Welcome!
My name is Ruby Krasnow (she/her) and I am a quantitative marine ecologist focused on using modeling and data science to support sustainable fisheries management and marine aquaculture.
Education
In January 2025, I will be starting a PhD in Marine Biology at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences. My primary advisor will be Dr. Damian Brady, who leads a large lab group focused on Marine Sciences of Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Renewable Energy. I have been working with the Brady lab since 2022 and am thrilled to continue my education as a member of such an exciting, collaborative, and passionate group of researchers.
B.A., Biology - Clark University, Worcester, MA | Expected: Dec. 2024
- Minor in Mathematics
- GPA: 4.0
Semester in Environmental Science - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA | Fall 2023
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
- Bayesian analysis
- Spatiotemporal modeling (including geostatistics and time series analysis)
- R package development
Applications
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
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)
- Estimating crustacean size at maturity from allometric data