Professional Summary
I am a PhD candidate with a research interest in isotope ecology and Geographic Information Science (GIS). My current focus is the paleo-ecology of small-bodied terrestrial mammals - endmeic rodents and insectivores - on Hispaniola, and their extinction drivers. Using isotope analysis of bone collagen and tooth enamel, I hope to help build a better picture of the recent ecosystem on the island and help clarify what led to the decline of these species. I am also very interested in the applications of isotope ecology in conservation, as well as the use of GIS technologies in paleontology and science communication.
Education
B.S. Geographic Information Science: Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY, 2020
Presentations
Invited Presentations
A. (09-2023. ) Using strontium isotopes to clarify the origins of fossil rodents form a cave deposit in southwestern Haiti. .Sigma Xi, University of Cincinnati chapter, Cincinnati, OH. Level:University
A. Hensley, B. Crowley, L. Viñola-Lopéz, S. Cooke (10-2023. ) Putting the “who: in hutia: A comprehensive isotopic evaluation of Hispaniola’s recently extinct rodents. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati, OH. Level:International
A. Hensley, B. Crowley, L. Viñola-Lopéz, S. Cooke (04-2024. ) Where did you come from? Where did you go? New radiocarbon dates for recently-extinct Hispaniolan rodents clarify timing of species loss and suggest extinction triggers on the Tiburon Peninsula .Geological Society of America Southeast Sectional Meeting, Asheville, NC. Level:Regional
A.K. Hensley, B. Crowley, L. Viñola-Lopéz, S. Cooke (2024. ) Isotopic evaluations of recently extinct and threatened Hispaniolan rodents suggest ecological niche partitioning and little temporal isotopic change prior to species loss .North American Paleontological Convention, Ann Arbor, MI. Level:International
A.K. Hensley, B. Crowley, S. Cooke (2025. ) What a spread! Isotopic variability suggests deposition of non-local Late Holocene skeletal material in a tropical cave. Geological Society of America Southeast Sectional Meeting, Harrisonburg, VA. Level:Regional
M. Hintermeister, L.W. Viñola-López, B. Crowley, A.K. Hensley, M.A.V. Fagua, S.A.B. Batista, A.L. Benítez, S. Cooke. (2025. ) Investigating the relationship between dental topography and resilience in Hispaniolan rodents .North East Regional Vertebrate Evolution Symposium, Stony Brook, NY. Level:Regional
A.K. Hensley, B. Crowley, K. McMahon (2025. ) Change in habitat, not habits: an isotopic investigation of the last endemic Hispaniolan land mammals .American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. Level:National
Poster Presentations
Andrew Hensley, Walter Borowski (04-2022. ) High-Resolution Stratigraphy and Lithology of an Outcrop within the Grundy Formation (Pennsylvanian), Southeast Kentucky .Geological Society of America join-section Southeast & Midwest meeting., Cincinnati, OH. . Level:Regional
Colloquium
A. Hensley (02-2023). A Multi-Isotopic Investigation into Recently Extinct Rodents from The Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti .UC. Level:Department