Just putting feelers out there for now but if you or anybody you know needs a virtual research assistant this summer, please let me know!! I will have a MS + need to pay rent :) I can program in R, Python, use ML platforms + do data analysis. Plus I can make pretty figures!!

Thrilled to announce that I’m part of this amazing cohort of #Knauss finalists! So excited and grateful for this next step in DC!

It's happening!!! Next week I'll be defending my PhD. DM or email me if you'd like the zoom link. A big thanks to my labmates for the amazing flier

Excited to share this work at the upcoming PSA meeting!

The time has finally come - I am defending my PhD next week! There will also be a Zoom option so DM or email me for the link ([email protected]).

Please enjoy my amazing defense announcement created by Lauren Lees, Ph.D.!

Congratulations to everyone in UCI Microbiome and UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biol run club #RunEEB that ran the #StPatricksDayMicrobialGroup5K hosted by Lauren Lees, Ph.D. and me! 🍀

Great panel discussing the The Beall Center exhibit, Computational Poetics! I’ve loved helping Cesar & Lois with Hello Fungus and hearing how themes of interest to ecologists are explored through a different lens

This is for my team members, and all academic workers without whom University of California cannot exist. @uaw2865 #FairUCNow
'University of California Actions Toward Striking Workers May Cause Lasting Damage' voiceofoc.org/2022/12/alliso… via @voiceofoc

We are now entering week two of unfair labor practice strikes by UAW-represented academic workers at the University of California. Their talent is what enables UC’s world-class research.

I’m leading colleagues to call on UC to reach a resolution and bargain in good faith.

Faculty UC Irvine, our grad students and postdocs need our solidarity. Please join us at the #UCstrike rally on Monday at 12 noon, Flagpoles.

I was out there again today on the picket line @ucirvine in solidarity with my grad students and postdocs. Still not many faculty, though. What are you waiting for? The more support we show, the sooner this ends. #UCstrike #UAWonStrike

Faculty, there is so much more we can do to support #UAWonStrike . Today I picketed alongside my students and postdocs. They were glad I was there, but sad not to see more of us. We have tremendous power and privilege University of California. Let’s use it for good!
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At the #FairUCNow picket line, academic workers are speaking about their need to see UC Irvine faculty meaningfully support for our UAW strike.

There are many ways that faculty can show solidarity! And we are *taking notice* when you don't. Here's a thread of ways you can help:

It was great to see support from Dr. Kathleen Treseder and @mrebolleda yesterday! Good and equitable science can’t happen without fair contracts and living wages. Would be great to see even more solidarity from UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biol #ucstrike

Another beautiful day, another beautiful site. Many thanks to Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability for supporting our research here on & around Catalina Island! #MARINe

.UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biol PhD students Lauren Lees & Beatriz Rios survey intertidal biodiversity in the marine protected area at Little Harbor, Catalina Island. Such an amazing spot on an amazing day! #MARINe Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability UCI BioSci

Thrilled to be helping Cesar & Lois with their installation “Degenerative Cultures” at the The Beall Center! Stop by and check out Hello Fungus to see how microbial growth and AI are used to explore the dichotomy between humanity and nature

First chapter of my PhD and my first #SitkaNSF project is out now! Spent a lot of time wrangling #hermitcrabs for this one. 😁 DM me if you’d like to take a read.