Podolsky, R.

Biological, technical and industrial challenges to sustaining global biodiversity, ecological and evolutionary processesunderpinning viable populations of terrestrial and marine organisms and impacts to threatened and endangered species, especially birds and bats.  Interactions between the built environment and ecological systems; ecological impact assessments from on and offshore wind power, transportation, pipelines, skyscrapers, aquaculture, invasive species, telecommunications and climate change.  Expertise includes; quantitative impact assessments of threatened, endangered and range-limited species, marine ornithology, ecological risk modeling, scientific software, remote sensing and GIS/GPS, environmental compliance; seabird restoration; Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA); Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA).