Join BirdNote tomorrow, November 30th!
Illustrator David Sibley and actor H. Jon Benjamin will face off in the bird illustration battle of the century during BirdNote's Year-end Celebration and Auction!
Joanna (she/her) is an ornithologist and ecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. Joanna is studying survival and habitat use differences between female and male birds. Her research also identifies biases in scientific studies and exploring how anthropogenic changes differently impact the sexes of birds. Joanna is committed to amplifying underrepresented voices in science and is a member of The Galbatross Project — a collective of scientists, birders, writers, and conservationists dedicated to raising awareness about often-overlooked female birds.
From 2016 to 2021, Joanna served as an Avian Ecologist & Project Manager at the National Audubon Society, where she contributed to climate change analysis, authored reports and publications, and engaged in conservation efforts and public outreach. Prior to this, from 2013 to 2016, she worked at the Institute for Bird Populations in the San Francisco Bay Area as a biologist, focusing on the study of songbirds, bumblebees, and owls in the Sierra Nevada in post-fire habitats. Joanna completed her master's degree at the University of Hawai‘i, Hilo, where she conducted research on movements and seed dispersal services of the endemic thrush, the ‘Ōma‘o.
When she is not working, Joanna enjoys running, camping, birding, and birding while running.