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  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Accolades & Honors

Justin Kitzes received a grant from Microsoft and National Geographic to study bird songs

A bird sits on a snowy tree branch

, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a $91,000 grant from聽聽to develop the first free, open source models to allow academic researchers, agencies, nonprofits and citizen-scientists to identify bird songs in acoustic field recordings. The goal is to use the system to improve research and conservation efforts by monitoring bird species population change. Work is expected to kick off in early 2019, with the models and associated software to be released by the end of the year.