Final chapter of my dissertation sent out to coauthors 🥹 Now to impatiently wait for my defense date

ChatGPT has a year in review, and it somehow made the chaos of my coding and modeling questions look lovely. In 2019, I was “The Tick Chick”. In 2026, “the Wetland Whisperer”. I’ll take it!

Today I learned that if you type -AI alongside your Google search, it will give you your search without the automatic AI generated answer 👌 I can only imagine how much energy/water this saves, esp when I never even wanted the AI response in the first place

#AGU25 poster session! Simulating microbial activity in a freshwater wetland: a novel field and process-based modeling approach 🦠💻 Paper submission coming soon!

Little bit of NOLA tourism ☺️ #AGU2025

Absolutely moved by the #AGU25 plenary speaker, Dr. John Francis. Following a massive oil spill, Dr. Francis gave up driving in cars, opting to walk everywhere, including crossing the country multiple times to get to and from University. He gave up speaking, choosing to listen instead…

#AGU25 started with so many wonderful oral talks about Arctic permafrost/ carbon cycling and ended with a side quest into the swamp 👌

I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th! Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

If you’re interested in sustainable farming research, check out this fully funded master’s degree opportunity!

Had a great time giving a lecture on Environmental Journalism at Montana State! This has been a growing passion of mine, and I’m excited for the opportunity to tell other students about it as well ✍️

Nobody tells you what it feels like to register for that single final research credit for your PhD program. It’s absolutely incredible. ☕️

First time seeing the wild ponies in the Grayson Highlands/ Mt Rogers. We have snow at the highest point in VA now!

AGU poster accepted! Come visit me! Title: A Processed-based Modeling Approach for Simulating Microbial Activity in a Temperate Freshwater Wetland

Apple harvest season in Virginia 🥰 Really hanging onto Peak Leaf as much as possible

More lantern fly sampling— egg masses are out!

First time on the Blue Ridge Parkway and in the Pisgah National Forest 🍂😍

Our research on Seneca Lake has been featured in the New York Times! Check it out! @benuveges.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Not a bad day to collect/count lanternflies!

May everyone try to channel a fraction of the empathy, care, and kindness that Jane showed to all living beings. The world was a better place with her in it 💚

We were interviewed this week by WENY— check out the article about our research! www.weny.com/story/531154...

Deep water sampling on Seneca Lake has commenced! Excited to check out the gas concentrations at the bottom of the lake 👩‍🔬

Weekend nature highlights! First time seeing a copperhead in the wild 🐍

POV from our methane sensor 😍

Firefly bike ride was magical 💚

Testing out our deep water sensor retrieval system. Exciting research coming this fall in the Finger Lakes, NY!

It may be 100•F but at least it’s pretty

Sunset over Lake Erie, PA. No filter at all!

Quick weekend trip to the #Adirondacks. Biking to and swimming here makes it finally start to feel like summer is coming ☀️

Measuring carbon dioxide and methane in our tidal freshwater wetland! So lucky to have fieldwork in such a beautiful place 🥰

Black fly season adding a few hurdles to our eddy covariance tower maintenance 😅 #adirondacks

Today on Edge Effects, Companion Species continues as Maxime Fecteau explores his experience with Lyme disease & how an undesired relationship with ticks still has profound impact on his way of seeing ecological degradation, multispecies kinship, and the Anthropocene. 🕷️ edgeeffects.net/tick-kinship/

On our way to continue building our eddy covariance tower!

Went for a walk on a fairly maintained trail. Even if you don’t think you’re at risk for tick exposure, you should still check yourself if you go outside! Fortunately found this deer tick crawling across my hand.

Federal scientists! Hoping to attend #ESA2025 but lacking resources? We want to help -- we're prioritizing federal scientists and those who lost their position or funding due to federal cuts. Learn more & apply by May 15. esa.org/baltimore202...

It was a heavy gardening weekend, and it felt so good. Can’t wait to see how this space will transform in a few months 🌱

Ramp season is winding down but lucky to have made some awesome pesto!

My first bike packing race! 150 mile Finger Lakes Freshet, NY. 14,000 ft elevation gain and gravel roads. It was muddy, foggy, rainy, and one of the toughest things I’ve done. 9 AM Saturday to 8 PM Sunday! Absolutely epic ride

For 2 semesters, I've had the pleasure of being the Managing Editor for my campus' literary and arts magazine, @unearthedjournal.bsky.social. This semester, my role extended into bringing interview profiles back to the magazine. unearthedesf.com/an-interview...

I’m so grateful to be at a college that celebrates Earth WEEK @sunyesf.bsky.social Every day is a packed schedule of environmental and sustainable-themed events including speakers/lectures, workshops, movies, music, fairs, and more. Best week of the year 💚 stay tuned for the fun!

"During a time of tremendous environmental fear and uncertainty, we have found, to our immeasurable relief, our master teacher," writes Elizabeth Gilbert of Robin Wall Kimmerer.

2025 Conference on Environmental Science and Studies speaker Dr. Colin Beier gave an incredible talk about forest modeling and climate solutions in NY 👏 With most of the forests being privately owned, it’s essential to instill/teach sustainable land management practices for carbon sequestration

📣 We are looking for a #peatland scientist to advance methods for water level- and vegetation-based modeling of GHG emissions from German peatlands. Close collaboration with @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social and the Thünen Remote Sensing group. 👉 literatur.thuenen.de/stellenmarkt...

“Coal can never be clean…because even if sophisticated power plants capture pollutants, there is environmental damage during the mining and transport of coal. Mountaintop removal in particular is notorious for polluting streams and harming ecosystems, especially aquatic ones.”

First tick of the season! Adult ixodes scapularis

NEWS: Scientists have mapped parts of Britain at risk of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), which has become a growing health problem in Europe. Cases are rare here but climate and land use changes could increase risk. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 1/ 🧪

A great morning 💚

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

Eddy covariance tower building beginning!

Omw to dig some wetland holes