Nilo Merino Recalde

Dr. Nilo Merino Recalde is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford. His research focuses on animal culture, acoustic monitoring of biodiversity, and applied machine learning. He employs interdisciplinary approaches spanning visual arts, anthropology, and biology to study animal behavior and ecology. His current work emphasizes large-scale acoustic data collection and analysis, with a particular interest in bird song and cultural evolution.

Research interests include:

• Animal culture and its transmission mechanisms
• Acoustic ecology and biodiversity assessment using sound
• Machine learning applications in ecological research
• Data visualization and open science practices

His publications highlight advancements in phylogenomic analysis, acoustic datasets for wild bird populations, and software tools like pykanto for bioacoustic research. He actively develops open-source tools to democratize data analysis in ecology.

No scientific awards or grants are listed. He currently advises no students but collaborates widely in multidisciplinary teams. His primary affiliation is the Edward Grey Institute's Sheldon Group, where he integrates fieldwork and computational methods to understand animal behavior at ecological and evolutionary scales.