Contact

Email: ngalle@nd.edu

 

Education

B.S. Biology, Sam Houston State University, 2023.

 

Research

My research primarily focuses on the generation of novel mechanistic species distribution models (SDMs), in order to predict range shifts of species of economic and health concern in relation to climate change. My current models predominantly focus on arbovirus vectors in the United States and crop pests of concern in Africa. In my previous research I used correlative SDMs to predict distributional shifts of crop pests of concern to USDA-APHIS. 

 

Publications

Galle NA, Hankins KR, Bucheli SR, Williams JK, Randle CP. 2024. Ecological niche modeling for the prediction of suitable environments for Chrysodeixis chalcites (Noctuidae) in the contiguous United States. Biological Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03376-5 

 

Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Biology Student Research Award, Sam Houston State University, 2023

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First Place Presentation - Terrestrial Ecology & Management, Texas Academy of Sciences, 2023

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Best Oral-Media Presentation, Sam Houston State University, 2022