Core EcoHMM members
Théo Michelot
PhD student in statistics at the University of Sheffield. Main driver behind moveHMM and generally our expert on all programming issues. Favourite study species: haggises and wombats. Loves chocolate.
Vianey Leos-Barajas
PhD student in statistics at Iowa State University. Wide interests ranging from time series models and visualisation techniques to ecological applications. Favourite study species: sharks and manta rats (sic!). Loves chocolate.
Timo Adam
PhD student in statistics at Bielefeld University. Particularly interested in method development for nonparametric HMMs and keen to get involved in applied projects. Favourite study species: marine mammals. Loves chocolate.
Jennifer Pohle
PhD student in statistics at Bielefeld University. Currently working on model selection issues with HMMs. Favourite study species: wildcats. Loves chocolate.
Roland Langrock
Professor of statistics and data analysis at Bielefeld University. Equally interested in HMM method development and (any) applications of HMMs. Favourite study species: sharks and whales. Loves chocolate.
Toby A. Patterson
Senior research scientist at CSIRO in Tasmania. Extensive experience in animal movement modelling. Favourite study species: those that obey statistical assumptions. Doesn't mind chocolate.
Theoni Photopoulou
Postdoc in quantitative ecology at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and University of Cape Town. Interested in animal movement modelling, HMMs in general, wannabe methods developer. Favourite study species: sharks and seals. Loves chocolate.
Juan M. Morales
Researcher at INIBIOMA-CRUB, CONICET. Teaches quantitative ecology at Universidad Nacional del Comahue in Bariloche. Favourite study species at the moment: sheep. Kinda likes chocolate.
Stacy L. DeRuiter
Assistant professor of statistics at Calvin College. Interested in modelling data from high-resolution animal borne tags, bioacoustics, and too many other things. Favourite study species: whales, dolphins, porpoises! Of course she loves chocolate.
Other people working on HMMs
We decided to keep the core EcoHMM group relatively small to guarantee smooth and efficient communication between us and also with users. However, there are of course a number of other researchers working in this area who have additional expertise and experience on HMMs not covered by us. People working on ecological applications of HMMs include (in completely random order):
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Olivier Gimenez, Devin Johnson, Martin Pedersen, Iain MacDonald, David Borchers, Jeff Laake, Ruth King, Roger Pradel, Marie Auger-Méthé, Walter Zucchini, Len Thomas, Rémi Choquet, Ben Augustine, Brett McClintock, ...
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If you contact us and we feel that any of the individuals listed above is better qualified to help you than ourselves, then we'll tell you so.
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(Did we forget to include you or someone else on this list?
Then please contact us and we'll fix it.)
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