About Dave Klinges
I am an incoming Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources starting Fall 2026. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Associate in the Skelly Lab at Yale University. I completed my PhD at the University of Florida in the Scheffers Lab (2019-2024), prior to which I held data science and GIS positions at the Smithsonian, conducted biodiversity monitoring for an agroforestry NGO in the Peruvian Amazon, and graduated in 2017 from Dartmouth College. In my research, I employ observational, experimental, and computational approaches to explore how climate change and land use change both shape biodiversity and the environment from local to global scales. I attempt to be a “full-stack” ecologist, engaging in ecological research from empirical data collection (namely in Madagsacar) to data curation to statistical and mathematical modeling to application for real-world conservation and management. See our Research Program for more.
CV last updated: Aug 2025
"Engaging with Malagasy stakeholders to understand how to implement conservation tech"
Conservation Tech Conservation
"EcoClimate leads workshop to learn microclimate modeling skills"
Microclimate Modeling Workshop Research
If research is the eyes of the scientific community, outreach is its voice: positive change requires proper communication and motivation.
One form of conveying the importance of conservation work is through film and photo. See the gallery for some of our photos some of the amazing wildlife and scenes we’ve experienced.
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