Kaitlyn O'Brien
She/her/his
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Commercial Fisheries, Fisheries Conservation, Fisheries Ecology, Fisheries Management, Fisheries Oceanography, Marine Ecology
17101 Point Lena Loop Rd.
Juneau, AK 99801
kaobrien4@alaska.edu
Ph.D. Marine Science
2024
Humboldt State University (now California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt)
B.S. Marine Fisheries Biology and Applied Statistics
2017
Quantitative marine ecologist and spatial scientist with research experience evaluating climate impacts, oceanographic drivers, and ecosystem variability to advance marine resource management and stock assessment science. Specializes in spatiotemporal modeling (e.g., sdmTMB, VAST, tinyVAST), multivariate ecological analysis, and species distribution modeling. By directly integrating multi-decadal oceanographic reanalysis and satellite remote sensing products (e.g., ERA5, GLORYS, OC-CCI) into fisheries research, my work evaluates the consequences of changing ocean conditions on living marine resources.
- Spatiotemporal modeling
- Populations dynamics
- Quantitative marine ecology
Current project: Spatially resolving borealization in the Bering Sea and implications for fisheries management