@springboknerd

Animal and disease ecologist, research biologist, academic mama, ranch kid, lover of springbok

 Madison, WI
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Joined June 2015
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Proud new PhD graduates Drs Heather Inzalaco and @baraxzee featured on the @UWMadison website. I love those smiles! Congratulations!! wisc.edu/
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Back @UAlbanyBiology to see the batty @Myotis_sep7 and @CaseyPendergast successfully defend! Terrific job, Dr Hoff and Master Pendergast!
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@CaseyPendergast wowed us with insights into how mild coastal climates and winter-available insects promote northern myotis survival through hibernation despite white-nose syndrome infections
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@Myotis_sep7 detailed northern myotis ecology, behavior and infection around and including hibernation, and how host-pathogen interactions mediated by a moderate coastal climate support survival of this species despite white-nose syndrome in the periphery of its range.
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Matt Hunsaker successful defended his MS on movement ecology of male white-tailed deer in Wisconsin bright and early this morning. Awesome job, Matt! 🦌 🦌 🦌 @UW_FWEcology 🦌 🦌 🦌
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Wendy Turner retweeted
Andrea Swei@Andeswei7 Apr 2023
Is analyzing tons of data your idea of a good time? Then have I got the postdoc for you! @Sweilab is looking for a postdoc in vector ecology to study host community impacts on tick-borne disease ecology: sites.google.com/view/sweila…
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Celebrating Black History Month: USGS Wildlife Disease Coordinator Camille Hopkins usgs.gov/news/featured-story…

Celebrating Black History Month: USGS Wildlife Disease Coordinator Camille Hopkins

Meet Camille Hopkins, the Wildlife Disease Coordinator for the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. Learn how she became a leader in her field and her advice for Black students interested in pursuing a STEM...

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I'm really proud of this new paper by @baraxzee and colleagues estimating the lifespan of anthrax environmental reservoirs. The unique dataset, the cool findings, and coauthors allowing me the cute title (do you get* it?!) @UW_FWEcology @USGSCoopUnits doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.202…
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Please RT! Postdoctoral Fellow position with Dr. Larissa Bailey at Colorado State University: Structured Decision Making for Managing Chronic Wasting Disease jobs.colostate.edu/postings/…, preferred deadline is tomorrow but accepting applications through Dec. 15
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Excited to announce our search for an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Ecology! Join a great group in a great place to work with wildlife! Official announcement here: jobs.nmsu.edu/postings/48732
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Found dog near Loganville, WI, took to Humane Society in Baraboo @LostDogsofWisc madison.craigslist.org/laf/d…
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Reminder that the deadline is approaching for the Assistant Unit Leader position at the WI Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit / @UW_FWEcology. Come join the CRU program and the UW-Madison community!
USGSCoopUnits 🐾 🎣@USGSCoopUnits7 Nov 2022
Job alert in Wisconsin closes 11/25/22! Recruiting a Ph.D., wildlife quantitative ecology focus. Public: usajobs.gov/job/685128000 Feds/other: usajobs.gov/job/685127500
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Wendy Turner retweeted
Kaia Tombak@kaiatombak4 Nov 2022
Why do zebras have such striking, conspicuous, black & white stripes? This >150-yr-old mystery, puzzled over by Darwin & many others before him, still isn’t solved. But one hypothesis is in the lead. Hint: it's not predator confusion, thermoregulation, or camouflage (1/9)
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Unicorn research faculty position open with @USGSCoopUnits and @UW_FWEcology for a quantitative wildlife ecologist/biologist as the Assistant Unit Leader! Come join us! Non-federal employees: usajobs.gov/job/685128000 Current federal employees: usajobs.gov/job/685127500
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What is the CRU program, you ask yourself? It's the sweet spot at the research intersection among partners with the federal government, state government, university and various other agency partners: www1.usgs.gov/coopunits/
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Hey look, I managed to escape the office today for some fieldwork with Steph and Matt!
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Job alert!! USGS Research Ecologist/Wildlife Biologist @ the Colorado CRU! Closes 11/4/22. Public: usajobs.gov/job/681377300 Feds/other: usajobs.gov/job/681377600
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Do you teach or advise promising undergraduate students who learned #fieldtechnqiues with you in the last six months? Nominate them for paid ESA-USGS summer internships and transform their lives: esa.org/nextgencareers/usgsf… #ecologists #fieldecology #fieldresearch #fieldbiology
Nominate outstanding students with field skills for the ESA-USGS Cooperative Summer Fellowship! Nominations for summer 2023 are open until October 7, 2022.

ALT Nominate outstanding students with field skills for the ESA-USGS Cooperative Summer Fellowship! Nominations for summer 2023 are open until October 7, 2022.

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