The world's best bird on the cover of Ornithology! (Not for my work... but maybe someday it will again)
Yesterday I participated in our annual LSUMNS Ornithology Grad Student Big Day. While our overall number of species this year wwas low, we had a lot of fun, and most of us got at least one lifer. You can still donate to support our research until May 7
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During #SSB2026 @bruno-soares.bsky.social gave an excellent talk about the difficulty Global South researchers have describing new species because they often have to view types in US/European museums.
Here is one solution we came up, published today: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Really interesting article on the intersection of reconstruction-era politics, Mardi Gras, and birds
I am recruiting a #postdoc to work on assembling and analyzing #genomes of the amazing Furnariidae. Let’s unlock the secret behind their #evolution. The official application portal will be available soon at www.uno.edu/careers. Feel free to contact me for details at [email protected]
#AOSMembers: Join us at noon ET Monday (10/6) for a seminar: "The solar reflectance properties & structures of iridescence in Sturnidae & their potential biomimetic applications" w/ Samantha Rutledge, 2023 AOS Student research grant winner.
#AOS_SRGS
Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
That feeling when you suddenly get an email from a PI about a project you collected a bunch of data for nearly 5 years ago saying to expect a draft to review soon 😁
Glad those were NA lifers for you!
Please consider donating to the LSU Museum of Natural Science for @lsu.bsky.social LSU's Giving Day
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Check out this cute video about us, narrated by yours truly
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#naturalhistory #outreach #evolution #scicomm #science #fieldwork
We are offering a fully funded two-year postdoctoral position focused on sex chromosome evolution and speciation in the *Jaera albifrons* species complex. Please find the advertisement attached. We welcome applications from interested candidates. Join us :-)