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Assoc. Prof at University of Missouri- St. Louis. Studying the ecology and evolution of cognition in bees, flies, and other critters. Biophile. Urban gardener. Trekkie. Sciencing while chronically ill. #DisabledinSTEM
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I definitely do not feel fine.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Super excited that my very first Nature Notes column is in the very first issue of the Near Northsider newspaper! It’s a hyperlocal quarterly publication for Old North St. Louis along with St Louis Place and Hyde Park. Big effort from a scrappy committee of neighbors. Now for the next issue…

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

The Urban Wildlife Working Group is excited to announce a FREE workshop on Wildlife Field Worker Safety in Urban Spaces taking place on Zoom on February 24th from 1-3 pm Eastern Time. See you there! 🦺 #UrbanEcology #FieldWork Register here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) is seeking a Scientist to join our Latin America Program! The successful candidate will establish a collaborative research program, with a focus on the Tropical Andes or other regions where MBG is engaged. Apply here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

I’m in a pretty big exacerbation of my multiple sclerosis. It’s like all the symptoms from the past 18.5 years are back all at once. As always, it’s a reassessing of how I’m working, living, and moving around in the world. I’m happy to have awesome physical and speech therapists this time around.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Scientific discovery and advance is not, and never has been, “efficient”.

submitted 38 days ago • 8 comments

Today has been a lot. First day of classes, freezing rooms everywhere, and getting two new TAs ready for the next week. But MS student Benjamin passed his thesis proposal defense this morning a & got lots of great feedback from his committee. I think we all enjoyed the process! Ideal outcome!

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Are you interested in the social dimensions of human-wolf interactions? Come work with me at Oregon State University!

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

PhD position on the ecology and evolution of animal memory! Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining us

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

I think everyone on my street here in St. Louis is hibernating under the snow. I was fully prepared to be a sidewalk shoveling slacker but no one has emerged except one neighbor, who is a nurse. It’s another French toast day for us.

submitted 57 days ago • 3 comments

The latest issue of the New Yorker has a profile of the insect sentience squad - featuring Tilda Gibbons, Lars Chittka, Meghan Barrett, Sarah Skeels and me. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

With the new year, a reminder to encourage folks to apply to this great opportunity!

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Desperately still searching for a mentor in AEST! I have two mentees in this timezone but nobody to mentor them! Mentors do not need to be disabled to participate, but must be willing to learn to be an active ally! #DisabledInSTEM

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

There have been incidents in the lab when I’ve worn some floral prints…

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

This Sunday I’m happy to have completed a needlepoint canvas I’ve been working on since mid-autumn. The design is Bordered Diamonds by Kaffe Fassett. This will become a cushion in a guest room. Eventually. Whenever I get to it. I have a stack of these waiting to be cushions. #CraftSky #needlepoint

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Just watched the final episode of Star Trek Lower Decks with. This show has been so much fun to watch, from start to finish. The episode today was a great final episode and I loved so many parts of it. I’m sad to see it end. I hope we get to see it continue in one form or another in the future.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

We found stingless bees were able to easily discriminate between patterns like the radial stimulus below. Pretty impressive for a tiny bee! 🧪 #science #bees #entomology

submitted 80 days ago • 3 comments

Our 2025 #REU applications are now open! Come learn with us next summer at the #AMNH! More information can be found www.amnh.org/research/ric...

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

I participated in a faculty panel a few weeks ago in which senior (ahem) faculty gave advice on careers in academia by pretending luck had very little to do with our success. One piece of advice riled me up, in which it was argued that a reason for their success was their ability to say no. 1/

submitted 86 days ago • 81 comments