Dr. Hale is a Professor of Biology at Texas Christian University. She received her M.S. in Ecology from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami. Dr. Hale has more than 25 years of experience conducting field and lab-based research and has been investigating the effects of wind energy on birds and bats since 2008. Dr. Hale is a science advisor to the AWWI (since 2011), an Associate Editor of Ornithological Applications (since 2015), a member of the BWEC Scientific Advisory Committee (since 2018), and an active member of several scientific organizations including the American Ornithological Society, the Ecological Society of America, and The Wildlife Society.