Skills

Data & Analysis Skills

  • Data analysis, management, and manipulation
    • Spatial analysis
    • Machine learning
    • Climate modelling
    • Conservation planning
    • Movement analysis
    • Big data analysis
  • Telemetry
  • Habitat analysis
  • Experimental design

Software & Tools

  • R programming
  • QGIS
  • GitHub
  • Open Science Framework
  • Web Development (HTML, CSS, Astro)
  • Version control

Research & Project Management

  • Project management
  • Literature search
  • Experimental design
  • Conservation planning
  • Data organization & curation

Communication & Outreach

  • Technical & report writing
  • Scientific publications
  • Distilling complex information
  • Blogging & Social Media
  • Teaching

Education

Ph.D. Biology - York University, Canada

  • 2016-2020
  • Dissertation: "The effects of climate change on bumble bee movement and habitat selection"
  • Supervisor: Dr. Sheila Colla, York University, Canada

M.Sc. Biology - York University, Canada

  • 2014-2016
  • Dissertation: "Nursing back to health: Shrubs facilitate the restoration of native forbs with reductions in non-native competition in an invaded arid shrubland."
  • Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Lortie, York University, Canada

Spec. Hons. B.Sc. Biology - York University, Canada

  • 2009 - 2013
  • Honours thesis: "A desert nurse plant (Larrea tridentata) facilitates the germination and seed characteristics of winter annuals in California."
  • Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Lortie, York University, Canada

Amanda Liczner graduation headshot