Amy Li Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, MA, US

Deployed to Cape Crozier in Antarctica for four months to study Adélie penguin demography. Contributed to long-term datasets, field and research logistics, UAV operations, and biologger deployments as part of a small team working in remote field sites.

Freelance photographer and videographer.

Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway

Remote sensing and hyperspectral imaging of marine environments.

Alaska, United States

Performed ecological censuses for the BLM and NRCS across regions of Alaska spanning the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers, North Slope, Nulato Hills. Accessed field sites daily by bush plane, helicopter, or small boat ops.

Sitka, Alaska, United States

Served as environmental communications liaison between the USFS and a conservation nonprofit, creating visual and written content. Documented and assisted with fieldwork in remote parts of Southeast Alaska.

Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, Alaska, United States

Performed steep slope soil stability assessments on the Tongass NF.

Taught photojournalism and videography skills to prospective Crimson photographers.

Cambridge, MA

Multimedia Chair of Harvard's daily student newspaper. Oversaw logistics and visual content (photo/video) for print and digital daily news cycle, sports and arts sections, weekly magazine, and multimedia features. Teach and lead staff photographers and beat executives.Covered the search for Harvard's 29th president, the SFFA v. Harvard admissions trial.

Honolulu, HI

Hollings Intern at NOAA NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office. Quantified coral bleaching recovery following the 2014-2017 mass bleaching event via UAV and aerial imagery. Conducted literature reviews, wrote technical papers, and performed fieldwork from small boats and underwater.

North Slope, Alaska

Field and lab work in Arctic Alaska as an NSF REU intern, conducting field sampling of long-term experimental plots (30+ years) and lab processing for dendrochronology projects. Developed a GIS-based independent project on image classification of Arctic shrubs.

Ran multimedia coverage for HPAIR's annual conferences at Harvard and Kuala Lumpur.

Organized speakers, panels, and seminars for the Environment and Sustainability track at two conferences (Cambridge and Sydney).

Cambridge, MA

Cambridge, MA

Led discussion groups and individual sessions with International Teachers and Scholars at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, working on English language, public speaking, and teaching skills.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Research intern at the Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute studying the effect of methane enrichment on microbial communities in water column and marine sediments. Funded through a National Science Foundation REU site.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Research assistant at the Richardson Lab in the Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Researcher at the Casper Lab, performing experiments in the lab, field, and greenhouse and data analysis. Presented findings at events, competitions, and conferences.

East Lansing, Michigan

Investigated effects of herbivory via a suite of bioassays at the Friesen Lab, titled “Influence of Novel Weapons on Herbivory Preference with Native and Invasive Medicago polymorpha.” Presented at competitions and conferences.

A.B. Candidate, Environmental Science And Public Policy

Master Of Science - Ms, Marine Biology