I was honored to be an invited speaker at the 2023 Larry Larson Symposium during the @entsocamerica.bsky.social mtng. The event provided an opportunity for collaboration and our collective efforts resulted in a paper published in American Entomologist. Check it out 🔗 academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...
Febrero / February 📖 ☕️ • A sobering read. Probably the most consequential human disease 🫁😷 in history and we rarely think about it, but it’s still causing a lot of suffering in the world 🌎 I wish there were more historical pieces of information in the book, but it was a good read nonetheless.
Enero / January 📖☕️ • A nice story told from several POV, with double timelines, about love, loss, forgiveness, hopes, and dreams. I liked that the MCs were into 📚. There were some twists and turns, but I felt it lacked depth and drama. I’d give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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I’ve been a member of this Task Force for over a year and I strongly support their mission to advance conservation for imperiled bumble bees.
Wishing everyone a strong start to 2026! 🎆
Quick note: the Imperiled Bombus Conservation Task Force 🐝 (part of Pollinator Partnership) is accepting research proposals ➡️ graduate students and postdocs encouraged to apply. Deadline 🗓️ is January 31.
More info 🔗
www.pollinator.org/nappc/imperi...
Diciembre / December 📖 ☕️ • 1er libro que leo de Vargas Llosa. Cuenta de personas y hechos reales en Guatemala 🇬🇹 de los 1950’s. Que diferente trayectoria del país si no hubieran dado el golpe de estado a Arbenz. Cómo sería Guate ahora? Más próspera? Menos problemas? Igual de bella 💙🤍💙
2025 was personally challenging, but also deeply meaningful. I was fortunate to work alongside incredibly kind colleagues. We made progress in the Pollinator Ecotox Lab 🐝, and while the work isn’t finished, I’m grateful for the momentum as we move forward into the year ahead 🗓️🎆 • #pollinatorsafety
Noviembre/November 📖☕️ • this book grabbed my attention with the right combination of historical facts + biographical information of some of the greatest scientists + philosophical reflections about our 🧬 and what makes us human. I highly recommend it.
Octubre / October 📖 ☕️ • Brooke my 🦶🏼🩼 and it’s been really hard and super frustrating. I just wanted something entertaining, predictable, and with a happy ending. A little ray of sunshine among the doom and gloom ☁️
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Septiembre / September 📚🧋🍨 • I hope this is a judgement free zone 🫣 • I liked the series and decided to read the books. One of those cases were the series > books. Now we wait for the movie 🙃
Agosto / August 📚🧋• Current affairs are depressing, I needed some sobering reading.
Julio / July 📚 🍨 🍓 🍵 • The book of summer 2025: Charlie Florek is a top tier book boyfriend 🥰 • The other 📖 I read in preparation for the Netflix movie. It was alright. I liked that it brought a different perspective: falling in love while facing mortality.
Junio / June 📖☕️ • 🔟 years ago I was in the biggest farm in the 🇺🇸 and I didn’t know it • This book is dense and some things were very hard to read, but learned about the farm, water management, government/laws, the farmers, and the communities in the San Joaquin Valley, CA 🌱🚜👨🏽🌾👩🏻🌾
Here I go again 🫣… maybe second time is the charm? 🗳️ #ESAPBT 🐛🔬
April + May 📚☕️ • I can’t resist a good romance story with a happy ending 💛❤️
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TOMORROW, May 22: Join us to explore how entomologists, AI experts, and data scientists can work together to advance entomology. Tina Lozano and @arcabrera.bsky.social will moderate this #ESAPBT webinar with experts @edelplopez.bsky.social & Yannick Djoumbou Feunang
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How can entomologists, AI experts & data scientists work together to advance entomology? Learn more in this May 22 #ESAPBT webinar moderated by Tina Lozano & @arcabrera.bsky.social w/ experts @edelplopez.bsky.social & Yannick Djoumbou Feunang.
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Find or bee-come a mentor! We're now accepting registrations for #Entomentos, our entomology mentorship program, until June 1. Learn more and apply today: www.entsoc.org/entomentos
I’m happy to share that our new manuscript describing methodology for a bumble bee 🐝 colony feeding study was published today in @entsocamerica.bsky.social’s Environmental Entomology | My co-authors and I worked very hard to complete it… Check it out 👉🏽 academic.oup.com/ee/advance-a...
March 📚 • Book 1, another great recommendation from @quantitude.bsky.social. Enjoyed learning how statistical concepts and methods emerged, but the best part was how the book humanized these giants in statistics • Book 2, interesting take linking selected plants and human desires 🍎🌷🚬🥔
Febrero | February 📚 • Historias de mujeres, cada una tan distinta a las otras, así como en la vida real.
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Enero 📖 • Cada página, una reflexión • Afortunada de tener a mi Dominga 👵🏼💕
Starting 2025 with a great professional opportunity: Serving as the 2025 Chair of the Pollinator Research Task Force 🐝📊🤝 (PRTF) Technical Committee • I’ll share about projects, presentations and members through the year • For more information about the PRTF 👉🏼 pollinatorresearchtaskforce.com
December 📖 • Motivated by my visit to Yellowstone National Park 🏞️ this summer • Admirable women that lived/worked at the park in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. I’m inspired by their courage and how they broke barriers and stereotypes • YNP is wonderland indeed 🌳🦬🦅🤩
Reflecting on the busy but productive 2024 with my Pollinator Ecotoxicology Lab teammates • paper published 📄, data for an international ring test with solitary 🐝 🐝, expanded the exposure characterization work, + much more • #pollinatorsafety at Bayer CropScience 🌱🚜
I try to read at least one book every month • This is my November 📖, a recommendation from @quantitude.bsky.social • not the most entertaining read, but I appreciate the effort to make statistics more relatable and less complicated that it needs to be, plus the historical bits.
I failed your first quiz Matt 😰
First impression: cicada (?) 😬
