiversity over longer time scales, he now apply his biodiversity knowledge and analytical skills more directly to conservation at BRI. He is deeply interested in applying and improving remote/passive approaches to surveying and monitoring biodiversity.

• University of California, Berkeley, 2013 – Ph.D., Integrative Biology
• University of California, Berkely, 2002 – B.A., Integrative Biology

• Bioacoustics
• Machine learning approaches to biodiversity science/conservation
• Statistics

• Missouri State University (MSU) College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS) Student-Nominated Award for Excellence (2023)
• MSU CNAS Faculty Excellence in Teaching (2023)
• MSU Faculty Research Grants 2019 & 2022