Team

Interested in joining or collaborating? Please reach out, I'm always happy to chat!

Photo by Millie Chapman

Will Oestreich, PhD (Principal Investigator)

Will explores the behavior of collectives (both non-human & human) in dynamic & changing ecosystems. He seeks to understand how biophysical ecosystem dynamics shape the ecology & evolution of collective behavior, & vice versa. Will pulls from his diverse disciplinary background in this work, integrating approaches from behavioral ecology, oceanography, bioacoustics, conservation science, & more.

Will completed his PhD in Biology at Stanford University, as well as MSc & BSc degrees in Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. He also previously worked in research & policy roles with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & the Natural Resources Defense Council, respectively.

Science is fun, but for more fun, Will likes to surf, swim, make music, & search for wildlife.

Collaborators

Pursuing interesting interdisciplinary questions often requires collaboration. We work with a variety of outstanding researchers & groups with diverse expertise, disciplinary backgrounds, & perspectives:

The Ocean Soundscape Team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (PI: Dr. John Ryan)
The Acoustical Ocean Ecology Team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (PI: Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird)
The Abrahms Lab at the University of Washington (PI: Dr. Briana Abrahms)
The Complex Ecological Systems Lab at the University of Washington (PI: Dr. Andrew Berdahl)
The Ephemeral Resource Adaptations Group at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (PI: Dr. Dina Dechmann)
The Oliver Lab at UC Santa Barbara (PI: Dr. Ruth Oliver)
The Beltran Lab at UC Santa Cruz (PI: Dr. Roxanne Beltran)
The Goldbogen Lab at Stanford University (PI: Dr. Jeremy Goldbogen)
The Crowder Lab at Stanford University (PI: Dr. Larry Crowder)
Cascadia Research Collective (PIs: Dr. James Fahlbusch & John Calambokidis)
The Environmental Policy Lab at ETH Zurich (PI: Dr. Millie Chapman)

and hopefully more to come...

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