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!
Valentina has a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is interested in how animals cope with the changes humans make to our environment. Her dissertation research focused on the effects of light pollution on birds and she plans to pursue a research career investigating how urbanization affects avian ecology and evolution. In this field, she is also committed to bridging the gap between humans and their environment and increasing diversity in STEM education.