{"id":3463,"date":"2025-10-20T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/?page_id=3463"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:53:17","slug":"laura-morris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/laura-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3463\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3463-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3463-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3463-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-3463-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2><strong>Laura Morris<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3463-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3463-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3463-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3465\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_7353-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_7353-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_7353-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_7353-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_7353-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3464\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_5022-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_5022-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_5022-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_5022-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/birdmam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/IMG_5022-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3463-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3463-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>I graduated\u00a0from UC Davis in March 2025 with a Bachelor's degree in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology. During my undergraduate degree, I was able to work on a variety of research\u00a0projects including tracking songbird nocturnal migration in relation to anthropogenic light disturbance, training an AI software with the end goal of identifying individuals from local wildlife populations via camera trap data, and leading a literature meta-analysis examining I-5 as a trans-continental barrier to terrestrial mammalian movement. I am currently writing a manuscript for the latter project, which will soon be submitted for peer-review.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In relation to marine ecology, my primary interests lie in seabird and sea duck research, specifically migration tracking and anthropogenic impacts relating to climate change. At MLML's\u00a0Vertebrate Ecology Lab, I am helping out with the stranding network and stable isotope analysis for elephant seal research.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Morris &nbsp; &nbsp; I graduated\u00a0from UC Davis in March 2025 with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology. 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