Excited to share the first two publications from our PERSIST (Predicting Evolutionary Rescue of a Species in Space and Time) project. Thanks to NSF-DEB for supporting this work! (1/3)

A resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿 buff.ly/L8o4hhr

I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026. jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...

We are recruiting field technicians to contribute to a field study of adaptation to climate in Chamaecrista fasciculata in Raleigh/Chapel Hill, NC. My collaborators at UGA will soon post similar positions in Ithaca, NY and Archbold Biological Station, FL. Please share jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...

Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...

New paper from PhD student @ellmartin.bsky.social provides compelling experimental evidence that urbanization drives local adaptation, life history divergence and eco-evo feedbacks on a diverse community. Congrats Ella! 🌎🌆 #urbanecology #urbanevolution #evoeco

Part one of my common garden experiment is out today in Nature E&E!! We compare how urban and rural environments affect selection on HCN production, local adaptation, and eco-evo dynamics in white clover doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Incredibly proud to be a part of this amazing and ambitious collaboration and looking forward to putting all of the data together and exploring the results in the coming months!

Bittersweet to be completely finished field work at the beautiful Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve, the site of the southern common garden of the PERSIST project on adaptation to climate in scarlet monkeyflower with @seemasheth.bsky.social. On to the central garden next!

Now out in Oecologia! Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Very honoured to be involved in this huge collaboration investigating global invasion in ☘️ by contributing fitness data from the transcontinental common garden experiment I completed during my PhD with @evoecolab.bsky.social! Well done to @brandonhendrickson.bsky.social and many many others!

Hi #evol2025, our paper came out yesterday and I'd love to chat about it. We used an underused tool for studying parasite local adaptation, the Host Reciprocal Transplant, to study switchgrass and its fungal rust. doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Presenting the first paper to come out of my postdoc with @seemasheth.bsky.social at #Evol2025 tomorrow. Results from a growth chamber experiment on adaptation to heatwaves in Mimulus cardinalis, led by Robin Bingham! Adaptation IV in Athena CD at 5pm! 🔥

Very excited to see this final product from a cool study led by @brandonhendrickson.bsky.social that adds to the story of the invasion success of white clover across the globe 🌎☘️🌏☘️🌍

Despite everything else going on, I'm proud of what everyone in the lab has accomplished. I got behind on updating our lab news, and just updated the past 1.5 years that were missing 🫠 Thankful to work with this amazing bunch! seemasheth.weebly.com

Preprint of our first manuscript from the PERSIST project (Predicting Evolutionary Rescue of a Species In Space and Time), with @lucasjalbano.bsky.social and many other co-authors not on BlueSky

Checkout new pre-print led by postdoc @lucasjalbano.bsky.social describing results from experiment led by sabbatical visitor Robin Bingham from Western Colorado U!

🚨New preprint with @seemasheth.bsky.social! A resurrection experiment led by Robin Bingham (Western CO) showed that Mimulus cardinalis responded favourably to a heatwave treatment, plus enviro-specific divergent evol responses to a recent natural extreme heat event. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited for @kalebgoff.bsky.social's 1st dissertation chapter to be out w co-authors M Oldfather, J Nachlinger, B Smithers, @mikoontz.bsky.social, J & C Bishop & M Burke. Limited Directional Change in Mountaintop Plant Communities over 19 years in Western North America doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Today I am elated to announce that the first chapter of my dissertation— is out today in Ecosphere! Click the link, read the story, and let me know what you think! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here: eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...

🚨New preprint! I conducted a large field experiment with @evoecolab.bsky.social and Nic Kooyers, manipulating precipitation and herbivory in Ontario and Louisiana to study effects on ☘️. Wrapping my head around the complex results was an adventure, so I'm excited to hear what others think. Pls share!

Very excited to become a member of the Botanical Society of America's Early Career Advisory Board for 2025-2027 (along with labmate @kalebgoff.bsky.social) and being a part of the publication process for some highly impactful society journals! @botsocamerica.bsky.social botany.org/home/publica...

Looking for recommendations on the best instrument to use to measure flower colour in the field. What would you recommend? #botany #ecology #evolbiol

Earlier this week at the oCUBE Unconference, I gave my first ever pedagogical presentation, on causes and consequences of high school grade inflation for undergrads. I think it went well, but also definitely still learning in the teaching realm, so please reach out if want to chat #HigherEd with me!

Late-breaking job ad: The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA) is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Evolutionary Biology!!! More details below. Please repost!

Last month I gave a virtual talk about my PhD work with @evoecolab.bsky.social in the BSA virtual symposium on Plant Resilience and Conservation for a Changing Climate. The recording is now available so check it out here if you're interested in rapid adaptation across space and time in ☘️!

CSEE is now on Bluesky! We’ll be posting information about upcoming events, including our AGM, webinars and more, and news about the society. #Ecology #Evolution

A few weeks ago I presented to an absolutely massive audience of 250+ people on zoom as part of the Botanical Society of America Virtual Symposium on Climate Change! I was very nervous and very stoked. Here is the link: youtu.be/AlYQrYM9OAo?...

Great to see 🦋 picking up steam! I'll reintroduce myself by announcing a new and improved version of the biggest manuscript from my PhD thesis with Marc Johnson, now up on biorxiv as of today! We find rapid adaptation in introduced ☘️ populations in space but not so much in time. bit.ly/4fEhEnt

#Budget2024 makes the largest investment in 20+ years for grad students & postdocs! It will support financial needs, boost mental well-being, allow focus on research, & promote diversity by easing barriers for underrepresented groups. #SOSBudget2024

Super pumped for newly minted Dr. @lucasjalbano.bsky.social to join our team this spring! And during the best month in Raleigh!!!

Also very excited to announce that in April, I'll be starting a new position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at NC State with @seemasheth.bsky.social and Chris Muir (U Wisconsin), studying evolutionary rescue in scarlet monkeyflowers. Looking forward to the new skills and experiences! 🌱

A bit late because it's been a whirlwind few days but I'm excited to say that last Thursday I successfully defended my PhD! It was 5.5 years of constant new experiences, and I couldn't be more thankful for the support my supervisor, countless other colleagues, and my amazing family and friends. 🍀