@prosanta
Hunter #SciComm Chair & Prof, Director & Curator of Fishes Museum of NatSci @LSU, TED Fellow, F@AAAS, Fulbrighter, #Evolution #TeamFish, ASIH Past President, he/him #BLM ✊🏿 #ProtectTransKids #SaveTheNSF
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!
My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.
We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.
#Postdoc #EcoEvo
Pls RT!
Cover of ‘Mr. Darwin’s Shooter’ showing a man with a rifle on the edge of a beach
Been stuck by bad weather in Atlanta - the only good thing is that I had the time to finish ‘Mr. Darwin’s Shooter’ by Australia author Roger McDonald. It’s a fictional historical narrative on a real person, Syms Covington, who made natural history collections with Darwin while on HMS Beagle.
Giving a talk at beautiful @centrecollege.bsky.social in Kentucky about #evolution - love meeting with students and faculty at this liberal arts and science college where you can really see how a smaller school can integrate a diverse range of expertise into a curriculum for all students
Thank you!
Thank you!
I love caves, inflatables and science communication. This month is #colorectal cancer awareness month - the disease that has been ruining me the last 20 months. Get a colonoscopy folks. It’s not as fun as what I’m doing here but it ain’t that bad either.
#JMIH26 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 2026
Annual meeting of: Amer. Soc. of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 🐟, Amer. Elasmobranch Soc. 🦈, Herpetologists' League 🐍 & Soc. for Study of Amphibians & Reptiles 🐸
The abstract submission and meeting website is now open jmih.net
Cover of book ‘Ask for it’ Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever is a guide that teaches women negotiation skills for professional and personal situations, offering a four-phase program to help them identify their worth, strategize, and overcome common barriers like the fear of asking. The book uses real-life stories to illustrate how to ask for raises, promotions, and more, emphasizing that negotiation is essential and can be done in a way that feels comfortable for women.
My academic coach (a very cool privilege I have) just told me about ‘Ask For It’ a guide for women to negotiate a raise. It came up after I mentioned equity in pay 💰 in academia.
Woah - cool thank you!!!
Congrats!!!!🎊
Round Fossil in triangular shaped rock.
Two rocks with fossils - a larger one with a shell like form smaller one with circular form.
The world sucks right now - but enjoyed camping this weekend in Mississippi with my family. I think because a rock is hard to find in Louisiana (hey it’s mostly floodplain) my kids enjoying find them - especially when they have fossils in them. Wish I knew more about what they found. Anyone know?
Can’t wait to see you!
And the meetings this year are in the most fun place in the USA: New Orleans
#JMIH26 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 2026
Annual meeting of: Amer. Soc. of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 🐟, Amer. Elasmobranch Soc. 🦈, Herpetologists' League 🐍 & Soc. for Study of Amphibians & Reptiles 🐸
The abstract submission and meeting website is now open jmih.net
I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across.
If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers.
If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.
Fun , but would love to meet some fish people or see a natural history collection - only going to Kathmandu for 4 days or so after a longer stay in Darjeeling
Rapid and repeated evolution of pigmentation patterns in reef fishes
#ichthyology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Awesome!
Just finished Peter Matthiessen’s classic ‘The Snow Leopard’ - a mix of science and spiritualism. It’s about finding yourself in the shadow of the Himalayas. I’m going to Nepal this summer and looking forward to daydreaming in close proximity to this narrative.
Humbled to see my work and opinion included in this study, alongside some of the best female paleoichthyologists across continents. Our resilience is written in the fossil record 💪🐟🐠🐡
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Awesome # ichthyology work by
@lampichthys.bsky.social
and co.
A pugnosed ponyfish that glows two ways:
Bacterial bioluminescent wavelengths elicit biofluorescent emissions in the ponyfish genus Deveximentum
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pollution/hormones may be part of the story here as well.
One of the coolest ichthyology discoveries I’ve heard about in a while. Large pregnant female livebearers with male reproductive organs found in the wild. Goes to show how fluid sex and sexual traits can be.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Wearing a wig and biodegradable beads with okra seeds inside
Happy #MardiGras from New Orleans! I’m wearing my biodegradable beads from the Kato lab 🥼 🧪 @lsu.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social
These beads have okra seeds inside and you can plant the entire chain which is made of microalgae (made in a 3D printer)
#geauxtigers
The image features a gradient background transitioning from pink to blue. Text reads "Introducing the Trans Bill of Rights" with an icon of a paper and pen.
A colorful infographic titled "What is the Trans Bill of Rights?" outlines four points with icons: protections from employment and housing discrimination, equal access to medical treatment without discrimination, legal recognition of gender identity, and the right to use restrooms aligning with a person's gender identity.
ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
And my little shrine to Chuck on my desk #DarwinDay
I just signed up to be a member. Help evolution and climate change education by supporting @ncse.bsky.social
Some of my favorite Chuck D shirts #DarwinDay #evolution
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Follow these awesome women ocean scientists, many of whom I'm proud to call colleagues and delighted to call friends.
🧪🦑🌍🐟
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
