Ornithology and Citizen Science
May 25, 2021 7:15 AM
Olivia Sanderfoot
Ornithology and Citizen Science

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Olivia Sanderfoot is a Ph.D. candidate in the Quantitative Ecology Lab at the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. She studies how urban air pollution and wildfire smoke affect birds and other wildlife using community science data and field measurements.

She holds two degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including a Bachelor of Science in biology, Spanish, and environmental studies and a master’s degree in environmental science. She is driven by her passion for environmental policy and conservation, her love for birds, and her strong belief in the Wisconsin Idea, the philosophy that a university’s research should be applied to solve problems and improve the health, well-being, and environment of the community it serves.

She has previously worked as Student Programs Director for the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability and as Interim Education Director at the Madison Audubon Society. 

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