WOMEN IN SEABIRD SCIENCE
Amy Wilson
she/her
Wildlife Biologist
Avem Maris
Consulting
Discipline
Behaviour, Conservation, Genetics, Population Dynamics, Reproductive Biology & Life History, Migration & Movement Ecology
Regional Focus
California; Oregon; Newfoundland; British Columbia; Rhode Island
Years Active
11-15 years
Species Focus
Auks (Alcidae), Gulls and Terns (Laridae), Pelecans (Pelecanidae), Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Tell us about your work with seabirds.
I recently graduated from a master's program at Memorial University of Newfoundland where I studied population structure and philopatry in Atlantic Puffins using RAD Sequencing techniques, a project that I developed from the ground up. Before that I worked with a variety of other seabirds over the course of my 10+ year career, including Common Murre and Caspian Terns.
What advice would you offer to individuals aspiring to pursue a career as seabird scientists?
Seabirds have such a special place in my heart, studying them fills me with wonder and reminds me that there is still so much to learn about the natural world. If you are a person that loves intersectionality in the natural world and are constantly curious and wanting to learn, studying seabirds may be for you.
Amy Wilson in a black rain coat standing at the Giants causeway in Northern Ireland.
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