Elizabeth Eli Holmes
Research Scientist, NWFSC MathBio Program
Affiliate faculty, SAFS, University of Washington
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
2745 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112
eli.holmes(.)noaa.gov
206.860.3369---206.860.3400 fax
My research is focused on stochastic ecological processes and statistical models for complex ecological systems. This research is applied to the development of population and community models for extinction estimation and ecological forecasting. My current research is trying to gain insight into ecological dynamics using linear and non-linear multi-species and multi-site stochastic models. Lately, much of what I do involves developing algorithms for estimating interaction matrices as we try to understand how marine communities (e.g. plankton communities) respond to changes in the marine environment
My long blurb on my research
I am part of a NWFSC research group working in the area of hierarchical modeling and inference. Group members include Eli Holmes, Eric Ward, Mark Scheuerell, and Brice Semmens, along with their post-docs and students. We develop statistical methods for ecological problems and apply these to resource and endangered species management questions. We collaborate a lot with folks at UW/SAFS and NCEAS.
