Karen T. Mabb, PhD Candidate
- Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
- 14 College Farm Rd
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Office: (732) 932-1050 (box #2)
- Lab: (732) 932-3313
- www.parrotproject.org
- kmabb@eden.rutgers.edu
Research Interests:
I am on track to graduate Spring 2007. I am interested in Ecology, Population Biology, Resource Management, Environmental Science, and Biogeography. I started my academic career interested solely in ornithology. I tend to ask the questions in regard to why birds do what they do, and where are they doing it. I have since discovered that I enjoy geography and the techniques used in Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, etc. I am interested in the field of restoration ecology because I am fascinated by the idea that we can restore ravished, degraded areas to some level of ecosystem functioning, where these areas would otherwise lie stark, fallow unusable wasteland. I am interested in the field of conservation biology because I feel that if the ecosystems and species of this earth are lost, so then are we.
Personal Interests:
Back when I actually had spare time, I seem to remember enjoying a lot of things. I have a vague recollection of reading for pleasure, hiking in the outdoors for non-research purposes, birding for non-research purposes, and being avid Los Angeles Kings fan. I love traveling. Among my favorite places are Monterey (CA), Monterrey (MX), Montana, Idaho, southeastern Arizona, northeastern Arizona, and southern San Diego County (not necessarily in that order). I have a fascination for birds, but most especially crested, conspicuous, obnoxious, brightly colored, raucous birds (in that order). You can keep the little brown ones.
