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Allison Dawn
PhD Student - Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department
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Educational Background
MSc Wildlife Sciences
Oregon State University 2023
BS Environmental Science, Marine Science minor
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 2021
Profile
Allison joined the Elmore lab as a PhD student in fall 2024. She earned her B.S. in Environmental Science with a Marine Science minor from UNC Chapel Hill where she conducted her honors thesis on blue whale surface interval behavior through Duke University’s Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab. In 2023 Allison earned her M.S. from Oregon State University where she led the Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab’s long-term gray whale ecology monitoring and STEM mentorship program in Port Orford, Oregon. From whales to quails, she is passionate about investigating the environmental drivers of suitable habitat for a variety of vulnerable species. As part of The National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative (NBGI) Coordinated Implementation Program (CIP), Allison’s current work investigates how land use influences grassland bird habitat connectivity and composition at the landscape scale. In addition to research, Allison loves reading, watercolor painting, and outdoor adventures with her dog Ollie.
Publications
Dawn, A., Hildebrand, L., Sullivan, F. A., Barlow, D., & Torres, L. G. (2025). Intermittent upwelling impacts zooplankton and their gray whale predators at multiple scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 752, 1-19.
Bierlich, K. C., Hewitt, J., Schick, R. S., Pallin, L., Dale, J., Friedlaender, A. S., ... & Johnston, D. W. (2022). Seasonal gain in body condition of foraging humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1036860.
Bird, C. N., Dawn, A. H., Dale, J., & Johnston, D. W. (2020). A semi-automated method for estimating Adélie penguin colony abundance from a fusion of multispectral and thermal imagery collected with unoccupied aircraft systems. Remote Sensing, 12(22), 3692.
