The graduate student’s life has been turned upside down lately, as with everyone else’s, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why is knowledge of the fossil record important in studies of evolutionary patterns and biodiversity?
Palaeontology enlightens the natural sciences by providing sources of data on important phenotypes and on the spatial and temporal dynamics…
What is “dark diversity” and how can we use it to guide conservation and restoration?
This post was created for envirobites.org. Check out other great blog posts by others here. The core of ecology is…
My advice for creating an academic poster
I was SO excited to win top poster of #EcoEvoEnto2019!! I want to share my experience and provide some tips…
ALUS: a better balance benefits both
ALUS Canada (Alternative Land Use Services) has an objective to offset the environmental footprint of its affiliated farms through land stewardship.
Re-designing conference posters
Recently I was challenged to create a more infographic type poster to present to a general audience (science and non-science).…
Visualizing my science story
Protected areas need to be more than just location leftovers of the world
An all too familiar story we hear is the extinction and loss of species all over the globe. Every day,…
Arthropod Ecosystem Services and Key Players in Agroecosystems
“The struggle to maintain biodiversity is going to be won or lost in agricultural ecosystems” (McIntyre et al., 1992) The…
CV Workshop
Yesterday I got some great advice for CV writing from Dr. Ellen Esch, who is a post-doc in our lab.…
