Sara beery
USA
Conservation Technologist and Computer Vision Researcher
Sara Beery is a PhD Candidate at Caltech, advised by Pietro Perona and funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her research focuses on machine learning and computer vision for biodiversity monitoring, particularly for detection and recognition of animal species in challenging data at a global scale. She works closely with Microsoft AI for Earth and Google Research/Wildlife Insights where she helps turn her research into usable tools for the ecology/biodiversity community. She believes STEM should be accessible to all, regardless of gender, race, age, nationality, sexuality, or religion, and is passionate about increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM through mentorship and outreach.