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Tyler N. McFadden

Lecturer & Postdoctoral Researcher
Stanford University​ | Department of Biology
Email: tmcfadde@stanford.edu
Mailing address: ​Bass Biology Building, Rm 203, 327 Campus Dr, Stanford, CA 94305

I am an ecologist, conservation scientist, and environmental educator. My research examines how ecological communities respond to human impacts. My work is solution-oriented and interdisciplinary, integrating field data, remote sensing, human dimensions, and statistical and spatial analyses to inform ecosystem management. 

I enjoy mentoring students and am passionate about environmental education at all levels. At Stanford, I teach Ornithology (BIO 121/221), Science for Conservation Policy (BIO 101), and co-founded an afterschool outdoor education program for high school English Language Learners (www.meroscience.org).

I am currently a Lecturer in the Stanford Department of Biology. Previously I completed my PhD in Rodolfo Dirzo's Lab in 2021 and a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences from Oregon State University in 2014. Since 2015, I have spent substantial time living and working in southern Chile, where I maintain a close collaboration with the Bird Ecology Lab at the Universidad Austral de Chile. ​​

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