I am an ecologist, with particular interests in species distributions, interspecific interactions, feeding ecology, and conservation of birds. Fundamentally, I am fascinated by the various reasons why species are distributed where they are, and how new sources of data (especially "citizen"/participatory science) can expand our knowledge of those patterns.
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Together with a team of collaborators and students, my research work is focused on seabirds of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean.  I am a Assistant Professor at Thomas College, in Waterville, Maine, where I primarily focus on preparing students for careers in the sciences and related professions. I also continue to collaborate with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and staff aboard expedition cruise vessels in polar regions, working on projects to use eBird data to map seabird distributions.
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Contact:
michael.schrimpf [at] thomas.edu
Thomas College
180 West River Road
Waterville, Maine 04901

See more pictures from my fieldwork in my Flickr album here.

You can watch my remote PhD defense (from 15 Apr 2020) here on Youtube.

Learn more about my research by clicking on the following images, or by going to the Reseach tab above:

The Antarctic

Projects

Analysis