Speaker: Dr. Ryan Kelly
Associate Director, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
Director of the eDNA Collaborative
Abstract
Resource management often requires quantitative estimates of abundance for species of interest. Consequently it is important to understand and communicate the ways in which environmental DNA (eDNA) observations do — and do not — relate to underlying abundance.
Here Dr. Ryan Kelly will highlight ongoing quantitative work in both single-species and multi-species contexts and at a range of spatial scales, with particular emphasis on eDNA being used for practical management purposes. As eDNA analyses become more common and more sophisticated, it is increasingly tractable to know more precisely what we’re measuring.
Speaker Bio:
Trained as both an ecologist and a lawyer, Ryan Kelly has a broad set of interests, focused both on hard scientific data and policymakers’ use of those data. Ryan joins genetic and ecological research with real-world implementation in law and policy, particularly with respect to environmental monitoring and resource management. He is the Director of the eDNA Collaborative and Associate Director of the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs within the University of Washington’s College of the Environment.