Alex B. Shupinski is a postdoctoral researcher at South Dakota State University and received her PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in paleoecology. She is passionate about using the fossil record to better predict future ecological changes and help inform conservation strategies. Specifically, Dr. Shupinski largely focuses on mammalian dynamics over space and time. She is currently conducting species distribution modeling on Bison to help predict their future habitat suitability across North America with the changing climate.