Katherine Steinfield

Social Soaring Scavengers

Katherine is an ecologist and ornithologist interested in how environmental change influences animal movement and space use. Working within the long-term Andean condor field system in Argentina, she studies how social interactions shape the movement strategies of soaring scavengers navigating mountainous energy landscapes. By combining biologging data with ecological field research, her work also explores how human-driven environmental change may influence movement costs, space use, and the ecological dynamics of these iconic species.