Today I am celebrating 7 years of sobriety. 2555 days since the fuckin insanity and things are actually pretty good right now. Much love to my friends who stay sober one day at a time. You are not alone. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

I always learn a lot from people in Louis Calder Center algae class, but have you ever seen anything like this homemade portable microscope by Liz Nystrom USGS NY Water Science Center? Two pieces of plywood, wide-angle lenses, and adjustable plexiglass.

Beckley Bog northern Connecticut with John Wehr Louis Calder Center algae class for a showdown battle of the portable microscopes. Em1 Microscope vs Swift Field-Master vs ioLight Magnificent Mobile Microscopes vs homemade microscope built by Liz Nystrom USGS NY Water Science Center.

Fantastic day with John Wehr Louis Calder Center algae class collecting harmful cyanobacteria in Central Park.

Beckley Bog in northern Connecticut with John Wehr Louis Calder Center algae class for a fantastic day of collecting. Bonus for very cool pink lady's slipper, sundews, pitcher plants.

I know many of you have probably seen beavers at work, but have you ever seen beavers at work like this?

Congratulations and thank you to John Wehr Louis Calder Center algae class for an excellent two weeks of collecting and having fun!

Reunion with Bruce Cahoon at Phyc. Soc. America #PSA2023 in Providence, RI. We exchanged ideas about using molecular approaches in ecophysiology experiments. Thank you to Schonna Manning and Wade Huang for putting together such a great conference! #PhycologyFriday

Dense cyanobacteria bloom in Prospect Park with diverse assemblage of potential toxin producers. The lake also has very nice specimens of Botryococcus, a member of green algae that produces oil. Check out the oil being squeezed out of the colony matrix as it compresses.

I had so much fun creating this collage for #WorldAlgaeDay! Thank you to Waterloo Biology Dr Müller, Louis Calder Center Dr John Wehr, and Michael Kausch for helping with sampling, learning identification, and use of their microscopy labs.

Bloom of Aphanizomenon preserved in Lugol's iodine at 100x magnification. #phycologyfriday #cyanobacteria #nitrogen #toxins #algae #microscopy

Very happy to share the first article from my Ph.D. : "Biodiesel Production from Botryococcus sudeticus and Chlorella vulgaris" has just been published online. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Meriç Albay Reyhan Akçaalan latife demo Gozde Ozbayram limnist

Guys today I am celebrating 8 years of sobriety. I'm in good shape and there may be some exciting things coming up later this year. Much love to my friends who stay sober one day at a time. You are not alone. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #soberaf #sobrietyrocks

Congratulations and thank you to Louis Calder Center algae class for an excellent two weeks of collecting and having fun! This was a particularly engaged group with a lot of great discoveries from different habitats. #algae #freshwater #redalgae #cyanobacteria #bog #lake #stream

Successful and exciting day with Louis Calder Center algae class collecting harmful cyanobacteria in Central Park. #nyc #harmfulalgalbloom #microscope #cyanobacteria #phosphorus

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Cyanobacterial mats in the Virgin River in Zion National Park. The bright blue-green is very obvious in more stagnant parts of the river up canyon. I suspect these mats have a good source of phosphorus from the rocks. #zionnationalpark #virginriver #cyanobacteria

Saturday night halloween show at Young Ethel's in Park Slope. 🌑🔥 #grunge #rock #halloween #brooklyn #soundgarden

Lake Carmel in the Mid-Hudson Valley has another one of my favorite blooms to look at under the microscope. The species richness is quite high and includes a lot of greens and eutrophic diatoms #harmfulalgalblooms #microscope #microscopy #cyanobacteria #algae #greenalgae #diatoms

Guys I did my dissertation defense. It has actually happened. It is no longer just an abstract concept.