J. Patrick Kelley

My lab, the Behavioral Complexity Lab, integrates field experiments, quantitative analysis, machine learning, and information theory to decipher complexities of animal behavior in natural systems. My work is based in the tropics and seeks to find novel ways to detect and quantify complex behaviors in these complex ecosystems. Though my lab’s research is focused primarily on tropical birds in Panama and Hawaii, my lab contributes broadly to understanding in four areas: ecological interaction networks, behavioral complexity, ecological bioacoustics, and statistical ecology. Lab initiatives include the Hawaii VINE Project, the Panama PLUMAS Project, and the ecoAI Project; these projects are funded by the US Department of Defense, National Geographic, and Microsoft (AI).