Fabiola Rodríguez Vásquez
About me
Honduran ecologist specializing in ornithology and tropical ecosystems. Holds a B.S. in Biology from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, M.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (studied Honduran Emerald Hummingbird), and Ph.D. from Tulane University (researched migratory songbirds in coffee farms). Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University working with eBird data for conservation applications.
My background as an ecologist has been shaped by experiences within Neotropical ecosystems and research conducted in landscapes where I have learned about people's livelihoods and interactions with nature. I earned my bachelor’s degree in biology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, where my passion for Ornithology first began. I then moved to the U.S. for graduate studies, driven by a personal goal to contribute to Honduras through my research. I completed a master’s at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where I studied how tropical dry forest's influence the distribution and abundance of the Honduran Emerald Hummingbird, an endemic species. Afterwards, I earned a Ph.D. at Tulane University, studying how coffee farm management influences habitat quality for migratory songbirds in Honduras. Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, where I work on exploring the use of eBird products for conservation and management applications.