Ecologist studying diseases, disturbances, & plant populations. Assistant Professor @BSUBiology. Artist who illustrates big trees & little critters. She/her.

Joined February 2019
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The Simler-Williamson lab at Boise State is recruiting MS & PhD students in collaboration w/@tobymmaxwell Lab! Interested in plant populations, plant-soil-microbial interactions, invasive species, disturbance, and/or pathogens? Full job postings here! simlerwilliamsonlab.com/oppo…
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Hi, #ESA2023! I’m presenting today about biotic local adaptation —come hear about big sagebrush’s fabulous pathogens and mutualists in COS128 at 4:30! Also: newly funded MS/PhD positions to continue this work— reach out if you are interested in the ecol & evol of plant disease!
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Please RT! Postdoc position with Boise State and USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center examining prediction of seed establishment and restoration outcomes in dryland ecosystems across the western US. 🌱 Apply here by Nov 6: jobs.boisestate.edu/en-us/jo… Happy to answer ?s!

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I'm not sure I've ever learned so much from a single analysis, writing, and review process. This paper was ✨so much fun✨ to work on.
This is such an important paper! Observational studies often fail to correct for nonrandom treatment bias... When accounted for, treatment effects can switch signs! 🤯 Congrats @AllisonSimlerW! doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-3…
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Excited to see this analysis (led by the impressive @li_thal1) out in ecol. letters! Had tons of fun brainstorming w/ and learning from these smart folks about dilution effects & implications of quantifying disease in terms of individual risk v. aggregated observations. Go, Lisa!
Update #1: Happy to announce that my second dissertation chapter on testing mechanics underlying diversity-disease relationships is now published in @Ecology_Letters. Collab with @AllisonSimlerW and Dave Rizzo at @UCDavis doi.org/10.1111/ele.13871 1/n…
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YAY! Thrilled to share that “Suzie & the Eelgrass Geese” (a children's book written by wonderful @nmkollars, edited by the excellent @CarolynSotka, and illustrated by myself) is available to purchase, with proceeds supporting a research fund in honor of Dr. Susan Williams. (1/4)
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Big thanks to the Bilinski foundation and Coastal Marine Sciences Institute (@ucd_cmsi) for supporting this work, and to the @PopBioUCD & @davis_egsa marine scientists who lent their knowledge & love of seagrass communities for illustration ideas! (3/4)
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(4/4) Proceeds to support the Dr. Susan Lynn Williams Memorial Graduate Award (give.ucdavis.edu/BOML/124223) and copies can be purchased @ lulu.com/en/us/shop/nicole-k…
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Thanks, @TrevorCaughlin! Very excited to work with Caughlin, @leonorabit, DeGraaf, and Germino Labs this winter on this research!
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