Dr. Kate Stafford
Dr. Kate Stafford is an Associate Professor with the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University where she heads the Marine Mammal Bioacoustics and Ecology Lab. Kate’s current research focuses on the acoustic behavior of bowhead whales and the changing acoustic environment of the Arctic and how changes, from sea ice declines to increasing industrial human use, may be influencing subarctic and Arctic marine mammals. Kate’s research has been featured, among others as a TED talk, the New York Times Scientist at Work blog, The Planet magazine, and in Highlights for Children magazine.
Dr. Kate Stafford is an Associate Professor with the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University where she heads the Marine Mammal Bioacoustics and Ecology Lab. The lab focuses on using passive acoustic monitoring to examine migratory movements, geographic variation and physical drivers of marine mammals, particularly large whales around the globe. Kate’s current research focuses on the acoustic behavior of bowhead whales and the changing acoustic environment of the Arctic and how changes, from sea ice declines to increasing industrial human use, may be influencing subarctic and Arctic marine mammals. She has degrees in French Literature and Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and Wildlife Science (MS) and Oceanography (PhD) from Oregon State University. Kate’s research has been featured, among others as a TED talk, the New York Times Scientist at Work blog, The Planet magazine, and in Highlights for Children magazine. She continues to collaborate with artists around the world, providing sounds for multimedia art exhibits.
