BICB Colloquium: Amy Kinsley

BICB Colloquium Faculty Nomination Talks: Join us in person on the UMR campus in room 419, on the Twin Cities campus in MCB 2-122 or virtually at 5 p.m.
 

Amy Kinsley (Assistant Professor in Veterinary Population Medicine, UMN), will be going a talk titled, "Decision Support Tools to Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species in Minnesota".

Abstract

Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are a significant threat to the health of ecosystems leading to losses in biodiversity that ultimately impact human, animal, and environmental health. Effective management of AIS requires managers to identify which actions are likely to achieve specific objectives most efficiently and how we can best use limited resources to achieve a desired outcome. In this presentation, I will discuss the development of an online interactive dashboard, AIS Explorer, informed by a dynamic network-based simulation model and prioritization algorithm. The dashboard supports data-driven decision-making on AIS surveillance and prevention and serves as an important resource for many county and local government AIS managers in Minnesota.


Biography

Amy Kinsley is an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Population Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Her research aims to protect natural aquatic resources from infectious diseases, invasive species, and pollutants by understanding critical mechanisms associated with their dispersal to develop resource-efficient mitigation plans. It involves a combination of applied and theoretical epidemiology that breaks down barriers between disciplines such as veterinary medicine, engineering, and computational biology and has vital components of stakeholder and community engagement. Dr. Kinsley completed her B.S. (2005) at the University of Florida in Civil Engineering. She attended the University of Minnesota, where she received her DVM (2014) and Ph.D. (2018) in Veterinary Medicine.
Amy Kinsley
Start date
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, 5 p.m.
End date
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, 6 p.m.
Location

MCB 2-122 on the Twin Cities campus

Usq 419 on the Rochester campus

Virtually

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