Kirk Stodola

Kirk Stodola is an Assistant Research Scientist in Population Ecology at the Illinois Natural History Survey and holds a Research Assistant Professor position in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on wildlife ecology, climate change impacts, and conservation strategies.

• Current Roles: Assistant Research Scientist (Illinois Natural History Survey), Research Assistant Professor (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
• Key Research Areas: Population dynamics, mesopredator ecology, migratory bird conservation, anthropogenic landscape effects

Recent research includes analyzing climate-mediated population shifts in migratory songbirds and developing advanced occupancy models for upland game birds. His work addresses critical conservation challenges like species recovery under the Endangered Species Act and habitat fragmentation impacts on mesopredator abundance.

Stodola has 42 research outputs and contributes to scientific datasets, including the 2023 dataset on upland game bird occupancy modeling with integrated data sources.