Kelly Kapsar

Kelly Kapsar

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Michigan State University

About Me

I am an interdisciplinary environmental scientist focused on solutions-driven approaches to conservation challenges in coupled human and natural systems. I use spatial data analysis and statistics to better understand human-wildlife interactions across scales of space and time. My research interests also include community-engagement, knowledge integration, and reproducible research.

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Interests
  • Spatial Data Analysis
  • Wildlife Conservation
  • Social-Ecological Systems
  • Big Data & Reproducible Research
Education

  • PhD in Fisheries & Wildlife, 2022

    Michigan State University

  • BA in Biology, 2014

    Carleton College

Recent Publications

Mapping vessel traffic patterns in the ice-covered waters of the Pacific Arctic
Recent climate change has caused declines in ice coverage which have lengthened the open water season in the Arctic and increased …
Kelly Kapsar, Grant Gunn, Lawson W. Brigham, Jianguo Liu
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North Pacific and Arctic marine traffic dataset (2015-2020)
In this paper, we present a spatially explicit dataset of monthly shipping intensity in the Pacific Arctic region from January 1, 2015 …
Kelly Kapsar, Benjamin Sullender, Jianguo Liu, Aaron Poe
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North Pacific and Arctic marine traffic dataset (2015-2020)
The metacoupled Arctic: Human-nature interactions across local to global scales as drivers of sustainability
The Arctic is an epicenter of complex environmental and socioeconomic change. Strengthened connections between Arctic and non-Arctic …
Kelly Kapsar, Veronica F. Frans, Lawson W. Brigham, Jianguo Liu
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The metacoupled Arctic: Human-nature interactions across local to global scales as drivers of sustainability
Telecoupling Research: The First Five Years
In an increasingly interconnected world, human–environment interactions involving flows of people, organisms, goods, information, and …
Kelly Kapsar, Ciara L. Hovis, Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva, Erin K. Buchholtz, Andrew K. Carlson, Yue Dou, Yueyue Du, Paul R. Furumo, Yingjie Li, Aurora Torres, Di Yang, Ho Yi Wan, Julie G. Zaehringer, Jianguo Liu
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Telecoupling Research: The First Five Years

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration & Sustainability

Research Focus:

  • Spatiotemporal Analysis of Arctic Vessel Traffic
  • Modeling Vessel-Marine Mammal Interactions
  • Community Engagement and Outreach
 
 
 
 
 
Saint Louis Zoo, Arctic Socio-Environmental Initiative WildCare Program
Research Associate
Saint Louis Zoo, Arctic Socio-Environmental Initiative WildCare Program
Sep 2016 – Present Remote

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