Asst prof at UNCW, marine ecologist, conservation scientist, avid traveler. she/her. @sciencegirl-kjs on bluesky.
Joined May 2015
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Is it just me, or does this Risso's dolphin skull resemble the Millennium Falcon?
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19 Feb 2024
First McMahon lab talk (of 10) in the books at #OSM24. Thanks @Matt_D_Ramirez for kicking things off with a fantastic talk on highly siloed coral reed food webs across major disturbance gradients. FYI Matt is recruiting a new MS student!
#CoralReefScience #academicjobs
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19 Feb 2024
McMahon lab @URIGSO postdoc Dr. Stephane Martinez shares our collaborative work with communities in Ulithi Micronesia through @1People1Reef to develop a community focused and led photomosaic coral reef monitoring program. #OSM24 #CoralReefScience #CommunityScience x.com/DrKeltonMcMahon/statusβ¦
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19 Feb 2024
Great talks by @Matt_D_Ramirez and #stephanemartinez (members of the @DrKeltonMcMahon lab, past and present) too kick off #OSM24
Coral reef trophic niches across reef disturbance gradients AND fish reef abundance and diversity changing with reef complexity.
@URIGSO
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We reconvene for round 2 in 45 minutes (2pm CST) - come nerd out about archives with us!
21 Feb 2024
Our session at #OSM24 on the power of historical archives in ecological studies starts in 15 min! Join us if you can!
@DrKeltonMcMahon @Matt_D_Ramirez @ScienceGirl_KJS
@URIGSO
@stri_panama
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21 Feb 2024
Recent McMahon Lab PhD grad @URIGSO, now @EPA postdoc @CatrinaNow shares insights into multidecadal shifts in pelagic-benthic coupling in the Gulf of Maine from molecular isotope records of zooplankton and deep sea corals. #OSM24 #Isotopes #ClimateChange #MarineFoodWevs
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21 Feb 2024
Opening up our past archives session is recent McMahon lab @URIGSO postdoc, now assistant Professor at @uncw @ScienceGirl_KJS, talking about the power of museum archives and strandings to explore past whale migration. #OSM24 #BlueWhales #MuseumArchives #Isotopes
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19 Feb 2024
The most impactful conference plenary I've ever seen. These are the stories we need to hear and the conversations we need to be having. #OSM24 #EnvironmentalJustice
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Thrilled to share the findings of our recent study, made possible by intergenerational specimen collection efforts and the incredible teamwork and dedication of Miguel Camacho, @marcuschua, Manuel Ruedi, Darrin Lunde, @shrewangel, Hasmahzaiti Omar, @JenBiologist, & @treeshrew13
21 Dec 2023
It's not every day you can announce a new species of mammal. It's an even rarer one when you can share the news about five!
A new study led by Smithsonian researchers and colleagues has IDed five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia. s.si.edu/3NBA10w
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Please consider supporting @MCERCMarineEco; this is a wonderful marine education organization founded by a beautiful human I had the privilege meeting when we were grad students.
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28 Nov 2023
I am stoked to annouce that my masters has finally been published in @ASNAmNat! Here we investigated whether the evolution of a diadromous life history can alter rates of trait evolution and drive phenotypic convergence in clupeiformes. Check er out!
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epβ¦
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27 Nov 2023
Can the effect of temperature on metabolism explain population trends of bluefin #tuna- and predict the future?
In a new paper we use a stable #isotope based proxy to measure thermal sensitivity of field metabolism in Atlantic BFT
tinyurl.com/4ctr9n75
#otolith #ecophysiology
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I'm so so excited to share that @Zaazology is joining my new lab at @UNCW_BaMB, bravely embarking on the adventure of being my first graduate student! Wish him all the luck; he may need it. β€οΈπ³
12 Nov 2023
I've been out of it (read: traveling), but I will be starting a #phd with @ScienceGirl_KJS at @uncw in January!! Feel free to shower me in praise. Also here's a picture of a juvenile Christmas Island Frigatebird
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12 Sep 2023
This is JC. JC serves on our board as the Vice-President of Communications. She isΒ a research associate at both the @NMNH and the @LSU_MNS.
As an evolutionary biologist, she asks evolutionary questions about different organisms. Find out whyΒ in the video below! #BlackInNHMs
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7 Sep 2023
Meet our president, Adania! She is a PhD candidate at the @UF department of biology and the @FloridaMuseum.
Adania is a fish biologist. She is passionate about introducing students of diverse backgrounds, particularly those most marginalized in STEM. #BlackInNHMs
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12 Sep 2023
π£ Weβre excited to announce that applications for the Black & Indigenous Scholars Award in Mammalogy are now open! For folks who are doing anything related to mammals. Open to high school and up. Apply by Oct 15. π€
Spread the word! #ScienceTwitter
mammalsociety.org/form/blackβ¦
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8 Sep 2023
We just updated our large database of PhD fellowships.
For each of the 190 entries, we provide description of the fellowship, link, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).
Downlonad this database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/fundingβ¦
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5 Sep 2023
Happy 84th birthday to Claudette Colvin!
She refused to move to the back of a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks, the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was 15 & pregnant.
Other women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa Parks
A THREAD!
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4 Sep 2023
Come work with us! A 3-year postdoctoral research position in Holocene palaeobotany is available here at @NHMuseum_Bergen
More info & application here β‘οΈjobbnorge.no/en/available-joβ¦
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29 Aug 2023
*REMINDER* that there is ~2 weeks left to submit an abstract to our #OSM24 session on using #HistoricalArchives in your #EcologicalResearch !
17 Jul 2023
βStudy the past, if you would divine the futureβ Use #HistoricalArchives in your #EcologicalResearch? Then please submit to our Ocean Science Meeting session! We are happy to embrace both methodological and human diversity!
Abstracts due SEPT. 13! #OSM24
agu.confex.com/agu/OSM24/preβ¦
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