Ines Moran is a scientist and data analyst at Wildlife Bioacoustics Analytics and solves complex problems in the fields of behavioral ecology and bioacoustics. Over the years, she led several projects to completion, from the data collection stage to data analysis and publication. In the past, she worked as a Museum Curator's Assistant at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, where she developed curatorial skills. She also worked as a conservation technician for the British Columbia Conservation Foundation, where she helped a team of biologists monitor several threatened species in Canada. Ines also has several years of teaching experience up her sleeve and enjoys passing on her knowledge of science to a diverse audience. 

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Her current work focuses on animal communication, ecoacoustics, and conservation, but she is always curious to explore new types of datasets. She has experience working on monitoring and recording wild animal populations, conducting field experiments, analyzing animal vocalizations, and presenting scientific reports to a wide audience.

 

​Many questions about animal communication remain to be answered, and, in her spare time, Ines enjoys thinking about and discussing with her collaborators the following questions: when and how did acoustic communication evolve? Why and how do vocal dialects form? How do animals learn their vocalizations? Why do animals produce different types of vocalizations? How widespread is combinatorial communication in the animal kingdom? What kinds of new acoustic technologies can help advance our understanding of animal communication?

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Other interests outside her work:

Natural History Museums 

Taxidermy Club

Photography

Art