I have just made a video of plant photographs with their names. Hopefully, I have all the names right😉

In her talk, "Seeking Connections with Nature through Community Gardens," Dr. Plaxedes T. Chitiyo advocates for the creation of more community gardens in the Pittsburgh area. Learn more and watch the presentation: phipps.conservatory.org/green-innovati…

My CV in sweatshirt form! Hi, I’m Claudia. I’m from Fontana. RCC (A.S) -> UCR (B.S &Ph.D) -> Stanford (Postdoc) -> University of San Diego (Asst. Professor).

remember what they took from us

Hi, ER Doc here. If your nose is bleeding, DO NOT TILT YOUR HEAD BACK. This just makes the blood drip down the back of your throat and you will then swallow and/or choke on it. Pinch the soft part of your nose and TILT YOUR HEAD FORWARD. Please tell your friends about this.

We are so excited to announce that the National Science Foundation has awarded BIMS a $2 Million grant to support our BIMS Tidal Wave program! Check out the press release at bit.ly/44eej9H

Huge thank you to Chi Yan and Renske Gelderloos for organizing and presenting at JHU Earth and Planetary Science department research day!

Personally I love the use of the term community science. Let’s continue to make science inclusive for all people!

“Can you imagine being your own baby daddy” - Eric Yee plating dandelion seeds 🌻

wearing my bug pants to the club

Posting this here because I want to tell a quick story. I had an older white woman stop me in the long restroom line to tell me “I love your braids”. I hesitantly smile, “thank you”. “Are they yours?” she asks. 1/4

I just want to conference and network (and use the bathroom) in peace. These comments are always unsuspecting and I’m never prepared in the moment. But listen, it is ok to not ask every question that comes to mind. I promise. 2/4

Voting for the ESA Governing Board is now open and I'm one of the nominated candidates! If you are a registered ESA member, please consider voting for me! The voting deadline is October 27th. Details on who I am and what I stand for can be found here: esa.org/2023-candidate…

🎉 Congrats to ECU's Kelsey Coates, in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine & Chemistry. She received a prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and joins the microbial ecology ECU Research group led by ECU_Biology's Dr. Ariane Peralta❗

I’m so excited that some of my undergraduate research with Dr. Plaxedes Chitiyo (currently UNCG Geography, Environment, and Sustainability) on urban community gardens in #Pittsburgh was published! Thanks to Middle States Geographer.

being a minority in academia is not for the weak. the micro-aggressions are actually macro

I had a great day in the Atlantic beach (NC) area planting some microbe-inoculated Sporobolus alterniflorus (Spartina) plugs. Let’s hope they survive and thrive! 🌱

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SO proud to say that #WOCinEEB just surpassed 500 members! We continue to be a positive & supportive affinity space for women of color & non-binary POC in ecology, evolution, & envisci. Online, in-person, at conferences - join us & find your people! wocineeb.org/index.html