Kelsey is fascinated by how the amazing behaviors of marine and aquatic animals arise from the inner workings of their bodies and the physical laws that govern them. By understanding animal behavior holistically, she strives to better understand how nature works around us and how we can better care for, connect to, and learn from it.  As a PhD student at Harvard, she used high-speed video analysis, computer vision, and fluid dynamics techniques to study how fishes physically interact with water in order to swim, and she interpreted these biomechanical data through the lens of an ecologist in order to understand how these interactions shape a fish's life history.  Now, as a member of the Alofs Lab, she uses her interdisciplinary background to inform her studies of fish ecology, seeking to understand interactions between climate, lake habitats, and the fishes therein.