James Battin

James Battin
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, Washington
USA
james.battin@noaa.gov

I’m a conservation biologist whose research interests fall into two broad—and somewhat overlapping—areas: (1) animal population dynamics, with an emphasis on modeling population responses to environmental change, and (2) multi-scale habitat selection by animals—again focusing on how animals respond to changes in their environment. I’ve studied these issues in a number of systems, working with both birds and fish. In both areas, I think complex systems approaches could provide significant improvements to current practice. In particular, I’m interested in applying techniques developed for financial risk assessment to population viability modeling and in exploring new approaches to modeling habitat selection at multiple scales.

Currently, I’m finishing up a postdoc modeling salmon responses to climate change and habitat restoration. I did my Ph.D. work at Northern Arizona University, and I’m looking forward to returning to the beautiful, sunny Southwest.