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afprobert.bsky.social
From Aotearoa, now a Lecturer based at UNE in NSW 🇦🇺 Non-native species, biosecurity, ecology & entomology. Loves ants 🐜 I always RT ecology jobs & PhD opps. She/her
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Just opened a door with a coffee in hand and a wolf snake dropped from above onto my hand about 1cm from falling in my cup 🥰

Anyone out there know of anyone working on cosmet moth taxonomy?

My malaise trap did not fare well in the storm

Two new postdoc positions are available as part of a new BBSRC project on the evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication (see rediploidisation.org), working in the group of Professor Dan Macqueen at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. Job adverts: lnkd.in/ewwDAqvu

It’s a crab eat crab world out here 🦀

How consistent are signatures of #adaptation between independent yet related pops? 🧬 Our new study in Mol Ecol uses #topography to explain genomic var in 4 alpine pops of Arabis alpina at local and regional extents for #SNPs & #TEs 🌱⛰️ Check it out now! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Invasive species come in all shapes and sizes. This is the invasive giant centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) a species implicated in the decline/extinction of several endemic species here on Christmas Island.

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DiSSCo UK - glittering job opportunity! #NHMScience @nhm-london.bsky.social recruiting a Technical Project Lead for this major programme delivering digital collections across the UK to support science, innovation and collaboration. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

PhD alert! Come work with me, @deonroos.bsky.social and Lorraine Scott to develop & apply geoprofiling to identify breeding sites for mobile species of conservation importance, using citizen-science data & field surveys in a #trait based approach. Deadline 19 Feb! 🌍 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Penn State is hiring a new tenure track Professor of Public Health Entomology at the Assistant or Associate level. The position has a 70% research/30% extension split. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

OneHealth **PhD Opportunity** to work at the interface of gamebird management, AMR evolution and spread, and zoonotic disease risk with me @Exeter’s Cornwall Campus and collaborators @UKHSA. #ExeterCEC #PhDsky #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social 🧪🌎🕷️🔬 Apply here: www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...

Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...

Congrats to Kris Wild, @ecophys.bsky.social and team on their new paper out in Science!! ☀️🦎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We are hiring, short term (3 months) to work on angler competitions in freshwaters @MAREscience ipsantarem.pt/wp-content/upl…

Come be my colleague! Public Health Entomology faculty position at Penn State (Assistant/Associate). 70% research, 30% extension. (I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can) psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Please spread the word! UF is hiring a tenure track quantitative ecologist in the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

🐛 🌱👩‍🎓 The ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity is offering 10 PhD projects with a $40,000 scholarship, industry placements & training, covering topics like pest management of exotic moth borers, fall armyworm biocontrol & identifying Tetranychidae eggs. For details:

One week left to apply for these amazing TT positions at Stockholm University! Deadline Jan 20, 2025.

❗3 year postdoc - deadline Feb 9th. Please get in touch with any questions

Still time to apply if you are interested in #forest #microclimates, #data loggers, data #analyses, #database management & #fieldwork ⬇️ We are also looking for a person fluent in 🇨🇵 for interactions w/ local site managers to set up a microclimate monitoring program ⬇️

3 year #Entomology museum job at the Western Australian Museum. Apply if you ❤️ insects, collections and identifying! 🦟🪰🦗🐜🐝🪲 search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...

#iDiv and University of Jena are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/n) in the field of ecological networks www.idiv.de/career/job-o... 🔍Role: Full-time 💸Salary: Up to 13 TV-L 🗓Deadline: 19 January 2025

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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

1-year funded fellowship for conservation social scientists to consolidate work from their PhD! Internal deadline end of Jan so get in touch soon! My interests are impact evaluation, nature markets, reconciling development (including mining) & conservation.... (thread) lnkd.in/eC2RWb7i

I'm hoping to hire a postdoc this year to join our growing lab at Yale! Looking for someone interested in EMA/digital phenotyping, formal theories, complex systems, & computational psychiatry. If this sounds like you, please reach out! Official ad coming soon.

Job alert! We are looking for researchers interested in the interconnectedness of ecosystems, climate change and human/wildlife health - ‘One Health’ approaches- to join the People and Nature Lab at UCL East. Deadline 4th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI276/l...

Understanding perspectives on #marine net gain to integrate stakeholder priorities to better inform #MNG priorities and mechanisms. Exciting #PhD opportunity with the @netgain.bsky.social DFA Link to advert tinyurl.com/3avdnrxb

Best wishes for 2025!! 🎊 I'm starting the year by reposting this exciting PhD position. We're still accepting applications until 17 February. Apply now or share with someone who might be interested! 🌲🌈🌡

Only 8 days left to apply for our fully-funded 4 years #PhD position in island biogeography for plants! Work with Prof Rampal Etienne and me at @unigroningen.bsky.social & Macquarie University in #Sydney. Don’t miss this unique opportunity! Please share widely!

Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎 zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...

Exciting PhD opportunity with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social , @padpadpadpad.bsky.social (Exeter) and myself (Bristol) on gulls, their microbiomes, and role in transmitting disease. Details below - deadline 13 January!

Harrison the inquisitive heron came by for a visit this morning

✨We're #Hiring! ✨ Our new role, Head of Membership and Development, will be responsible for the development of our community of members, comprising Fellows and Associates, and play a vital role in helping to build a vibrant, active and engaged community. Learn more below: www.linnean.org/the-...

Job going with @lockwoodlab.bsky.social. Julie is fantastic. jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/242...

Happy New Year! I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa... It includes: * science * action & policy * communication * travel awards * international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women Please share. #ConservationFunding

Interested in a PhD in Computer Science focusing on forest fire restoration? This is a great opportunity to collaborate with myself and the Selva Lab, led by @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social, at the University of Bristol. Generous 3.5 year PhD funding in the affordable city of Exeter, UK!

Please share. I'm recruiting up to 2 grad students to join my lab this fall and work on litter inverts or mosquitoes in Puerto Rico (summer start date possible). I am NOT taking non-U.S. students. Either student should have interests and background in ecology of insects. Details in ad.🦟🐜🪳🇵🇷🌴

*Be my new work supervisor!* Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. *I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!* apply.interfolio.com/159166

New year, new job? 🤔 We’ve got some great vacancies at BTO, come & join our friendly team & help us secure the future for birds. 🐦 See job vacancies. ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology #UKBirding #Norfolkbirding For the Director of Finance & Governance role, visit: bit.ly/BTODirectorFi...

An interesting PhD opportunity with 4yrs funding at Edinburgh University. Research results likely to directly influence Govt policy in Scotland on rodenticides, lead ammunition & avian flu. Closing date for applications Mon 6 Jan 2025. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/02/f...

I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025! The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project. #Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪

Treated myself to a new book, excited to read this @mothyblackburn.bsky.social

Jan 1, and my first day as an Asst. Professor at Berkeley. The lab opens in just a few weeks and I am currently staffing at all levels- www.lotuslofgren.com/new-page-1