My mantra for the day: It usually takes less time to do the thing than to complain about not having enough time to do the thing.

Great insight from Prof. Katie Hinde for the SABER Diversity series: The "rugged" and "individualistic" American mindset contribute to continued sexual harassment and misconduct in the sciences. Thanks for the great talk Dr. Hinde!!!

Definitely needs to be different. I'm so proud of everyone that makes it through this gauntlet, but always try to think of ways to de-gauntlet things!

It is the dawning of a new area. For those that didn't know, we had a treehouse. Came with the house and it took nearly 9 years to motivate me to tear it down. Fun AND scary!

Huge congrats! It's been my great fortune to have you as a collaborator, colleague, friend... Looking forward to many more years.

We hope you enjoyed this year's conference ! We are now searching for hosts for MEEC 2022! Please email [email protected] if interested. It's a truly great experience and will look fantastic on CVs :)

After receiving approximately 60 emails this morning, I am now just sitting at my inbox and staring at them coming in roughly 1 every 2 minutes. What hell is this?

To the Black kids waiting and watching: You matter. You are loved. You have worth. You have value. Don’t let ANYTHING tell you otherwise.

Ha. Made some Earth eyes for myself for #EarthDay! 😃🌍🚀

Selfie with my new bestie on her first run. Took me awhile to get to know her, but this robot is going to help me do so many DNA extractions and I love her so much for it. instagram.com/p/CN-y1PTDXpby…

Last day of classes! Woooo!...oo.....o........... 🥱😴😴😴😴

making this was a mistake but here we are

Awesomely awesome for an awesome deserving person!!! Super exciting and I can't wait to hear all of the cool stuff you get to do!

Very awesome achievement for an awesome person. Level up!!!

I'm so excited to bring another member onto the team! Nick Barber is an amazing person to work with, so it's an easy decision, just apply!

Am.. Am I a gateway drug to astrobiology? 😀 Ha. It is such an honor and a pleasure to be able to speak with so many early career researchers and to hear about what motivates them and what intrigues them in astrobio. The future is so bright!

Do you know any cool undergrads that want to come work on soil microbial communities with me this summer? Send them my way! Wesley Swingley #REU #Nachusa #MortonArb #NIU #SummerResearch

Very much looking forward to it and terrified at doing things right!

It was a nice, but hot, day sampling Nachusa Grasslands with Nick Barber, Wesley Swingley and Holly Jones. Ready for more soil sampling tomorrow!

That was a scary coring trifecta! But a great crew and quick work of quite a lot of sampling!!!