PhD, University of Northern British Columbia Sep.2021 - present
Supervisor: Ken Otter
Committee: Heather Bryan, Joseph Shea, and Dexter Hodder
Thesis: Broad-scaled Avian Biodiversity Assessment with Passive Acoustic Monitoring
MSc, University of British Columbia Sep.2017 - Nov.2019
Supervisor: Bianca Eskelson
Thesis: Innovative and Conventional Modelling for Avian Acoustic and Fire Severity Analyses
Batchelor, National Taiwan University Sep.2012 - Jun.2017
Double major: School of Forestry and Resource Conservation & Department of Physics
Supervisor: Tzeng-Yih Lam, and Shi-Wei Chu
K. Baum, J., A. Slein, M., C. Garen, J., …, Tseng, S., et al. 2024 Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the record-breaking 2021 North American heatwave. Nature Ecology and Evolution (Submitted)
Darras, K., Rountree, R., Van Wilgenburg, S., …, Tseng, S., et al. 2024 Worldwide Soundscapes: a synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. (In Revision)
Tseng, S., Hodder, D., and Otter, K. 2024 Setting BirdNET confidence thresholds: Species-specific vs. universal approaches. Journal of Ornithology. (In Revision)
Tseng, S., Hodder, D., and Otter, K. 2024 Using Autonomous Recording Units for Vocal Individuality: Insights from Barred Owl Identification. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 19(1):article23.
Pelletier, F., Eskelson, B.N.I., Monleon, V.J., and Tseng, Y.-C. 2021 Using Landsat imagery to assess burn severity of National Forest Inventory plots. Remote Sensing, 12:10.
Tseng, Y.-C., Eskelson, B.N.I., Martin, K., and LeMay, V. 2021. Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic model based acoustic occupancy model. Bioacoustics, 30(3):324-340.
Tseng, Y.-C., and Chu, S.-W. 2017 High spatio-temporal-resolution detection of chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics from a single chloroplast with confocal imaging fluorometer. Plant Methods, 13:43.
Why do we band birds at all? 2024 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 124
Nest boxes for barn owl conservation 2023 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 122
When beaver dam collapses 2023 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 121
Listening to the whispers of the wings 2023 Discovery, 50(1):85-90
Hey, there are wild black bears in my backyard 2022 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 117
Avian field recordings (II) 2021 Feathers, 301:22-27
Avian field recordings (I) 2021 Feathers, 300:38-41
Apply statistics on bird “listening” 2019 Discovery, 47(1):21-22
Can statistics help ornithologists “hear” birds? 2018 BranchLines, 29(3):11
Posit::conf
Seattle, USA
Selected one of the 40 opportunity scholars of the year
Aug.2024
AFO SCO-SOC WOS Joint Conference
Peoria, USA
Evaluation and application of BirdNET: identification of bird species by their sounds (Oral)
Aug.2024
International Ecoacoustic Congress
Madrid, Spain
Setting BirdNET confidence thresholds: Species-specific vs. universal approaches (Oral)
Jul.2024
Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
Taipei, Taiwan
Monitoring avian biodiversity across wide spatiotemporal scale using passive acoustic monitoring (Oral)
Feb.2024
AOS-SCO Joint Conference
London, Canada
Large scale biodiversity assessment with bird sound (Poster)
Aug.2023
BC/Canada TWS Joint Conference
Victoria, Canada
Passive acoustic as a tool to monitor individual Barred Owls (Oral)
Mar.2023
UNBC Research Week
Prince George, Canada
Passive acoustic as a tool to monitor individual Barred Owls (Oral)
Feb.2023
International Ornithological Congress
Vurtual
Modelling avian altitudinal migration using citizen science data (Oral)
Aug.2022
AOS-SCO Joint Conference
Nature Vancouver
seewave and tuneR: sound analysis in ornithology (Oral)
Aug.2021
Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
Tainan, Taiwan
Modelling avian annual cycle distribution in Taiwan using citizen science data (Oral)
Feb.2021
Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
Penghu, Taiwan
Automatic bird sound detection: ARU data analysis (Oral)
Jan.2020
Annual meeting of Ecological Society of America
Louisville, USA
Relationships between successive forest fires: A case study in central interior BC, Canada (Poster)
Aug.2019
Ecology & Evolution Retreat
Squamish, Canada
Automatic Bird Sound Detection: ARU data analysis (Oral)
Oct.2018
International Ornithological Congress
Vancouver, Canada
Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic regression based acoustic occupancy model (Oral)
Aug.2018
Annual Meeting of Soundscape Association
Taipei, Taiwan
Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic regression based acoustic occupancy model (Poster)
Jun.2018
Focus On Microscopy
Bordeaux, France
High spatio-temporal-resolution detection of chlorophyll fluorescence (Poster)
Apr.2017
International Workshop on Holography & Biomedical Molecular Imaging
Yilan, Taiwan
High Spatio-Temporal-Resolution Detection of Chlorophyll Fluorescence from a Single Chloroplast with Confocal Imaging Fluorometer (Poster)
Nov.2016
Annual meeting of Taiwan Physics Society
Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan
Detect Temporal Dynamics of Chlorophyll Fluorescence \textit{in vivo} with Confocal Microscopy (Poster)
Jan.2016
International Forestry Students' Symposium
Manila, Philippines
Chlorophyll fluorescence: A powerful tool for photobiology research (Oral)
Aug.2015
Machine Learning Advances in Ornithology Research
Virtual
Speaker for Nature Vancouver birder’s night
Nov.2023
From Taiwan to Arctic Tundra - the Bird as a Bridge (storytelling)
London, Ontario
Story telling speaker for AOS annual meeting storytelling event
Aug.2023
Listen to the Whispers of Wings
Mossom Creek, BC
Speaker for Mossom Creek BioBlitz event
Jun.2023
Field recordist - a beautiful way to study Nature (interview)
Online
Interview for Fuyu Life
Jan.2022
Each Sound Recording Represents a Profound Story (interview)
Online
Interview for Canopy Life
Jun.2021
The Siberian Crane: From Taiwan to Tundra (interview)
Online
Interview for Bird Notes
May.2021
I have been contracted for several scientific research publications, focusing on wildlife conservation. See my portfolio.
Birds Canada
Sep.2024 – present
Process field collected ARU data through BirdNET
Endemic Species Research Institute
Apr.2020 – Jul.2021
Field bird survey & eBird citizen science data analysis
Birds Canada
Feb.2020 – Mar.2020
Digitalize historical BC bird survey data
Applied Analysis Hub (TA)
UNBC
Instructor: Eduardo Martins, Heather Bryan
Sep.2021 – present
NRES 776 Advanced Statistical Analyses for Natural Resource Sciences (co-instructor)
UNBC
Co-instructor: Lisa Koetke
2023 fall
Data Wrangling (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Tiffany Timbers, Tomas Beuzen
2019 fall
Descriptive Statistics and Probability for Data Science (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Mike Gelbart (2018), Vincenzo Coia (2019)
2018 fall, 2019 fall
Regression I, Regression II (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Gabriela Cohen Freue (I), Vincenzo Coia (II)
2019 spring, 2019 fall
Feature and Model Selection (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Mark Schmidt, Varada Kolhatkar
2019 spring
Advanced Biometrics (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Bianca Eskelson
2018 fall
Qualitative Analysis using R
UNBC
Host: Jennifer Wigglesworth
Mar.2023
Introduction to Git and Github
UNBC
Host: Applied Analysis Hub
Nov.2022
Data Wrangling with R
UNBC
Host: Applied Analysis Hub
Mar.2022
Data Wrangling with R (4 sessions)
Endemic Species Research Institute
Host: Jerome Ko
May.2021 – Jul.2021
Recording Techniques for Breeding Birds Survey (6 sessions)
Endemic Species Research Institute
Host: Luna Fan
Dec.2020 – Mar.2021
Automatic bird sound detection: ARU data analysis
Canadian Wildlife Service
Host: Kathy Martin
Oct.2018
Statistical Analysis in Ecology (5 sessions)
UBC
Host: Trevor Gareth Jones
Jan.2018 – Apr.2018
PhD, University of Northern British Columbia Sep.2021 - present
Supervisor: Ken Otter
Committee: Heather Bryan, Joseph Shea, and Dexter Hodder
Thesis: Broad-scaled Avian Biodiversity Assessment with Passive Acoustic Monitoring
MSc, University of British Columbia Sep.2017 - Nov.2019
Supervisor: Bianca Eskelson
Thesis: Innovative and Conventional Modelling for Avian Acoustic and Fire Severity Analyses
Batchelor, National Taiwan University Sep.2012 - Jun.2017
Double major: School of Forestry and Resource Conservation & Department of Physics
Supervisor: Tzeng-Yih Lam, and Shi-Wei Chu
K. Baum, J., A. Slein, M., C. Garen, J., …, Tseng, S., et al. 2024 Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the record-breaking 2021 North American heatwave. Nature Ecology and Evolution (Submitted)
Darras, K., Rountree, R., Van Wilgenburg, S., …, Tseng, S., et al. 2024 Worldwide Soundscapes: a synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. (In Revision)
Tseng, S., Hodder, D., and Otter, K. 2024 Setting BirdNET confidence thresholds: Species-specific vs. universal approaches. Journal of Ornithology. (In Revision)
Tseng, S., Hodder, D., and Otter, K. 2024 Using Autonomous Recording Units for Vocal Individuality: Insights from Barred Owl Identification. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 19(1):article23.
Pelletier, F., Eskelson, B.N.I., Monleon, V.J., and Tseng, Y.-C. 2021 Using Landsat imagery to assess burn severity of National Forest Inventory plots. Remote Sensing, 12:10.
Tseng, Y.-C., Eskelson, B.N.I., Martin, K., and LeMay, V. 2021. Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic model based acoustic occupancy model. Bioacoustics, 30(3):324-340.
Tseng, Y.-C., and Chu, S.-W. 2017 High spatio-temporal-resolution detection of chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics from a single chloroplast with confocal imaging fluorometer. Plant Methods, 13:43.
Why do we band birds at all? 2024 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 124
Nest boxes for barn owl conservation 2023 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 122
When beaver dam collapses 2023 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 121
Listening to the whispers of the wings 2023 Discovery, 50(1):85-90
Hey, there are wild black bears in my backyard 2022 Nature Conservation Quarterly, 117
Avian field recordings (II) 2021 Feathers, 301:22-27
Avian field recordings (I) 2021 Feathers, 300:38-41
Apply statistics on bird “listening” 2019 Discovery, 47(1):21-22
Can statistics help ornithologists “hear” birds? 2018 BranchLines, 29(3):11
Posit::conf
Seattle, USA
Selected one of the 40 opportunity scholars of the year
Aug.2024
AFO SCO-SOC WOS Joint Conference
Peoria, USA
Evaluation and application of BirdNET: identification of bird species by their sounds (Oral)
Aug.2024
International Ecoacoustic Congress
Madrid, Spain
Setting BirdNET confidence thresholds: Species-specific vs. universal approaches (Oral)
Jul.2024
Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
Taipei, Taiwan
Monitoring avian biodiversity across wide spatiotemporal scale using passive acoustic monitoring (Oral)
Feb.2024
AOS-SCO Joint Conference
London, Canada
Large scale biodiversity assessment with bird sound (Poster)
Aug.2023
BC/Canada TWS Joint Conference
Victoria, Canada
Passive acoustic as a tool to monitor individual Barred Owls (Oral)
Mar.2023
UNBC Research Week
Prince George, Canada
Passive acoustic as a tool to monitor individual Barred Owls (Oral)
Feb.2023
International Ornithological Congress
Vurtual
Modelling avian altitudinal migration using citizen science data (Oral)
Aug.2022
AOS-SCO Joint Conference
Vurtual
seewave and tuneR: sound analysis in ornithology (Oral)
Aug.2021
Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
Tainan, Taiwan
Modelling avian annual cycle distribution in Taiwan using citizen science data (Oral)
Feb.2021
Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology
Penghu, Taiwan
Automatic bird sound detection: ARU data analysis (Oral)
Jan.2020
Annual meeting of Ecological Society of America
Louisville, USA
Relationships between successive forest fires: A case study in central interior BC, Canada (Poster)
Aug.2019
Ecology & Evolution Retreat
Squamish, Canada
Automatic Bird Sound Detection: ARU data analysis (Oral)
Oct.2018
International Ornithological Congress
Vancouver, Canada
Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic regression based acoustic occupancy model (Oral)
Aug.2018
Annual Meeting of Soundscape Association
Taipei, Taiwan
Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic regression based acoustic occupancy model (Poster)
Jun.2018
Focus On Microscopy
Bordeaux, France
High spatio-temporal-resolution detection of chlorophyll fluorescence (Poster)
Apr.2017
International Workshop on Holography & Biomedical Molecular Imaging
Yilan, Taiwan
High Spatio-Temporal-Resolution Detection of Chlorophyll Fluorescence from a Single Chloroplast with Confocal Imaging Fluorometer (Poster)
Nov.2016
Annual meeting of Taiwan Physics Society
Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan
Detect Temporal Dynamics of Chlorophyll Fluorescence \textit{in vivo} with Confocal Microscopy (Poster)
Jan.2016
International Forestry Students' Symposium
Manila, Philippines
Chlorophyll fluorescence: A powerful tool for photobiology research (Oral)
Aug.2015
Machine Learning Advances in Ornithology Research
Virtual
Speaker for Nature Vancouver birder’s night
Nov.2023
From Taiwan to Arctic Tundra - the Bird as a Bridge (recording)
London, Ontario
Story telling speaker for AOS annual meeting storytelling event
Aug.2023
Listen to the Whispers of Wings
Mossom Creek, BC
Speaker for Mossom Creek BioBlitz event
Jun.2023
Field recordist - a beautiful way to study Nature (interview)
Online
Interview for Fuyu Life
Jan.2022
Each Sound Recording Represents a Profound Story (interview)
Online
Interview for Canopy Life
Jun.2021
The Siberian Crane: From Taiwan to Tundra (interview)
Online
Interview for Bird Notes
May.2021
I have been contracted for several scientific research publications, focusing on wildlife conservation. See my portfolio.
Birds Canada
Sep.2024 – present
Process field collected ARU data through BirdNET
Endemic Species Research Institute
Apr.2020 – Jul.2021
Field bird survey & eBird citizen science data analysis
Birds Canada
Feb.2020 – Mar.2020
Digitalize historical BC bird survey data
Applied Analysis Hub (TA)
UNBC
Instructor: Eduardo Martins, Heather Bryan
Sep.2021 – present
NRES 776 Advanced Statistical Analyses for Natural Resource Sciences (co-instructor)
UNBC
Co-instructor: Lisa Koetke
2023 fall
Data Wrangling (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Tiffany Timbers, Tomas Beuzen
2019 fall
Descriptive Statistics and Probability for Data Science (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Mike Gelbart (2018), Vincenzo Coia (2019)
2018 fall, 2019 fall
Regression I, Regression II (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Gabriela Cohen Freue (I), Vincenzo Coia (II)
2019 spring, 2019 fall
Feature and Model Selection (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Mark Schmidt, Varada Kolhatkar
2019 spring
Advanced Biometrics (TA)
UBC
Instructor: Bianca Eskelson
2018 fall
Qualitative Analysis using R
UNBC
Host: Jennifer Wigglesworth
Mar.2023
Introduction to Git and Github
UNBC
Host: Applied Analysis Hub
Nov.2022
Data Wrangling with R
UNBC
Host: Applied Analysis Hub
Mar.2022
Data Wrangling with R (4 sessions)
Endemic Species Research Institute
Host: Jerome Ko
May.2021 – Jul.2021
Recording Techniques for Breeding Birds Survey (6 sessions)
Endemic Species Research Institute
Host: Luna Fan
Dec.2020 – Mar.2021
Automatic bird sound detection: ARU data analysis
Canadian Wildlife Service
Host: Kathy Martin
Oct.2018
Statistical Analysis in Ecology (5 sessions)
UBC
Host: Trevor Gareth Jones
Jan.2018 – Apr.2018
Significant Scholarships (full list in CV)
Awards