For presentation abstracts from McNeishAqEcoLab submitted for ESA conference in Portland, OR this year!

Interested in urban streams & trash? Join the Symposium on Urbanization Stream Ecology (SUSE) webinar Thursday Mar 2 (3:30 US central time) featuring research & policy on #trash, #microplastic, & pollution policies in Chicago & elsewhere. Register: wcupa.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Over 600 artificially packs later and we're just about ready to begin our plastic degradation study!

What the back of my office looks like when there's no more space in the lab to store leaf packs before deploying them in the field!

Lucky me on #IWD2023! Had a blast talking about monitoring needs with many of the top women in microplastics research and policy. Dr. Susanne Brander 🐟 🌊 Chelsea Rochman Leah Thornton Hampton Lisa Erdle, PhD Rae McNeish Dr. Jennifer Provencher Diana Lin SFEI - ASC Kaitlyn Kalua and others!

Successful Kern River floodplain cleanup and tree planting! Bring Back the Kern CSUB NSME

At #ECEC23, McNeishAqEcoLab from CSUB NSME talked about how #plastic interacts with different levels of ecology affecting ecosystem processes and macroinvertebrate communities. #anthropogeniclitter #PPCPs #microplastics #nanoparticles #emergingcontaminants Illinois Extension NOAA Sea Grant

Great talks, folks, and research at the #ECEC23 meeting!

So excited to be here watching the panel discussion with our experts at #ECEC23, facilitated by the insightful Stuart Carlton. How can we solve wicked problems like #emergingcontaminants? How do we do research that is useful to communities and policymakers? How do we earn trust?

A very engaging panel discussion happening right now at #ECEC23 with experts including Dr. Jackson and Rae McNeish talking all things #emergingcontaminants. Thank you to Stuart Carlton for facilitating the discussion. Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Illinois Extension Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources #communityengagement

Rae McNeish's aquatic ecology class spent the day at Tejon Ranch exploring streams and wild flowers!

Two more #microplastic methodology papers accepted! One paper submitted focused on examining archived specimens for #microplastics. 😁 It has been awesome collaborating with a diverse group of scientists. And connecting with my undergrad mentors. #WINNING McNeishAqEcoLab

Another #microplastics method paper published! :) Best practices for #microplastics in blank samples sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

McNeishAqEcoLab graduate students visited the Kern Water Bank for inspiration. They got plenty of it! 😁☺️

Working hard for their data!

Help freshwater folks with snail ID! We have these snails in our pond samples. Photos below. The top of the shell is coiled but flat and smooth. The pond is a site others have dumped critters from fish tanks into.

The McNeishAqEcoLab has arrived for the #ESA2023 conference after 14 hours of driving!

Please share widely. The Department of Biology at Loyola University Chicago is searching for a new assistant professor in genetics, genomics, or bioinformatics. I am chairing the search and will happily answer any questions about the position. careers.luc.edu/postings/26656

Made it to Costa Mesa, CA for the CWB #sfs CA chapter meeting!

Missing a few people, but good end to the semester! McNeishAqEcoLab group photo!