Laura Jimenez Jimenez
Doctoral aspirant
laura_jimenez@ku.edu
Primary office:
Dyche Hall
Adviser: Jorge Soberon
Research Interests: Ecological niche modeling, species distribution modeling, biodiversity, and statistical ecology.
Hometown: Guanajuato, Mexico
Education
- 2011, BSc in Mathematics, University of Guanajuato, Mexico
- 2013, MSc in Probability and Statistics, Research Center of Mathematics (CIMAT), Mexico.
Publications
- Ingenloff, K., Hensz, C. M., Anamza, T., Barve, V., Campbell, L. P., Cooper, J. C., Komp, E., Jimenez, L., Olson, K. V., Osorio-Olvera, L., Owens, H. L., Peterson, A. T., Samy, A. M., Simoes, M., Soberón, J. (2017). Predictable invasion dynamics in North American populations of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto. In Proc. R. Soc. B (Vol. 284, No. 1862, p. 20171157). The Royal Society.
Presentations
- Jiménez, L. Estimating fundamental niches: a Bayesian approach. Quantitative Luch Seminar, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. December, 2016. Oral presentation.
- Jiménez, L. Ecology and Statistics of Niche Modeling. Red Hot Graduate Research, The Commons, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. October, 2016. Oral presentation.
- Jimenez, L., Christen, A., and Soberon, J. On the problem of estimating fundamental niches from occurrence data. International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, July 2014. Poster presentation.
Attendance at Regional, National, & International Workshops, Symposia, & Meetings
- Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Tutorial 2016, National Institute for the Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. August 2016.
Minor Grants & Proposals
- Jimenez, L. Panorama Grant, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. $1,055. 2016. Funded.
Fellowships, Awards, & Honors
- Jimenez, L. Ph. D. Studies Fellowship. National Mexican Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT). 48 mo. 09/01/2015 – 07/31/2019
- Jimenez, L. Master Degree Studies Fellowship. CONACYT. 24 mo. 08/01/2011 – 07/31/2013. Funded.