Hao Yu

Hao Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University's College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. His research focuses on modeling distributions of stream fish species across the conterminous U.S. to inform conservation decision-making.

Research interests include:

• Species Distribution Modeling
• Climate Change Impact on Freshwater Ecosystems
• Habitat Analysis and Conservation Strategies
• Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches in Ecology
• Database Evaluation for Ecological Studies
• Analytical Ecology and Biodiversity Management

Recent publications highlight his work with boosted regression trees to enhance predictive accuracy in species distribution models. Contact: Yuhao91@msu.edu