assistant teaching professor @VillanovaU. wildlife trade and conservation scientist. new englander. soccer and pizza liker.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2018
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Thanks to @ABCaustralia & @ErinParke2 for highlighting the global trade of 🇦🇺 endemic reptiles & amphibians! bit.ly/3Ts22KL
We found 33 species never recorded before in overseas markets - work led by @BastianLTC with @OliverStringham @taaprowse & @InvasionEcology
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What is the scale of the global wild bird trade? New paper led by BirdLife is the first attempt to quantify and map the relative prevalence in trade of all bird species globally: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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You don't have to agree w/ Matt's conclusions here, but if you're going to slam Berhalter, you have to consider the case. I tried to do that: jerryhinnen.wordpress.com/20…
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Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants theguardian.com/environment/…
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GREAT article — taxonomy is an incredibly important discipline especially in light of the biodiversity crisis we are experiencing
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‼️🚨 ATTENTION 🚨‼️
Our 2023 application for our virtual E & E graduate school preview program is now live!🥳🎉
Please refer to our website (link in bio) for more information🔎
We especially encourage individuals from historically excluded groups to apply!
ALT Flyer covered in flowers and bugs for a graduate preview program to increase accessibility and transparency in the grad school application process. Link in bio for more information.
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Applications for Princeton's 2023 EEB Scholars program will open on May 1st! The program aims to demystify the grad school application process and provide tools for students to confidently apply to grad school. eeb.princeton.edu/graduate/e…
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Multiple co-occurring bioeconomic drivers of overexploitation can accelerate rare species extinction risk📈
@ryanja3 @RutgersEENR use models to consider & a case study on the ground pangolin
Article👇
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Blog👇
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Congratulations to #Rutgers #EOAS member Julie Lockwood and Graduate Student Ryan Almeida for receiving @NSF funding to investigate the link between the exotic #pet trade and #pathogen outbreaks. #RutgersResearch @RutgersEENR go.rutgers.edu/4mbos5po
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Assistant Professor in Biology employment.davidson.edu/en-u…
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The bipartisan Recovering America's Wildlife Act is likely to come up for a vote in the full House this week. If passed, it would fund nongame conservation for states and tribes. Learn more: bit.ly/3xiqpOn #RecoverWildlife
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New work @WIRED
“….scientists can no longer justify silence in the name of objectivity or use the escape tactic of “leaving politics out of science.”
Quashing Racist Pseudoscience Is Science’s Responsibility wired.com/story/quashing-rac…
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Ok. We need to talk about the media doing spiders dirty again. Strap in. We’re talking about these GIANT SPIDERS THAT ARE PARACHUTING IN & TAKING OVER THE USA!! *gasp*
Nonsense. Calm down. Here’s what’s up.🧵
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Many people continue to understand poverty as a failure of individual people rather than a failure of a society to care for those with the least resources. People are not poor because they deserve to be. No one deserves poverty. Those experiencing it deserve empathy, not vitriol.
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When students are anxious about grades, what do we point to? Them, as though it’s a personal failing and not a systemic problem? Or do we take responsibility for the system we’ve built in #edu that turns grades into a currency and pits students and teachers against one another?
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This is a fabulous honor of Pat Peroni's life and work - she was a hugely impactful professor @DavidsonCollege who also helped start the @NSF REU program @MLBS_UVA and connected many great students to Mountain Lake over the years
davidson.edu/news/2021/11/10…
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We (led by the very talented @CouchMicroscopy) tried to find all the resources for getting help for those in our grad program at @RutgersU. So many options. It was overwhelming. Our attempt to organize it is now online (see the first line "Guide"): ecoevo.rutgers.edu/reporting…
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Professor Pat Peroni's dream of a greenhouse on Davidson's campus is finally coming to fruition. Students and faculty will soon be able to conduct plant research in the new greenhouse, named in Peroni's honor, on the roof of the Wall Center. davidson.edu/news/2021/11/10…
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Please RT!
Curious about a career in #ecology and #evolution? Join Rutgers E&E at 4-5:30pm EDT September 22, for a discussion on demystifying the grad school application!
Registration required at rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/regi….
Flyer at drive.google.com/file/d/1yTc….
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Twitter, I hope you blow this up. But Davidson College Office of Admission is hosting FREE COLLEGE WORKSHOPS for any high school student. You are not obligated to apply to Davidson. To my first-gen and low-income folks, take advantage of this!
davidson.edu/admission-and-f…