Welcome!
My name is Ruby Krasnow (she/her) and I am a quantitative marine ecologist focused on using mathematical modeling and data science to support sustainable fisheries management and marine aquaculture.
You can find my full CV here.
Education
I am a Ph.D. student studying Marine Biology at the University of Maine. My primary advisor is Dr. Damian Brady, who leads a large lab group focused on Marine Sciences of Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Renewable Energy.
Research
Methods & Approaches
Synthesis research: systematic reviews, meta-analysis, interdisciplinary collaborations
Open and reproducible data science: FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data
Statistical analysis, modeling, and data visualization in R
- Generalized linear models, mixed-effects models, and related methods
- Dynamical/state-space modeling
- Applications of ordinary and partial differential equations in ecology
- Spatiotemporal modeling (including geostatistics and time series analysis)
- R package development
Applications
Quantitative fisheries
I am especially interested stock assessment and population dynamics models for economically important crustacean species, particularly data-poor species like the Jonah crab (Cancer borealis). My dissertation is broadly focused on estimating crustacean size at maturity from morphometric data.
Marine aquaculture
- Dynamic Energy Budget models of cultivated sugar kelp
- Spatial modeling for aquaculture site selection
- Quantifying, predicting, and mitigating biofouling in kelp and shellfish aquaculture