José Ramírez-Garofalo

José Ramírez-Garofalo is an Ecologist and the Director of Science and Research Development for the Freshkills Park Alliance. He holds a BS in Mathematics and MS in Biology from the City University of New York, and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Lockwood Lab in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers University. José is an author, and frequently writes about the natural history of the New York City region, including The Birds of Freshkills Park (Freshkills Park Alliance, 2022). He is currently completing The Birds of Staten Island and its Surrounding Waterways with Anthony Ciancimino, an academic text focused on the long-term status of birds on Staten Island and Richmond County, New York more broadly. Additionally he is an Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed journals Urban Naturalist and Check List, a Publication Editor for the Journal of Ornithological Record North American Birds, and serves on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission.

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