Ornithology
Wild bird populations are facing more anthropogenic challenges than ever. My research is dedicated to evaluating existing environmental damage, and to address the information gaps essential to support future impact mitigation.
Francesca Gray
I am an avian ecologist with a passion for applied research and data science in an ecological setting. I am passionate about understanding how environmental stressors impact wild bird populations, with particular focus on addressing data gaps critical to mitigating anthropogenic challenges in a rapidly changing environment.
I completed a NERC-funded PhD researching the effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wild bird populations at the University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Swiss Ornithological Institute (Vogelwarte). My main focus during my PhD was to understand how individuals vary in exposure and consequences of POPs across geographical, temporal, migratory and life-history data, in the Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba).
I currently have four peer-reviewed publications (two first-author publications with a fifth as an advanced manuscript). You can see my list of publications here.
