Lesmeister Lab
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    • Passive Acoustic Monitoring
    • Northern Spotted Owl Research
    • Small Mammals and Trophic Pathways
    • Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, Malawi
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Cara Appel

PH. D CANDIDATE, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

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Ph.D Candidate, Wildlife Science
Oregon State University

MS, Wildlife
Humboldt State University​
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BA, Environmental Studies
University of Washington

Research Focus

Passive monitoring and deep learning methods to advance the study of wildlife communities
Oregon State University
The Levi Lab at Oregon State
Cara is a PhD student at OSU and is co-advised by Taal Levi. She is studying wildlife community dynamics using passive bioacoustic monitoring, remote camera traps, and deep learning technologies including the development of convolutional neural networks for automated species identification. Previously, she studied habitat ecology and regional distribution of North American porcupines for her master’s thesis at Humboldt State University.
​The Lesmeister Lab is based in Corvallis, Oregon and operates in a close partnership between the
U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station and Oregon State University. 

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  • Projects
    • Passive Acoustic Monitoring
    • Northern Spotted Owl Research
    • Small Mammals and Trophic Pathways
    • Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, Malawi
  • Meet the Team
  • Publications
  • News and Events
  • Contact
    • Interested Students And Collaborators
    • Current Openings
    • Learn More