Department
International Arctic Research Center
Organization
DOE
Email
olivia.alee@gmail.com
Phone
936-333-7239
Address
88-1544 Pikake Avenue
Captain Cook , Hawaii 96704United StatesBioOlivia Lee is Research Assistant Professor at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She studies the effects of sea ice change on Arctic pinnipeds by combining observations from subsistence hunters with remote sensing satellite imagery. She is also involved in interdisciplinary work and scenarios on Arctic coastal change. She is the former science lead for the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH), and has experience working on marine policy issues as a former Knauss fellow at the National Science Foundation. Olivia is a former ARCUS Board Member, and has worked for ARCUS on issues related to the Arctic Observing Network and was a postdoctoral researcher for the the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) program. She has a PhD in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University.

Interests

Sea Ice, Life Science, Interdisciplinary Research, Indigenous Knowledge, Citizen Science

Science Specialties

Marine mammal ecology, sea ice habitat, community based observing networks

Current Research

Arctic sea ice habitat and marine ecosystem change in coastal Alaska.