Hello! My name is Kelly Mistry, and I am a quantitative ecologist. I completed an MS degree in the Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management (QERM) program, advised by Dr. Mark Scheuerell, at the University of Washington in 2022, and worked as a research scientist in the Quantitative Conservation Lab at UW, supervised by Dr. Sarah Converse, from 2022 to 2025. The projects I have been involved in have ranged widely in species, geographic location and management objectives, including harvest management of commercial fisheries in Alaska, suppressing an invasive reptile on Guam and conserving an endangered mammal in Washington.
Outside the lab, I have worked as a community organizer with organizations like the Seattle chapter of 500 Women Scientists and UAW 4121. I am particularly committed to increasing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in science. I am also a trained facilitator and science communicator, with experience speaking on a number of topics to audiences of all types.
In my spare time, I am an artist, working primarily in fiber art mediums, a dancer and a poet. I am originally from Anchorage, Alaska, and will always be Alaskan at heart, but I am also privileged to continue adding new places to call home. Beginning in 2011, I spent 12 years living in Seattle, half of which were spent living on various boats in the heart of the city (I'm always happy to talk about the pros and cons of boat life with the curious). More recently, I moved further north once again, and I am now discovering the charms of Bellingham, just south of the Canadian border. With me on these adventures are my partner Jayml, and our pets, Maia the labrador-mix dog and Mars (full name Mars Black), the black cat.
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Visual version of career & education path
