✨Exactly one week ago, I defended my PhD thesis✨ It has been a long and challenging journey, but also one full of adventures, growth, and friendships that I will carry with me forever. I couldn’t have imagined a better place or a better community to share this stage of my life. 🌍

Our new publication is out in Ecology and Evolution! Five years after powerful hurricanes reshaped Puerto Rico’s forests, we found that moth communities bounced back, showing surprising resilience but continued change as ecosystems recover. 🦋 Check it out!: go.uvm.edu/ztrjy

✨ ¡No te lo pierdas! Nuestro próximo webinar es esta semana. ✨ Don’t miss it! Our next webinar is this week. ✨ Não perca! Nosso próximo webinar é esta semana. 👉 t.co/U9VQWUP38s

La comunidad de @esalatamcarib.bsky.social lanza un nuevo ciclo de webinars mensuales 🌎🌿. El primero será sobre aves y cambio global en el trópico 🐦🔥. ¡No te lo pierdas! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social #LatinxInScience #SciComm

Presenting over six years of research was a highlight, but what truly moved me was being at a conference where presentations were delivered in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and even French. ¡Que viva la diversidad cultural de #ATBC2025! 🌎🗣️✨

✨ Made it to Oaxaca for #ATBC2025! I’m here to talk moths, hurricanes, and resilience, while wearing moth overalls, of course 🦋. Catch my poster: “Temporal dynamics of tropical forest moth communities following hurricane disturbance” 📅 Tuesday, July 1 🕑 2:50–3:50 PM 📍 Section D

Honored to share my publication on how rainforest moth communities in Puerto Rico responded to back-to-back hurricanes Irma and María. I began this project eight years ago, and it’s incredibly exciting to finally see it out in the world! 🦋 🔗 go.uvm.edu/waf2l #MothEcology #Biodiversity #PuertoRico

🌟 Welcome to the @esalatamcarib.bsky.social Member Spotlight! 🌟 🌿 Meet Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez 🌿 She works on applied ecology and conservation in tropical socio-ecological systems. 📱Follow Aura: X: @AuraAlonsoRodz BlueSky: @auraalonsorodz.bsky.social Stay tuned for more! 🌎

Talking about my research in only 4 minutes? Challenge accepted! ✅ @gundinstitute.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social #GundSlam #moths #hurricanes #resilience

How do climate-driven events like hurricanes & droughts shape tropical stream ecosystems? What about when these events become more severe in a changing climate? FRIDAY:#UVM prof. Pablo Gutierrez-Fonseca discusses ecosystem adaptation in Puerto Rico & Costa Rica. 🍕12-1,Farrell Hall go.uvm.edu/zupqf

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples. 1. Women are credited less in science than men. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ORISE Postdoc Opportunity with USDA Forest Service to study C cycling in TRACE, a long-term warming experiment in #PuertoRico Starting April/May 2025, remote work available. 12 month stipend ($72,000) + medical & travel ($3,000). Extension is fund dependent. www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

"... I ended up being reluctant to work with undergraduate researchers at all—until a new student helped me realize what is required to mentor undergraduates, and the rewards it can bring." #NationalMentoringMonth https://scim.ag/3E1bAYj

Finally made the move to bluesky! #newbie