I'm an ecosystem ecologist generally interested in how to incorporate animals into current ecological paradigms. Presently, my work explores how animals shape and respond to their environments, and how societal values influence the ways we conserve ecosystems and the species within them.
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Appointments: Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (2025 - ) Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Univeristy (2024-2025) Board Member, Alaska Future Ecology Institute Education: Ph.D, Yale School of the Environment (2024) MPhil., Yale School of the Environment (2022) MSc., Vanderbilt University (2018) BSc., Boston College (2015) Contact: email: [email protected] or [email protected] Bluesky: @kristymferraro.bsky.social google scholar CV Pronouns: She/Her |
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New Paper Alert: Do animals create hotspots or hot moments? Check out our bibliometric analysis that synthesizes both the spatiotemporal scope of research and the range of methodological approaches used to study zoogeochemical inputs.
Animals don't just respond to their environments - they transform them! Check out our new paper in TREE describing Zoogeochemical Niche Construction.
Storytelling in ecological and conservation writing is essential, but relying on tropes such as the hero-villain is problematic. Check out our paper that outlines the problems with the hero-villain narrative in science writing, and provides fun alternatives, the BioScience Talks podcast, and our piece in The Conversation!
We often ask how a species affects an ecosystem. But what about all of them—together? Our paper outlines a framework that predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
I'm honored to have won the Georgina Mace Prize from Ecological Solutions and Evidence for our paper quantifying the nutrients lost from Scottish landscapes due to deer culling practices!
Animals don't just respond to their environments - they transform them! Check out our new paper in TREE describing Zoogeochemical Niche Construction.
Storytelling in ecological and conservation writing is essential, but relying on tropes such as the hero-villain is problematic. Check out our paper that outlines the problems with the hero-villain narrative in science writing, and provides fun alternatives, the BioScience Talks podcast, and our piece in The Conversation!
We often ask how a species affects an ecosystem. But what about all of them—together? Our paper outlines a framework that predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
I'm honored to have won the Georgina Mace Prize from Ecological Solutions and Evidence for our paper quantifying the nutrients lost from Scottish landscapes due to deer culling practices!