Dr. Jason Hill is a quantitative ecologist at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and holds a PhD in Ecology from Pennsylvania State University, an MS in Ecology from the University of Connecticut, and a BS in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana. Dr. Hill's previous research centered on population ecology studies in California, Hawaii, and Costa Rica. Currently he investigates avian ecology within the Northeast montane spruce-fir community and oversees Mountain Birdwatch (VCE's decade-long citizen science montane bird monitoring project).