CV

Education

M.S., Forestry, August 2025 - Present [expected May 2027]
- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
- Graduate Thesis, advised by Dr. Brent S. Pease: Applications of secondary image data for novel ecological discovery
B.S., Forest Resources and Conservation, August 2023 – 2025
- University of Florida, Milton, FL, 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
- Undergraduate Honors Thesis, advised by Dr. Victoria M. Donovan: Biophysical and anthropogenic factors influencing human-caused wildfire occurrence in the southeastern United States
A.A., General Studies, August 2020 – May 2023
- Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL, 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
High School Diploma, August 2019 – Dec 2022
- Escambia Virtual Academy, 5.03 GPA (Dual-enrolled at Pensacola State College)

Research experience

Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- GitHub University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git

Skills

Skill 1
Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
Skill 3

Publications

Preparing Students for the Future: A Need to Integrate Entomology and Technology Education

Torres KM, (2026). "Preparing Students for the Future: A Need to Integrate Entomology and Technology Education." American Entomologist, 72(1) 30-31. doi: 10.1093/ae/tmag011

Biophysical and anthropogenic factors influencing human-caused wildfire occurrence in the southeastern United States

Torres KM. (2025). Biophysical and anthropogenic factors influencing human-caused wildfire occurrence in the southeastern United States [Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Florida]. UF Undergraduate Honors Theses Collection. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00115146/00001/pdf

Integration of wing pattern morphology and deep learning to support Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) pest identification

Torres KM, Tan C, Mollet KA, Smith-Pardo AH, Xu R, Li C and Paula-Moraes SV. (2025). "Integration of wing pattern morphology and deep learning to support Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) pest identification." Frontiers in Agronomy, 7:1602164. doi: 10.3389/fagro.2025.1602164

Validation of wing geometric morphometrics in Chrysodeixis spp.(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to support pest identification in invasive species survey programs

Smith-Pardo AH, Torres KM and Paula-Moraes SV. (2025). "Validation of wing geometric morphometrics in Chrysodeixis spp.(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to support pest identification in invasive species survey programs." Frontiers in Insect Science, 5:1542467. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2025.1542467