Assistant Prof. in Entomology at Virginia Tech. Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects, R on Emacs and Org-mode enthusiast.
Joined August 2013
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Roger Schürch retweeted
4 Aug 2023
I have two funded positions for graduate students.
Project #1. greenbeard effects in the fire ant (with Ken Ross and Jocelyn Millar)
Project #2. cumulative culture in ant colonies (with Josep Call and Mathieu Charbonneau)
For details, please see sasakilab.ecology.uga.edu/op…
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Roger Schürch retweeted
18 Jul 2023
PhD program (fully funded) for 6 students from groups currently marginalised within the natural sciences. Details in the link, but note the short turnaround for applicants (2nd August). Please get in touch if you have any questions.
nercgw4plus.ac.uk/apply
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Roger Schürch retweeted
16 Jul 2023
🚨 JOB ALERT!!! 🚨
The AU Bee Lab (led by Geoff Williams) is hiring a bee technician!
They're a good crowd of bee peeps, happy to answer any Q's about bees/life in Auburn.
Apply here: auemployment.com/postings/39…
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Roger Schürch retweeted
8 Jun 2023
Want a backyard beehive? 🍯
#VTCALS and @VaCoopExt beekeeping expert James M. Wilson has plenty of tips to offer about starting up and tending to a personal beehive. 🐝 ⤵️
vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/…
#Pollinators #Beekeeping #Bees #Honey #VCEresources #VaCoopExt
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Roger Schürch retweeted
24 May 2023
1/ NEW! in @ScienceAdvances: ‘A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to increase cultural diversity awareness of research mentors of undergraduate students’
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Roger Schürch retweeted
We have a new Research Postdoc position open! The incumbent will work on a new USDA grant about pollinator ecology, silflowers, and improving crop and honey production! If you are interested, pls DM me!!!
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Roger Schürch retweeted
Reminder to all behaviorists: BORIS is leaving Twitter because it is no more a nice platform. I hope to see you on Mastodon fediscience.org/@boris and/or Spoutible spoutible.com/BORIS 😉
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Roger Schürch retweeted
25 Mar 2023
New PhD opportunity! I'm recruiting a PhD student in #freshwater ecosystem ecology to start in Aug 2023 or Jan 2024 @VT_Biology @virginia_tech! Learn more on our website about how to join our fun, collaborative team: carey.biol.vt.edu/?page_id=9… & please RT! @GLEONetwork @aslo_opps
ALT Our beautiful Carvins Cove Reservoir, Virginia! Come join us at Virginia Tech to study these gorgeous ecosystems and work with managers to improve drinking water quality.
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Roger Schürch retweeted
23 Mar 2023
Today at the Radford Public Library some of our graduate students showed off insects and other arthropods to very excited kids! 🕷🦂📖 They got to learn about beetles, grasshoppers, scorpions, spiders, aquatic insects and more.
Thank you to the library for inviting us!
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Roger Schürch retweeted
22 Mar 2023
Congrats to 3 VT students who won awards for their presentations at the @EntsocAmerica Eastern Branch meeting!
PhD students Laura McHenry, Fernanda Vasquez-Valverde, and undergrad Lillian Chiang each won 1st place in the respective competition categories! Congratulations you 3!
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Roger Schürch retweeted
21 Mar 2023
What a complete honor to share the stage with these incredible scientists, especially @fervasquezval!!! Couldn’t wipe the smile off my face for the last day of #EBEntSoc23 🤩🐝🦋🪲🐌
@VT_Entomology
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Roger Schürch retweeted
20 Mar 2023
Best way to close #EBEntSoc23 Congratulations to all my fellow students awards winners! Specially to @LCMcHenry! #Hokies @VT_Entomology
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Roger Schürch retweeted
15 Mar 2023
Call for papers! I'm excited to announce a special edition of @InsSociaux focusing on social insect #conservation. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/5n6u3dmc
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Roger Schürch retweeted
22 Feb 2023
Come to Sussex to use comp NS to explore how learning emerges from the interaction of evolved brains, sensory systems and behaviours
BBSRC RF on “Emergent embodied cognition in shallow neural networks”
sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/rese…
Contact p.r.graham@sussex.ac.uk with enquiries
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Roger Schürch retweeted
15 Feb 2023
JOBS: 2 new post-doc positions in our conservation social science research group at Virginia Tech. 2-3 year positions (with potential for extending, pending funding). We will begin reviewing applications for both positions on March 16, 2023. Please apply!@vt_cnre @vt_fishwild
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Roger Schürch retweeted
14 Feb 2023
VT Giving Day is less than 24 hours away! I'd like to highlight a new Entomology fund devoted to funding VT Ento Graduate Student Travel to conferences and other professional development opportunities.
Link: givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/…
Giving Day: Noon Feb 15th- Noon Feb 16th ET
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