Elizabeth Holmes, Ph.D.

Background

Eli Holmes joined NOAA Fisheries in 2000 as a research fisheries biologist specializing in population modeling and statistical analyses. Her work focused on the analysis of large noisy datasets from such populations and communities of conservation concern. Her analyses were used to assist status assessments for declining aquatic species and communities in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to joining NOAA, she was a NRC post-doctoral fellow at NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory where she studied Steller sea lion declines. She also held a post-doctoral fellowship at Colorado State University on mosquito-parasite dynamics. Eli received a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Washington where she researched spatial population dynamics and woodrat-parasite dynamics. She holds a B.S. in biology and mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Current Research

Eli currently leads the NMFS Open Science initiative. The overarching vision of NMFS Open Science is to support scientists, developers, resource managers and policy analysts within NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) in fulfilling NOAA’s Open Science mandates. In addition she supports training in programming, statistical analysis and data science.

Curriculum vitae (PDF, 7 pages)