About Me
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, under the supervision of Allison Shaw and John Fieberg. I am fortunate to be supported by fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the University of Minnesota (UMN).
My research focuses on developing and applying statistical and mathematical models to problems in movement ecology. During my PhD, I worked on animal movement modeling to detect unobservable disease dynamics and memory processes in animal movement. Previously, I studied statistics at the University of Minnesota, Morris where I worked on developing Bayesian hierarchical models and generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs).
Research Interests
- Applied statistics and methods in movement ecology
- Mathematical theory in movement ecology
Publications
In preparation
- Kim D, Whyle K, Mertes K, Fieberg J, & Stabach JA, (in preparation) Detecting disease from animal movement using hidden Markov models
- Chatterjee N, Wolfson DW, Kim D, Freeman S, Kelly A, Hodson J, & Fieberg J. (in preparation) Synthesis of methods to analyze responses to linear features using telemetry data.
- Shaw AK, Cagnacci F, McCoy K, … Kim D, …, Wolfson DW, Yanco S. (in preparation) Perceived and observed biases in the field of movement ecology: a case study.
In review
- Kim D, Thompson P, Wolfson DW, Merkle J, Oliveira-Santos L. G. R, Forester J, Avgar T, Lewis MA, & Fieberg J. (in review). Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements.
- Gould E, Fraser HS, Parker TH, Nakagawa S, Griffith SC, Vesk PA, Kim D,… & Meiners SJ (in review). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology.
- Torstenson MS, Wolfson DW, Safran SM, Walton DJ, Halberg AB, Kim D, Tan YF, Kramer GR, & Andersen DE. (in review) North American bird migration in the context of conservation: a review
- Shaw AK, Ales R, Bisesi AT, Kim D, Lutz P, Narayanan N, Shao C, Torstenson MS, & Wojan CM. (in review) Six strategies for framing theoretical research questions.
Published
- Chatterjee N, Wolfson D, Kim D, Velez J, Freeman S, Bacheler NM, Shertzer K, & Fieberg J. (2024). Modeling individual variability in habitat selection and movement using integrated step-selection analyses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1-14.
- Kim, D., & Shaw, A. K. (2021). Migration and tolerance shape host behaviour and response to parasite infection. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(10), 2315-2324.