Kevin Koy is Informatics Specialist for the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. He provides Biodiversity Informatics support for the CBC's ongoing projects around the world. This support is a combination of research, training, and mentoring in geospatial fields such as Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS/GIS). Kevin is also responsible for maintaining the CBC's Biodiversity Informatics Facility. His experience includes mapping land cover change and geographically analyzing ecosystems in Vietnam, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Myanmar, Argentina, China, Tanzania, and the United States. Kevin's current efforts include helping to develop web and software resources that assist protected area managers in effectively monitoring threatened landscapes.

Prior to joining the CBC in 2003, Kevin was an RS/GIS Analyst for the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation and Research Center. Kevin received a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 and an M.S. in Biology from George Mason University in 2003. Kevin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science at the City University of New York's Graduate Center.

Specialist
Biodiversity Informatics Facility

Representative Publications

Koy, K., M. Laverty, N. Horning , and E. Sterling. 2007. Improving Biodiversity Conservation in Threatened Landscapes of Central Vietnam. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. PDF

Koy, K., W. McShea, P. Leimgruber, B. Haack, and M. Aung. 2005. Percent canopy cover - using Landsat imagery to delineate habitat for Myanmar's endangered Eld's deer (Cervus eldi). Animal Conservation 8(3): 289-296.

McShea, W., K. Koy, T. Clements, A. Johnson, M. Aung. In Press. Finding a needle in the haystack: Regional analysis of suitable Eld's deer (Cervus eldi) habitat in Southeast Asia.   Journal of Biological Conservation 125(2005): 101-111.

Demaría M., W. McShea, K. Koy, and N. Maceira. 2003. Pampas deer conservation with respect to habitat loss and protected area considerations in San Luis, Argentina.  Journal of Biological Conservation 115(2003): 121-130.

McShea W., J. Pagels, J. Orrock, E. Harper, and K. Koy. 2003. Mesic deciduous forest as patches of small mammal richness within an Appalachian mountain forest. Journal of Mammalogy 84(2): 188-204.