Sophia Todorov

Biography

Sophia grew up in Southern California, and earned her B.S. in Biology with a minor in GIS&T from UCLA in 2022. Before starting her Ph.D., she spent four years at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado, working as a research technician and winter caretaker, where she conducted remote sensing and ecological fieldwork in remote, high-elevation environments and lived on site during winters accessible only by a four-mile ski. Outside of research, Sophia enjoys cross-country skiing, baking bread, reading, riding klunker bikes, and practicing amateur botany.

Research

Her research interests sit at the intersection of field ecology and remote sensing, with a focus on linking ground measurements with remote sensing observations across drone, airborne, and satellite platforms. She is particularly interested in applied work related to conservation, restoration, and ecosystem responses to climate extremes such as snow drought in the western United States.