Holly Kindsvater
Associate Professor
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHolly Kindsvater is an aquatic evolutionary ecologist and Associate Professor at Virginia Tech with 11 years of professional experience and a PhD from Yale University. Her research blends evolutionary theory and aquatic systems, and she is currently on sabbatical as a Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway for 2025–2026. She has held postdoctoral and teaching positions across top North American institutions, including Yale, Simon Fraser, Rutgers, and UBC, bringing a strong track record in both research and undergraduate instruction. Holly’s work often bridges basic and applied questions in ecology, informing conservation and management in freshwater and marine environments. Based in Blacksburg, Virginia, she combines rigorous field and lab methods with an international collaborative network, a pattern underscored by her current Fulbright placement.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale UniversityUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Github Skills (11)
ecology8
open-access8
traits8
r-package8
meta-analysis8
taxonomy7
biology6
r5
open-science5
cran4
database3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hkindsvater/tuna_theory
Apr 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:128 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
hkindsvater/size-spectra-life-history
Aug 2022 - Jan 2024
Contributions:6 releases, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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