Bess Ruff
bessruff.bsky.social
Bess Ruff
@bessruff.bsky.social
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We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2)
@lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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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
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚨New paper alert!

Science and policy have both engaged with climate change impacts and opportunities in the context of mariculture.

But how (mis)aligned are their perspectives & what are the implications for a climate-resilient industry?

Find out in our new pub:

dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq....
Mariculture Narratives in Climate Change Research and Policy: Alignment, Mismatch, and Opportunities for a Climate‐Resilient Industry
Like other sectors of our global food system, marine aquaculture (mariculture) is threatened by a myriad of stressors resulting from a changing climate. Increasing attention has been given to the imp...
dx.doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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🚨New paper! 🌍🦈😇

What do seafloor patterns reveal about fish, fear & food webs?

Tracking reef halos at Ningaloo Reef, we found they shrink in summer but grow in winter, correlated with seasonal temp and upwelling.

Single snapshots don't tell the full story. Context matters!

📖 rdcu.be/ewTI1
Deciphering the footprints of predator–prey interactions on coral reefs: seasonal dynamics and environmental drivers of reef halos
rdcu.be
July 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Doing cool things with the coolest people
June 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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THREE DAYS LEFT to apply for a 🔥 fully funded PhD scholarship to join our interdisciplinary Thriving Oceans Research Hub. Come be part of an epic global project focused on locating and learning from coral reef bright spots. Prior publications are helpful.

www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au
April 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Come join our dynamic lab!
Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful.

www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
March 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Doing some fun things inside and outside of the office 🤓
The Thriving Oceans team assembled at last (11/13 of us at least). Such an amazing group of ECR talent. Watch this space for some exciting and interdisciplinary marine sustainability science!
February 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So excited this project is getting the attention it deserves! Sponge communities are often overlooked when it comes to ocean restoration. Check out how @offshorebiotech.bsky.social is working toward nature positive strategies in the offshore space:

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Marine biologists drop rubble onto sea floor to improve ocean health
Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge nurseries which act as the forests of the sea.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub
and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese....
Scholarship Ad:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coral Reef Fisheries Sustainability
A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for a PhD student within Faculty of Science to conduct social sciences-based fieldwork.
www.sydney.edu.au
January 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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A trio of fabulous PhD positions for prospective PhD students interested in coral reef fisheries, experimental economic games, fisheries supply chains, or all of the above! Come join us in beautiful Sydney 🐟

Please share with your network!
Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub
and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese....
Scholarship Ad:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coral Reef Fisheries Sustainability
A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for a PhD student within Faculty of Science to conduct social sciences-based fieldwork.
www.sydney.edu.au
January 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM