Meet Micah Bowman, a Ph.D. student in our lab. Micah completed his undergraduate degree in biology at Pensacola Christian College in 2008 and went on to receive a master’s in biology at the University of Nebraska Kearney in 2013. Prior to pursuing a Ph.D. at Baylor, he taught biology at his alma mater, Pensacola Christian College. Micah is happily married with four children and is passionate about studying animals. He discovered his love for animals when his family moved to a house with land in junior high. He currently has 15 ball pythons. Micah's PhD research is working to test the ability of optical imaging and artifical intelligence (AI) technologies to autonomously detect and identify small aquatic organisms, like benthic invertebrates and fish. Specifically, the technology he is using includes an optical imaging system that utilizes AI and machine learning to identify and count organisms to aid with collecting stream data. This machine drastically cuts down the time it takes to collect and obtain data, allowing researchers to move through their research process more quickly. The SAO imager takes pictures of what passes through the machine directly at the research site. Based on the training of the machine, AI is used to identify and count what is in the water. Micah’s role is to train the AI for the machine to enable it to identify the organisms most accurately in the sample. He is currently in the midst of the publication process for a paper about the SAO, specific to zooplankton. Comments are closed.
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