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Thomas Lake

Postdoctoral Scholar

Bio

Tom is a postdoctoral research scholar with the Pests and Pathogens group of the Landscape Dynamics Lab. Tom is a conservation biologist, ecologist and data scientist who uses spatial modeling approaches to examine species’ geographic ranges and improve forecasts of biological invasion. At the Center for Geospatial Analytics, Tom uses machine learning and computer vision approaches to understand when and where the invasive insect spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) may spread, given information about their host plant species (e.g., tree of heaven; Ailanthus spp.).

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