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Alexa Fredston

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Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences at UCSC. Modeling ecological and biogeographical dynamics in past, current, and future seas.

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New job! Please RP! πŸ₯ΌπŸ§ͺ βš’οΈ

Laboratory Manager (gr8, permanent) @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

Leading the Geolabs, with cutting edge facilities in water #geochemistry, #ecosystem science, #eDNA, luminescence

Apply by 13 March or please get in touch with any Qs

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09.03.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£ JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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09.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Job Opening: Data Scientist – Grant Witness Grant Witness seeks a data scientist for a full-time position on our team tracking changes to U.S. federal grantmaking. We are also hiring for part-time/contract positions. Join us!

Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstats

06.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

This is really encouraging to hear! Thanks for sharing

03.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's so grim. I'm going to do paper-and-pencil quizzes when I teach pop dy next year. I can't even read the handwriting of half of our students. pray for me!

03.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ah, I recognize that special combination of long words, vague meaning, and not-actually-insightful "synthesis" all too well from teaching >100 undergrads this fall (the "why it matters" column is a dead giveaway)

seriously though this is beyond insulting and I imagine everyone involved is furious

03.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

that's no hallucination... for once Gemini and I agree!

03.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD)

Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD) - Local Ecological Knowledge, stable isotopes, seabird islands.

If you're wanting to do a PhD project with us, please apply by 1 April.

#phdvacancy

phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

02.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What!!! This is a story I have to hear sometime. Worse than the AI peer review I just got (also with hallucinated citations).

03.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨Two fully funded PhD opportunities in Australia!

Improving C4 photosynthesis in vegetation models.
Supervised by Dani Way (ANU, Canberra) and myself (UTS, Sydney).

1. Lab- and field-based project at ANU – see flyer below

2. Modelling project at UTS – www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

24.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Truly pregnancy in a nutshell right here

02.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post-Doctoral Associate Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applications for three quantitative biology postdoctoral fellow po...

Exciting announcement! My new department is launching a postdoc fellowship in quantitative biology. Fellows will be co-advised by two Bio faculty, one that is quant focused (not me) and one that is not (me???). I would love to co-sponsor a postdoc and build a collaboration so please reach out!

11.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Methods for knowledge-based biodiversity monitoring and management under uncertainty (BioM) - UiO:Life Science BioM develops new interdisciplinary methods to model and govern biodiversity under uncertainty, combining ecology, statistics, and philosophy. The project delivers predictive tools, normative framewor...

2 PhD & 1 postdoc available at BioM in Oslo
www.uio.no/english/rese... Interdisciplinary methods to model and govern biodiversity under uncertainty. Re-post widely! Work with statistical ecologists Olav Skarpaas (Natural History Museum Oslo @uio.no) @t-ergon.bsky.social

28.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Society for the Study of Evolution Site description

πŸ“’ Now accepting proposals for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! These provide evolutionary biology research funds for early and advanced Master’s and PhD students. Applicants must be members of SSE. Deadline: May 18, 2026
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

27.02.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a weekly conversation in our house, where by all accounts we are among the luckiest Americans (2 UC professors in a town with a high quality of life, near family, homeowners...) Some of my most respected colleagues have already left. I'm sure millions more Americans are contemplating it

26.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CLOSING SOON: Early career faculty (Lyon, France)
Tenure-track position in epidemiological modelling of animal and zoonotic diseases
with @gfournie.bsky.social
at INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the...
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2469

26.02.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Early Career Recruitment Bursary - Ecology, Evolution, and Ecophysiology <br>The Ecology, Evolution, and Ecophysiology Research Clusters within the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen (Scotland) are pleased to offer an Early Career Recruitment Bursary. We...

www.abdn.ac.uk/sbs/blog/ear...

23.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor - Ecology Current Employees and Students: If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Pos...

Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring a tenure-track ecologist with a focus on global change biology. πŸ§ͺ🌎πŸͺΆ

wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...

21.02.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Multiple colleagues who historically did a lot of international recruitment tell me they are just not planning to take (many/any) students going forward now that they cannot draw from a global pool

21.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Project Drawdown launches Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support scientists working in the public good Fellowship seeks early- to mid-career researchers based in America who are committed to science and public expertise

FELLOWSHIP! We’re proud to announce the launch of the Climate Science Serving America fellowship, open to early- and mid-career scientists & engineers who work on climate solutions.

Full salary, benefits, and a research stipend. Remote anywhere in the United States.

drawdown.org/news/project...

20.02.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Eco-evolutionary Modelling and Machine Learning The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories on the Frescati campus. Currently, approximately 100 people, including

Please help me spread this postdoc position with me at Stockholm University, Sweden!!!! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

20.02.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

I loved that book but haven't listened to it! Thanks

20.02.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're hiring at CSUN. Vertebrate Functional Morphologist. Please apply!
We still allow DEI, which I horribly need to specify.
(I'm also not on the committee, but happy to answer any questions!)

20.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Favorite audiobooks? Ideally both an incredible book and one where the audio format adds something

20.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

19.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7
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Sian Henley and I have just had a NERC grant funded, looking at variation in Souther Ocean diatom traits under fluctuating light regimes. If you are a fearless experimentalist interested in working with us as a postdoc on this 3 year project, come chat with me at Ocean Sciences in Glasgow next week!

19.02.2026 10:40 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are hiring at UGA! We’re looking for a full professor & director of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (based right on the coast in Savannah, GA). Please pass on the job ad to anyone in your networks who may be interested: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/468...

16.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.

A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.

NSF Update

Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.

Now by Directorate...

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13.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 520 πŸ” 298 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 52

Our approach was after first offer. Feel free to put your friend in touch with me! We did this at four R1s, two successfully

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