Alyson East
alyeast.bsky.social
Alyson East
@alyeast.bsky.social
Landscape Ecology, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing -- PhD Student at the University of Maine focused on quantitative ecology and macro systems.
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What a strong and necessary piece! Mil gracias @darmenteras.bsky.social por hablar por nosotros!
Viva a América Latina
September 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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📖Published📖

Our new review article by East et al. provides the first comprehensive practical framework for optimizing biological specimen imaging for computer vision applications 🦋 🌍 🧪 Find out more here 👇

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September 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New paper published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!
"Optimizing Image Capture for Computer Vision-Powered Taxonomic Identification and Trait Recognition of Biodiversity Specimens" is now online! A huge shout-out to all co-authors for bringing this vision to life. @imageomics.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Check out our recent publication in the Bulletin
A 🆕 Guest Editorial in the ESA Bulletin: A survey of early-career scientists finds fees, time & scarce mentorship are the biggest hurdles to participating in publishing

📄Early-Career Publishing and Reviewing: Pitfalls and Perspectives
doi.org/10.1002/bes2...
August 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thats a wrap. That you all for such a great #ESA2025. I have loved my time at Chair of the @esa-earlycareer.bsky.social section, and am so happy to pass the seat to Cait for 2026 🎉
August 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fantastic time this weekend as the @esa-earlycareer.bsky.social representative to the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social governing board meeting. #ESA2025 here we go.
August 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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The ESA Annual Meeting is right around the corner!! Here are some ECE-sponsored events you can find us at. Can't wait to see everyone! 🌱
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Why attend #ESA2025? @alyeast.bsky.social says "It's where I've found mentorship, made lasting connections ... & felt supported by a community that values both science & collaboration."

The early-bird deadline is just a few days away -- register by 6/26 & save! www.esa.org/baltimore202...
June 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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S M Rayeed, Alyson East, Samuel Stevens, Sydne Record, Charles V Stewart: BeetleVerse: A study on taxonomic classification of ground beetles https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13393 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.13393 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13393
April 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Alyson East, Elizabeth G. Campolongo, Luke Meyers, S M Rayeed, Samuel Stevens, Iuliia Zarubiieva, Isadora E. Fluck, ...
Optimizing Image Capture for Computer Vision-Powered Taxonomic Identification and Trait Recognition of Biodiversity Specimens
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17317
May 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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“I have been able to contribute to the team through leading our Outstanding Paper Award, contributing to the annual meeting with a workshop on how to do an elevator pitch and network, and publish a paper on early career ecologists publishing” -John (Sec-Treas, 2023-2025) (9/10)
Early‐Career Publishing and Reviewing: Pitfalls and Perspectives
While the publishing landscape has drastically changed in recent decades, publishing productivity metrics (e.g., citation scores) and support for early-career researchers (ECRs) have not kept pace. E....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Looking forward to Funcapalooza this year at the OSU: applications open until June 23, 2025
imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...
Bring the Data Funk: FuncaPalooza 2025 Workshop Announced
imageomics.osu.edu
June 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM