Desiree L. Narango
Postdoctoral Researcher, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
Visiting Researcher, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Associate, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
2020-2022 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow
​dnarango@gmail.com
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Education: 
Ph.D. Entomology and Wildlife Conservation, University of Delaware
M.Sc. Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
B.S. Environmental Biology, State University of New York: College of Environmental Science and Forestry

​I study the ways that plants and animals interact with each other, their environment and with us. Most of my work takes place in novel landscapes significantly altered by humans such as urban forests, residential yards and farmland. My interdisciplinary work uses field, lab and modeling-based approaches to answer questions that span across scales and taxa. My ultimate goal is to find data-driven conservation solutions for land managers to help preserve biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. 

Research topics: urban ecology, food webs and trophic relationships, behavioral ecology, plant-animal and tritrophic interactions, network analysis, conservation, nonnative plants, novel ecosystems, stable isotopes, data science