Justin Kitzes received funding from Google for his high-tech approach to ecology and conservation

Justin Kitzes, an associate professor of biological sciences in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, received $29,000 from Google as part of an effort by the company to support academic research.

A leader in bioacoustics research, Kitzes uses audio recordings to study ecology and conservation. Using large networks of audio recorders, Kitzes and his lab collect vast amounts of data in the wild.

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