Dr. Fahrig is a Professor of Biology, and co-Director of the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory, at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. For decades, she has studied the responses of wildlife, including plants, arthropods, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals, to human-altered landscapes. Her research combines simulation modelling with field data to evaluate the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation, road density, and the configuration of farmlands and cities, on species distribution, abundance and diversity. Dr. Fahrig has co-authored over 200 publications, with over 30,000 citations. She has been awarded the US-IALE's Distinguished Landscape Ecologist award, and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.