Alexa Fredston
@afredston.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences at UCSC. Modeling ecological and biogeographical dynamics in past, current, and future seas.
Pinned
A century of invertebrate range extensions in the eastern North Pacific
doi.org
the first paper from my lab at UCSC is on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social
led by the brilliant Jordana Sevigny we assembled a >100 year timeseries of invert range extensions in the NE Pacific
huge range fluctuations are common; extensions are overwhelmingly associated with El Niño
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
led by the brilliant Jordana Sevigny we assembled a >100 year timeseries of invert range extensions in the NE Pacific
huge range fluctuations are common; extensions are overwhelmingly associated with El Niño
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
The Brown and Stachowicz labs are looking for a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the thermal dependence of disease in eelgrass! As a bonus you get to be based at the Bodega Marine Lab! Interested? Find out more here: brown-ecology.com/join-us/
Join Us!
brown-ecology.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Brown and Stachowicz labs are looking for a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the thermal dependence of disease in eelgrass! As a bonus you get to be based at the Bodega Marine Lab! Interested? Find out more here: brown-ecology.com/join-us/
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
Niche tweet but does anyone have a Nespresso Vertuo and if so what do you think? We use a manual espresso machine right now but want to add an automatic option
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Niche tweet but does anyone have a Nespresso Vertuo and if so what do you think? We use a manual espresso machine right now but want to add an automatic option
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
the first paper from my lab at UCSC is on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social
led by the brilliant Jordana Sevigny we assembled a >100 year timeseries of invert range extensions in the NE Pacific
huge range fluctuations are common; extensions are overwhelmingly associated with El Niño
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
led by the brilliant Jordana Sevigny we assembled a >100 year timeseries of invert range extensions in the NE Pacific
huge range fluctuations are common; extensions are overwhelmingly associated with El Niño
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
A century of invertebrate range extensions in the eastern North Pacific
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
the first paper from my lab at UCSC is on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social
led by the brilliant Jordana Sevigny we assembled a >100 year timeseries of invert range extensions in the NE Pacific
huge range fluctuations are common; extensions are overwhelmingly associated with El Niño
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
led by the brilliant Jordana Sevigny we assembled a >100 year timeseries of invert range extensions in the NE Pacific
huge range fluctuations are common; extensions are overwhelmingly associated with El Niño
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to manage a team to evaluate peatland restoration projects that benefit #waders in #NorthernIreland: buff.ly/GyPhtQ5
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to manage a team to evaluate peatland restoration projects that benefit #waders in #NorthernIreland: buff.ly/GyPhtQ5
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
five days left to submit an abstract for #speciesonthemove in Taiwan in April!
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
Home - Species on the Move 2026
www.speciesonthemove.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
five days left to submit an abstract for #speciesonthemove in Taiwan in April!
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
SOTM is my favorite conference—a small, ECR-friendly meeting that gathers international scientists working on every aspect of climate change + range and phenological shifts.
www.speciesonthemove.com
I need to redo my garbage hugo academic theme github pages website from 2018
how are we building nice and flexible websites now? assume I understand nothing about websites whatsoever
old repo: github.com/afredston/pe... hopefully new one will be easier to add new content (photos, icons)
how are we building nice and flexible websites now? assume I understand nothing about websites whatsoever
old repo: github.com/afredston/pe... hopefully new one will be easier to add new content (photos, icons)
GitHub - afredston/personalwebsite
Contribute to afredston/personalwebsite development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I need to redo my garbage hugo academic theme github pages website from 2018
how are we building nice and flexible websites now? assume I understand nothing about websites whatsoever
old repo: github.com/afredston/pe... hopefully new one will be easier to add new content (photos, icons)
how are we building nice and flexible websites now? assume I understand nothing about websites whatsoever
old repo: github.com/afredston/pe... hopefully new one will be easier to add new content (photos, icons)
has anyone seen Ocean with David Attenborough? thoughts on its accuracy re science / fishing?
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
has anyone seen Ocean with David Attenborough? thoughts on its accuracy re science / fishing?
I need GRFP help for a mentee...
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I need GRFP help for a mentee...
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
Postdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Postdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
could not have said it better myself 🐳
Whales. Quant. Hooten. Such a great opportunity!
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
could not have said it better myself 🐳
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping?
Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.
💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant
🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io
#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD
Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.
💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant
🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io
#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD
Systematic Review and Mapping International School
Join us from the 10-15/11/25 for a 5-day workshop focusing on systematic review and mapping methodology training in social and environmental science
evidencesynthesisschool.github.io
July 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping?
Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.
💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant
🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io
#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD
Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.
💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant
🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io
#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
Reminder, we’re hiring 2 PhD students for next year!! I’m extending the deadline to Nov 1, but please get your app in soon if you’re interested in joining us! More info is on our webpage. 🦠🦑
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
🚨🚨We’re hiring graduate students!🚨🚨
We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!
Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!
Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
opportunities – Symbiommunity Lab
tinyurl.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reminder, we’re hiring 2 PhD students for next year!! I’m extending the deadline to Nov 1, but please get your app in soon if you’re interested in joining us! More info is on our webpage. 🦠🦑
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
Cal Poly is hiring! We are looking for multiple tenure-track colleagues, including animal physiology, cell biology, and microbiology! Please spread the word. Links in thread. bio.calpoly.edu
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Cal Poly is hiring! We are looking for multiple tenure-track colleagues, including animal physiology, cell biology, and microbiology! Please spread the word. Links in thread. bio.calpoly.edu
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
Hey, I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing today about how the ongoing shutdown may be affecting, or about to affect, university research. If you have a story to share, please DM me or email ryan.quinn@insidehighered.com today. Thank you.
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hey, I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing today about how the ongoing shutdown may be affecting, or about to affect, university research. If you have a story to share, please DM me or email ryan.quinn@insidehighered.com today. Thank you.
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
Whaling catches since 1985 now available in a sortable list on the IWC website
iwc.int/management-a...
iwc.int/management-a...
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Whaling catches since 1985 now available in a sortable list on the IWC website
iwc.int/management-a...
iwc.int/management-a...
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.lse.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
I’m sure many of you might be interested.
#STS #HPS #HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
are your departments starting to talk about grad admissions this cycle? are you planning to take students? if so, do you anticipate numbers being closer to 2023-24 or the shrunken 2024-25 year?
October 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
are your departments starting to talk about grad admissions this cycle? are you planning to take students? if so, do you anticipate numbers being closer to 2023-24 or the shrunken 2024-25 year?
Reposted by Alexa Fredston
How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.