Intro
Hello! I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. My current research focuses on spatial statistics and recursive computing approaches for fisheries data.
I received my PhD in Statistics from Colorado State University where I was co-advised by Mevin Hooten and Matthew Koslovsky. My dissertation work focused on computationally efficient Bayesian approaches for joint modeling of eclectic data sources. A primary application of this work was an integrated population model for lesser prairie-chicken that combined aerial, ground, and telemetry surveys to improve estimates of range-wide abundance.
I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Agricultural Biology at Colorado State University advised by Cynthia Brown and Mevin Hooten. I collaborated with BromeCast, an interdisciplinary team of researchers seeking to understand and predict the evolution of cheatgrass under climate change.
Education
Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO, USA
Ph.D. in Statistics (Thesis: Integrated Statistical Models in Ecology ) | 2019 - 2023
University of Wisconsin-Parkside | Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
B.S. in Mathematics & Environmental Studies | 2015 - 2019
Recent News
New paper accepted in Methods in Ecology and Evolution:
- Goel, N, C.M. Bossu, J.J. Van Ee, E. Zavaleta, K.C. Ruegg, M.B. Hooten (In Press). Identifying genomic adaptation to local climate using a mechanistic evolutionary model. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
New paper accepted in Ecology:
- Vahsen, M.L., T.M. Maxwell, D.M. Blumenthal, D. Gamba, M.J. Germino, M.B. Hooten, J.R. Lasky, E.A Leger, N. Pirtel, L.M. Porensky, S. Romero, J.J. Van Ee, S.M. Copeland, D.J. Ensing, P.B. Adler. (In Press). Phenological sensitivity of Bromus tectorum genotypes depends on current and source environments. Ecology.
New paper accepted in JABES:
- Van Ee, J.J., C.A. Hagen, D.C. Pavlacky Jr., D.A. Haukos, A.J. Lawrence, A.M. Tanner, B.A. Grisham, K.A. Fricke, L.G. Rossi, G.G. Beauprez, K.E. Kuklinski, R. Martin, M.D. Koslovsky, T.B. Rintz, and M.B. Hooten. (In Press). Melded integrated population models. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics.
New paper published in Biometrics:
- Van Ee, J.J., Hagen, C.A., Pavlacky Jr, D.C., Fricke, K.A., Koslovsky, M.D. & Hooten, M.B. (2023) Melding wildlife surveys to improve conservation inference. Biometrics, 79, 3941–3953. https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13903