About Me
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Bill Fagan's lab at the University of Maryland, College Park. My research interests lie in the interface between geography and biology, focusing on spatial analysis of animal movement and the interaction between animals and their environments.
Currently, I am working on the Fate of the Caribou Project to understand how dynamic landscape features shape animal movement and decision-making.
Education
2021-2026 Ph.D. in Biological and Physical Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
2018-2020 M.S. in Geography, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
2016-2017 Exchange in Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2013-2017 B.S. in Natural Geography and Resource Environment, Yunnan University, China
Experience
University of Maryland, College Park
May 2025 - present, Research Assistant
Jul 2025 - Oct 2025, Mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistants
Aug 2022 - May 2025, Teaching Assistant
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BSCI 103 The World of Biology (2025 Spring)
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BSCI 161 Principles of Ecology and Evolution Lab (2024 Spring)
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BSCI 161 Principles of Ecology and Evolution Lab (2023 Fall)
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BIOL 705 Statistics & Modeling for Biologists (2023 Spring)
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BSCI 361 Principles of Ecology (2022 Winter)
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BSCI 361 Principles of Ecology (2022 Fall)
Jan 2024 - Aug 2024, Research Assistant
Jan 2023 - Aug 2023, Research Assistant
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022, Mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistants
Aug 2021- Aug 2022, Research Assistant
Jan 2022 - May 2022, Mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistants​
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Fate of the Caribou Project
2023 - present, Graduate Student Researcher
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Peking University
Jul 2024, Instructor, Wildlife Tracking & Movement Ecology Workshop
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Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
May 2024 - Jul 2024, Research Assistant
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GISphere
May 2021 - Aug 2022, Partner & Editor & Art Designer & Social Accounts
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We-Education
Dec 2020 - May 2021, Teaching Assistant
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Nagoya Protocol Learning Portal
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020, Research Assistant; International Science Intern
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Yunnan University
Sep 2016 - Sep 2017, Research Assistant​​
Qianru Liao
​（廖倩儒）
PhD Candidate
Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Program
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Department of Biology
University of Maryland, College Park
Email: qianru@umd.edu​​
