Assistant Professor in Environmental Sciences @UoNBiosciences Land use change | More sustainable agriculture | Habitat restoration | Tropical Ecology | Insects
📣TWO POSTDOCS!📣
To all the insect/microclimate/coexistence/ecology folks out there: we (me, @cjanion, @RebeccaASenior, @andrewbdavies) have two postdocs advertised right now!
Check out the adverts attached.
Deadline for the Cardiff position is this Sunday!
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This is going to be a great project! Two more postdocs to be advertised soon based in Cardiff and Cape Town focussing on ants.
Apply and spread widely please!
Postdoc position available, working in the beautiful Cederberg Mountains in South Africa using #LiDAR and on the ground environmental sensors to test mechanisms of species coexistence, working with me, @RebeccaASenior, @TomRBishop & @cjanion! Please RT academicpositions.harvard.ed…
Excited to be informing the future of #entomology with these 61 grand challenges which will inform future @RoyEntSoc strategy and beyond. Important work led by @SarahHLuke and @LynnDicks
ALT The grand challenges in entomology fall into 11 categories in 4 overarching themes
Today, we publish a global agenda for insect science with @RoyEntSoc. Insects are the most successful animals on Earth, the majority of animal species. They can help solve big societal challenges-climate change, unsustainable food systems, public health.. resjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
We're hiring a graduate Research Assistant to study ecological and evolutionary effects of heatwaves on insect communities. 2-year contract with field and lab work split between @OxfordBiology and @JCU Queensland, Australia. Pls share and retweet! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
Coming up! 🤩
Following up the 200th anniversary of Alfred Russel Wallace's birth (8th Jan 2023) we will have a SPECIAL #TEO seminar on #island#biogeography:
Join us & @cjytheb, @_amandinevidal & @brbbfreitas on Mon Feb 13th 15:00 (CET). Moderation by @CzSam00. PM us for link!
You should check this out 🙋♂️😀
This is our new #TEO schedule. With this monthly seminar series, we aim to provide a platform of exchange for in particular early career researchers. We combine presentations of established researchers with presentations by early career researchers.
📢#TEO is back!!
Our online talk series starts again. For the next 6 month we will present you every 2nd Monday of the month talks related to tropical ecology with speakers like @OwenTLewis@MaximumInsect@brbbfreitas. We will start next Mon at 3pm (CET).
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Join us next Monday (10th of Nov) 3pm (CET) for our tropical ecology online series on @Zoom! 🌟
Desamarie Antonette Fernandez & @PiMForget from @Le_Museum@ECOTROP_MNHN will uncover the secrets of frugivores and carnivores using camera traps 📸.
👋PM us if you want to join!
Excited to join @RoyEntSoc#Ento22 today. For those attending in-person on Friday, join our @GLiTRS_Data workshop in the LPAC Building at 13:30 to play a fun, interactive card game and work out what is driving changes in insect populations. #entomology
If you have conservation scientists following you PLEASE share. We're recruiting a temporary lecturer (maternity cover) in conservation. @BangorUni, north Wales is such a fab place to live & work. Join us!
jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.ph…
📢 BOOKMARK YOUR AGENDA📢 - Plenary keynotes #gtoe2022 will be live (free of charge) via @Vimeo on 7-8-9 June at 0900-0945 and 1330-1415 (UTC 2). Join us and support this initiative by becoming a member of the @soctropecol. vimeo.com/event/2178126
Do riparian buffers prevent biodiversity declines in oil palm? Find out in our new paper in @ESAFrontiers, where we assessed 377 species across 8 taxonomic groups @SAFE_Project to identify the optimum buffer characteristics for retaining biodiversity doi.org/10.1002/fee.2473
For this month’s blog post, @MDPashkevich tells us about his recent paper looking at the effects of riparian buffers on oil palm agricultural systems 🌴🕷
zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…
Just a few more days left to apply for the @nottm_bbsrc_dtp PhD studentships! Deadline 30th May (Please note - this current application round is only available to UK home fees status students, but the scheme accepts international fees status students at other times of year)
A reminder that we're advertising a PAID 💸 summer research placement @InsectGroup@CamZoology for an undergraduate! Please see thread below for application details. You can come from any UK university. The application deadline is Friday 🕷️
The BES POST Fellowship is open for applications! @BritishEcolSoc are offering a £6k grant to spend 3-months with @POST_UK, producing one of their POSTnotes.
It's a great opportunity for PhD students interested in policy, communication and Parliament!
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