Meet the faces of SENSR
Our team consists of scientists with extensive experience in environmental data management, protocol development, and software applications.
Erin Bayne
Academic Director
Erin is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta. As the academic director of SENSR and the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre, and co-director of the ABMI Science Centre, he facilitates interactions between academics, government, and industry. His research focuses on how biodiversity is impacted by human activities with the goal of seeking ways to minimize impacts. Most recently, he has focused on using environmental sensors, like ARUs and cameras, and data integration to answer large-scale conservation and macroecology questions by directing development of the WildTrax platform. While he does not have a particular taxonomic focus, he is best known for the development of tools that help us understand the behavioural, population, and community dynamics of birds at various spatial and temporal scales.
Alex MacPhail
Director
Alex has over 15 years of experience in wildlife ecology, specializing in large-scale data management from environmental sensors used for species monitoring. His current work focuses on leveraging big data to develop software and data management solutions that advance species conservation and inform decision-making. Since 2018, Alex has led acoustic sensor operations and development for WildTrax at the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, helping to build a large and now international environmental monitoring platform.