Dongmin (Dennis) Kim
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota | Harvard University
dongmin_kim [AT] g.harvard.edu
Bio
I am a joint postdoctoral associate in Jesús N. Pinto-Ledezma lab at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMN) and Paul Moorcroft lab at Harvard University. I recently completed my PhD in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities advised by Allison Shaw and John Fieberg. Before that, I completed a BA in Statistics at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
My research focuses on using mathematical and statistical methods to identify the factors that drive organisms to move and the consequences of these movements. I combine analytic and simulation models to achieve this. In my postdoctoral work, I will explore the mechanisms driving changes in partial migratory strategies among North American birds.
Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to work with a dynamic group of movement ecologists around the world through several fellowships (NSF INTERN, Smithsonian Fellow, UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, and others). I am currently collaborating with researchers in the GIS lab at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
Note: I will begin a joint postdoctoral position at UMN and Harvard University in the fall of 2024! :)
Updates
- [Oct. 2024] the North American bird migration paper is out in Avian Conservation and Ecology.
- [Oct. 2024] the paper about how to incorporate familiarity covariates into step selection analysis was accepted by Movement Ecology.
- [Sep. 2024] the North American bird migration paper was accepted by Avian Conservation and Ecology.
- [Aug. 2024] successfully defended my doctoral dissertation!
- [Aug. 2024] new preprint about identifying biases within scientific communities in movement ecology is out.
- [July. 2024] new Shaw lab paper about theory personas (a guide on how to frame theoretical research questions) was accepted in Proc B.
- [April. 2024] starting a dryland project with the Max-Planck Institute of Animal Behavior to understand the effects of dryland on vultures' space use!
- [April. 2024] new Fieberg lab paper on modeling individual variability using step selection analysis is out in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
- [Oct. 2023] new preprint about how results vary when many different researchers analyze the same data is out.
- [Aug. 2023] new preprint about how to incorporate familiarity covariates into step selection analysis is out.
- [April. 2023] was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2023-2024!
- [July. 2022] received the National Science Foundation (NSF) - INTERN Award to work with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Conservation Ecology Center (CEC) for 2022-2023!
- [May. 2022] received the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship (SIFP) to work with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center for summer 2022!
Publications
Most recent publications on Google Scholar.
‡ indicates equal contribution.
Modelling individual variability in habitat selection and movement using integrated step‐selection analysis PDF
Nilanjan Chatterjee, David Wolfson, Dongmin Kim, Juliana Velez, Smith Freeman, Nathan M Bacheler, Kyle Shertzer, J Christopher Taylor, John Fieberg
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements PDF
Dongmin Kim, Peter Thompson, David Wolfson, Jerod Merkle, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos, James Forester, Tal Avgar, Mark Lewis, John Fieberg
Movement Ecology
Six personas to adopt when framing theoretical research questions in biology PDF
Allison Shaw, Ave T Bisesi, Chris Wojan, Dongmin Kim, Martha Torstenson, Naven Narayanan, Peter Lutz, Ruby Ales, Cynthia Shao
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Migration and tolerance shape host behaviour and response to parasite infection PDF
Dongmin Kim, Allison K Shaw
Journal of Animal Ecology
Conservation of North American migratory birds: insights from developments in tracking technologies PDF
Martha Torstenson, David Wolfson, Samuel Safran, Desiree Walton, Andrew Hallberg, Dongmin Kim, Yi Fan Tan, Gunnar Kramer, David Andersen
Avian Conservation and Ecology
Modelling individual variability in habitat selection and movement using integrated step‐selection analysis PDF
Nilanjan Chatterjee, David Wolfson, Dongmin Kim, Juliana Velez, Smith Freeman, Nathan M Bacheler, Kyle Shertzer, J Christopher Taylor, John Fieberg
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements PDF
Dongmin Kim, Peter Thompson, David Wolfson, Jerod Merkle, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos, James Forester, Tal Avgar, Mark Lewis, John Fieberg
Movement Ecology
Six personas to adopt when framing theoretical research questions in biology PDF
Allison Shaw, Ave T Bisesi, Chris Wojan, Dongmin Kim, Martha Torstenson, Naven Narayanan, Peter Lutz, Ruby Ales, Cynthia Shao
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology PDF
Gould E, Fraser HS, Parker TH, Shinichi N, Griffith SC, Vesk PA, Fidler F,... Kim D, ..., Zimmerman GM, Zitomer RA
EcoEvoRxiv preprint
Migration and tolerance shape host behaviour and response to parasite infection PDF
Dongmin Kim, Allison K Shaw
Journal of Animal Ecology
Conservation of North American migratory birds: insights from developments in tracking technologies PDF
Martha Torstenson, David Wolfson, Samuel Safran, Desiree Walton, Andrew Hallberg, Dongmin Kim, Yi Fan Tan, Gunnar Kramer, David Andersen
Avian Conservation and Ecology
Detecting disease progression from animal movement using hidden Markov models
Dongmin Kim, Katherine Mertes, Théo Michelot, Jared Stabach, John Fieberg
Synthesis of methods to analyze responses to linear features using telemetry data
Nilanjan Chatterjee, David Wolfson, Dongmin Kim, Smith Freeman, Allicia Kelly, James Hodson, John Fieberg
Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology PDF
Shaw AK, Fouda L, Mezzini S, Kim D, Chatterjee N, Wolfson D,Abrahms B, Attias N, Beardsworth CE, Beltran R, Binning SA, Blincow KM, Chan Y-C, Fronhofer EA, Hegemann A, Hurme ER, Iannarilli F, Kellner JB, McCoy KD, Rafiq K, Saastamoinen M, Sequeira AMM, Serota MW, Sumasgutner P, Tao Y, Torstenson M, Yanco SW, Beck KB, Bertram MG, Beumer LT, Bradarić M, Clermont J, Ellis-Soto D, Faltusová M, Fieberg J, Hall RJ, Kölzsch A, Lai S, Lee-Cruz L, Loretto M-C, Loveridge A, Michelangeli M, Mueller T, Riotte-Lambert L, Sapir N, Scacco M, Teitelbaum CS, Cagnacci F.
bioRxiv preprint
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology PDF
Gould E, Fraser HS, Parker TH, Shinichi N, Griffith SC, Vesk PA, Fidler F,... Kim D, ..., Zimmerman GM, Zitomer RA
EcoEvoRxiv preprint
Detecting disease progression from animal movement using hidden Markov models
Dongmin Kim, Katherine Mertes, Théo Michelot, Jared Stabach, John Fieberg
Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology PDF
Shaw AK, Fouda L, Mezzini S, Kim D, Chatterjee N, Wolfson D,Abrahms B, Attias N, Beardsworth CE, Beltran R, Binning SA, Blincow KM, Chan Y-C, Fronhofer EA, Hegemann A, Hurme ER, Iannarilli F, Kellner JB, McCoy KD, Rafiq K, Saastamoinen M, Sequeira AMM, Serota MW, Sumasgutner P, Tao Y, Torstenson M, Yanco SW, Beck KB, Bertram MG, Beumer LT, Bradarić M, Clermont J, Ellis-Soto D, Faltusová M, Fieberg J, Hall RJ, Kölzsch A, Lai S, Lee-Cruz L, Loretto M-C, Loveridge A, Michelangeli M, Mueller T, Riotte-Lambert L, Sapir N, Scacco M, Teitelbaum CS, Cagnacci F.
bioRxiv preprint
Synthesis of methods to analyze responses to linear features using telemetry data
Nilanjan Chatterjee, David Wolfson, Dongmin Kim, Smith Freeman, Allicia Kelly, James Hodson, John Fieberg
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements PDF
Dongmin Kim, Peter Thompson, David Wolfson, Jerod Merkle, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos, James Forester, Tal Avgar, Mark Lewis, John Fieberg
Movement Ecology
Vitæ
Full CV in PDF.
Collaborators
Tal Avgar Wildlife Science Center, Biodiversity Pathways Ltd., and University of British Columbia
Nilanjan Chatterjee Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima- Forschungszentrum
Jonathan Eveso Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
John Fieberg University of Minnesota
James Forester University of Minnesota
Smith Freeman University of Minnesota
Autumn-Lynn Harrison Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Mark Lewis University of Victoria
Jerod Merkle University of Wyoming
Katherine Mertes Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Théo Michelot Dalhousie University
L. G. R. Oliveira-Santos Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul
Kamran Safi Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Martina Scacco Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Anne K. Scharf Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Allison Shaw University of Minnesota
Kyle Shertzer NOAA Fisheries
Jared Stabach Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Peter Thompson Simon Fraser University
Martha Torstenson University of Minnesota
Juliana Vélez Stanford University
David Wolfson University of Minnesota
Acknowledgement
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