Skye is a first year PhD student at the Yale School of the Environment, and recently graduated from YSE with her Master of Environmental Science. Originally from North Carolina, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Geography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from the University of South Alabama. Her undergraduate thesis focused on land-use changes in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, also known as “America’s Amazon.” Now, in her graduate studies, Skye’s research centers on the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. She is using drone and remote sensing technology to study the thermal characteristics of forest edges created by deforestation and fragmentation, as well as exploring land management practices that can mitigate these impacts. Her work aims to identify landscape-scale strategies that mitigate the ecological impacts of fragmentation and support forest resilience in tropical regions.
