Lucia Snyderman
@aukwardlucia.bsky.social
Biology Graduate from Middlebury College | SCENARIO NERC DTP PhD researcher at the Zoological Society of London & University of Reading | Researching lost birds 🦢, fish 🐟, and ecosystems to guide rewilding, reintroductions, and coexistence
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Lucia Snyderman
@aukwardlucia.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Have you ever wondered what’s in a dead bird bone?! I will be sharing my latest pelican extinction and ecology results at #BES2025! 🧪
Come to my talk on pelicans, palaeo, and ecological insights for reintroduction tomorrow at #BES2025 in Edinburgh in Lammermuir 2 at 12pm! 🏴🦴🧪
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If anyone out there works for a museum (anywhere in the world) that would like to have me give a similar talk about extinction & museums with a local twist, please contact me!
Are you in UK and want to hear about my book Ghosts Behind Glass? 3 public talks in Feb:
Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 11 Feb www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
M Shed Bristol, 12 Feb www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Oxford NatHist Museum, 13 Feb www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 11 Feb www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
M Shed Bristol, 12 Feb www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Oxford NatHist Museum, 13 Feb www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
Ghosts Behind Glass
How museums display extinct species—and what these exhibits say about us. While it’s no longer possible to encounter a dodo in the wild, we can still come face-to-face with them in museums. The rema...
press.uchicago.edu
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
If anyone out there works for a museum (anywhere in the world) that would like to have me give a similar talk about extinction & museums with a local twist, please contact me!
Come to my talk on pelicans, palaeo, and ecological insights for reintroduction tomorrow at #BES2025 in Edinburgh in Lammermuir 2 at 12pm! 🏴🦴🧪
Have you ever wondered what’s in a dead bird bone?! I will be sharing my latest pelican extinction and ecology results at #BES2025! 🧪
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Come to my talk on pelicans, palaeo, and ecological insights for reintroduction tomorrow at #BES2025 in Edinburgh in Lammermuir 2 at 12pm! 🏴🦴🧪
I was pleased to present my research on using collections to understand pelican extinction and ecology in England to inform a potential reintroduction #BOUasm25, and I would like to specially thank @bou.org.uk and all the museum curators without whom this research would not be possible >>
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I was pleased to present my research on using collections to understand pelican extinction and ecology in England to inform a potential reintroduction #BOUasm25, and I would like to specially thank @bou.org.uk and all the museum curators without whom this research would not be possible >>
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1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
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Lucia Snyderman finishes off our first session with her presentation “Museum collections reveal Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) palaeoecology in England and offer reintroduction insights” 💡
@aukwardlucia.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #palaeontology #palaeoecology
@aukwardlucia.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #palaeontology #palaeoecology
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Lucia Snyderman finishes off our first session with her presentation “Museum collections reveal Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) palaeoecology in England and offer reintroduction insights” 💡
@aukwardlucia.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #palaeontology #palaeoecology
@aukwardlucia.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #palaeontology #palaeoecology
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🚨Caribbean mammal PhD opportunity🚨
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_39 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨Caribbean mammal PhD opportunity🚨
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Looking forward to sharing my work on extinct pelicans in England tomorrow and discussing conservation-relevant applications and the future of museum collections! #BOUasm25 🧪
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Looking forward to sharing my work on extinct pelicans in England tomorrow and discussing conservation-relevant applications and the future of museum collections! #BOUasm25 🧪
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On 2 Sept at 7pm, I'll be holding an online @walklistencreate.org writer's salon with Emma Geen (author of one of my all-time favourite sci-fis) on the deeply fascinating question of how to write the worlds of other animals. Book a ticket and join us!
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
Words to Light the Dark: Writing the worlds of other animals
How do we bridge the experiential gap between that of humans and other animals with writing that feels intelligible to us, while reaching for the differences in how other animals sense, think, and act...
walklistencreate.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
On 2 Sept at 7pm, I'll be holding an online @walklistencreate.org writer's salon with Emma Geen (author of one of my all-time favourite sci-fis) on the deeply fascinating question of how to write the worlds of other animals. Book a ticket and join us!
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
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Thrilled to share our new paper, led by @jonscibulski.bsky.social, on the rich 16kyr-long history of human-ocean interactions along the Pacific coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Inspired by the late Richard Cooke MBE and beautifully illustrated by his son, @cookedillustrations.com #PaleoSky
🌊Just out! We reviewed the history of human-ocean interactions, focusing on the Pacific coast of the Southern Central Asmerican Isthmus (Panamá and Costa Rica).
Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall
Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall
Historical ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific coast | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Pacific coast of the Southern Central American Isthmus is a highly productive and biodiverse region with a rich human history. Although the interaction of the oceans, climate, biodiversity and early human systems has shaped the region’s ecology, ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper, led by @jonscibulski.bsky.social, on the rich 16kyr-long history of human-ocean interactions along the Pacific coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Inspired by the late Richard Cooke MBE and beautifully illustrated by his son, @cookedillustrations.com #PaleoSky
I had an amazing time presenting my preliminary PhD research on pelican palaeoecology at the @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich! Saw fascinating presentations, learned a lot, and met many inspiring people working to bridge the gap between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation!
August 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I had an amazing time presenting my preliminary PhD research on pelican palaeoecology at the @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich! Saw fascinating presentations, learned a lot, and met many inspiring people working to bridge the gap between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation!
Come to my talk about pelican palaeoecology tomorrow at 14:30!
Cannot wait to share my isotope data on pelican palaeoecology and its relevance for informing species reintroductions at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich this summer! Hope to see you there :)
July 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Come to my talk about pelican palaeoecology tomorrow at 14:30!
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WOW it was a joy to co-organise (with the lovely @juliettewaterman.bsky.social & @aukwardlucia.bsky.social ) the ICAZ Stable Isotope Working Group conference this year with the fun (and important) theme "Back to the Future"!
HUGE thanks to everyone who joined in-person or online you're all amazing
HUGE thanks to everyone who joined in-person or online you're all amazing
June 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
WOW it was a joy to co-organise (with the lovely @juliettewaterman.bsky.social & @aukwardlucia.bsky.social ) the ICAZ Stable Isotope Working Group conference this year with the fun (and important) theme "Back to the Future"!
HUGE thanks to everyone who joined in-person or online you're all amazing
HUGE thanks to everyone who joined in-person or online you're all amazing
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The greatest threat to ocean biodiversity in the past 50 yrs—more than climate change or plastic pollution—is unsustainable fishing. So countries around the world have been creating marine protected areas.
But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection.
A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.
But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection.
A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
theconversation.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The greatest threat to ocean biodiversity in the past 50 yrs—more than climate change or plastic pollution—is unsustainable fishing. So countries around the world have been creating marine protected areas.
But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection.
A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.
But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection.
A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.
Reposted by Lucia Snyderman
Join us at 7:30pm 19 May at Park House for @pintofscience.uk #Pint25 to hear about:
🕷️Why spiders deserve saving - even if they scare you!
🦴How the buried secrets of sickness can aid modern environmental health issues
🧪And a special panel of women in STEM
Get your tickets here! 🔗 rdg.ac/42spFXl
🕷️Why spiders deserve saving - even if they scare you!
🦴How the buried secrets of sickness can aid modern environmental health issues
🧪And a special panel of women in STEM
Get your tickets here! 🔗 rdg.ac/42spFXl
Bugs, Bones and Conservation Goals
Archaeological scientists are experts at using the past to help us understand the modern world. So come along to find out how ancient DNA and diseases can …
rdg.ac
April 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join us at 7:30pm 19 May at Park House for @pintofscience.uk #Pint25 to hear about:
🕷️Why spiders deserve saving - even if they scare you!
🦴How the buried secrets of sickness can aid modern environmental health issues
🧪And a special panel of women in STEM
Get your tickets here! 🔗 rdg.ac/42spFXl
🕷️Why spiders deserve saving - even if they scare you!
🦴How the buried secrets of sickness can aid modern environmental health issues
🧪And a special panel of women in STEM
Get your tickets here! 🔗 rdg.ac/42spFXl
I’m excited to co-coordinate and contribute to this year's @pintofscience.uk 🧪 festival in Reading! We've organized three nights of science talks in Park House on the University of Reading campus from 7-9:30pm May 19-21. #Pint25 Book tickets here: lnkd.in/gA3K_uQ7
April 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m excited to co-coordinate and contribute to this year's @pintofscience.uk 🧪 festival in Reading! We've organized three nights of science talks in Park House on the University of Reading campus from 7-9:30pm May 19-21. #Pint25 Book tickets here: lnkd.in/gA3K_uQ7
Today I visited the collections at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery to sample historical cormorants for stable isotope analysis, which will allow me to contextualize the data I have generated for extinct pelicans in England and determine their past ecology/diet to inform a potential reintroduction.
April 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today I visited the collections at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery to sample historical cormorants for stable isotope analysis, which will allow me to contextualize the data I have generated for extinct pelicans in England and determine their past ecology/diet to inform a potential reintroduction.
Cannot wait to share my isotope data on pelican palaeoecology and its relevance for informing species reintroductions at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich this summer! Hope to see you there :)
March 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Cannot wait to share my isotope data on pelican palaeoecology and its relevance for informing species reintroductions at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich this summer! Hope to see you there :)
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🔬 Exciting news! Join us on 8 May for the Battarbee Lecture 2025, featuring @meljleng.bsky.social on the power of stable isotopes in environmental science.
🔗 Register now!
#UCLGeography #ScienceTalks
🔗 Register now!
#UCLGeography #ScienceTalks
Recent Advances in the use of Stable Isotopes in Environmental Science
Professor Melanie Leng presents the Battarbee Lecture 2025 on advances in stable isotopes and their applications in environmental science.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🔬 Exciting news! Join us on 8 May for the Battarbee Lecture 2025, featuring @meljleng.bsky.social on the power of stable isotopes in environmental science.
🔗 Register now!
#UCLGeography #ScienceTalks
🔗 Register now!
#UCLGeography #ScienceTalks
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This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...
The Radiocarbon Dating Process - the Journey of a sample
archit.web.ox.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...
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Upcoming conference alert from one of our Stable Isotopes Working Group! Check out more info and abstract submission in the link provided.
Please join us in Reading for the ICAZ Stable Isotopes Working Group meetup in June!
More details and submit your abstracts here: zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-...
@icaz-news.bsky.social #zooarch #archaeology
More details and submit your abstracts here: zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-...
@icaz-news.bsky.social #zooarch #archaeology
January 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Upcoming conference alert from one of our Stable Isotopes Working Group! Check out more info and abstract submission in the link provided.
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NEIF has launched an online course developed by our stable isotope teams at BGS and SUERC covering the fundamentals of stable isotopes. Through these 5 videos, covering basic terminology, notations, essential equations, and potential applications of stable isotopes.
vimeo.com/1067017318?s...
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Stable Isotopes Launch
This is "Stable Isotopes Launch" by GAEAcademy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NEIF has launched an online course developed by our stable isotope teams at BGS and SUERC covering the fundamentals of stable isotopes. Through these 5 videos, covering basic terminology, notations, essential equations, and potential applications of stable isotopes.
vimeo.com/1067017318?s...
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vimeo.com/1067017318?s...
1/3
This week I learned about stable isotope ecology in Siracusa, Sicily alongside PhD students from around the world doing exciting and important research to better understand ecological systems and change through space and time.
March 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This week I learned about stable isotope ecology in Siracusa, Sicily alongside PhD students from around the world doing exciting and important research to better understand ecological systems and change through space and time.
You now have until Feb 15 to submit your abstract!! Registration is free for students :)
Ecologists, paleontologists, conservation paleobiologists - submit your abstracts by February 1st to attend the next CPB interdisciplinary meeting!
February 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You now have until Feb 15 to submit your abstract!! Registration is free for students :)
Said hi to my favorite pelican pals at the @londonzoo.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Said hi to my favorite pelican pals at the @londonzoo.bsky.social