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JOB (with me) Interested in studying biodiversity in urban & suburban habitats in Washington? We will be hiring a research biologist (🐸🐦🦫) for just that this summer/ early fall Official job post is pending, but keep it on your radar & reach out if interested!

This Summer I'll teach a new course at University of Washington entitled Building Cities That Think like Planets. It will be in hybrid format and it is open to non-UW students. I will have an info session on April 20, 12:00 PDT. If interested please DM me and I will share a Zoom link.

The class is open to undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in urban ecology, urban evolution, and environmental planning. The class is limited to 25 students who will be selected through a questionnaire to ensure a diversity of backgrounds.

The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide ➡️primary vegetation was least invaded except when having high land use intensity New #GloNAF (glonaf.org) study on plant invasions led by Daijun Liu & great team

3 / 5 of these faculty are scientists. This right-wing movement is generally anti-intellectual, and us in STEM can't pretend like it won't come for us

If you’re going to the Urban Wildlife Conference in DC, please check your email! Please share as well.

Yep. Every aspect of my lab (started in 2019) & my teaching has been shaped by Covid. Not all bad, but certainly different. Doesn’t feel like there’s much discussion anymore re: student delays, paper delays, etc. Not only is *covid* not over, but the impacts will last for years

"Nature at its insurgent best insinuates itself in the gaps in the urban fabric..." nytimes.com/2023/05/09/opi…

"(For that matter, imagine the manicured neatness of suburbia blooming with wildlife gardens in place of ecologically impoverished, pesticide-soaked lawns.)" I imagine this scenario every day!

We’re looking for a graduate student interested in understanding urban heat islands (and how to mitigate them). Great position for someone who is excited about: spatial data, industry partnerships, big collaborative teams (French-speaking preferred). Co-advised paqlab_uqam & us!

We are in a time of unprecedented ecological crisis. Animals large and small are declining everywhere. It is time to make small sacrifices to help the natural world survive and thrive. If you're lucky enough to own some garden space, here's a thread on things you can do help...

#IUWC2023 has begun! Chicago friends are in town so we treated them to a pre-conference backyard hang and 🦀 🦀 🦀 Mason Fidino, PhD Liza Lehrer

What an honour to speak to #beepeg2023 CSEE SCEE Meetings! And if any students in the audience are interested in our urban temperature work… we’re recruiting for a PhD position with paqlab_uqam: paqlab.uqam.ca/join-the-lab.p…

📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this. 8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N

the fact that barbie floats into her car cause no kid walks their barbie to her car, the attention to detail is insane

Are you looking for a #PhD project + interested in social-ecological systems, #interdisciplinary research, spatial/#landscape/#seascape ecology, GIS/remote sensing, economic and social dimensions of #conservation, and/or institutional analysis? Based in Perth - pls get in touch!

So this is a thing Chris & I have been working on this book project for several years Apparently it's available for pre-order! Wonderful work from phenomenal contributors in this book! 💜 #UrbanConservation #UrbanEvolution #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Peep this! 👇 So excited to share this book project with y'all! This has been a labor of love for Max and I, with a ton of rockstar contributors. Check the link in Max's original tweet to pre-order a copy! (Related sidebar: ya boy got a Twitter name change! Christopher Schell)

It was an absolute privilege and dream of mine to give a plenary at the #abs2023 conference! Thank you Ted Stankowich 🦨🐆🦌🦔🦏🦡, Animal Behavior Society, and others for inviting me to the stage!

Postdoc wanted!! Please reach out if interested in advancing themes around protected areas, wildlife movement or human-carnivore coexistence