Dr. Bryan H. Juarez (He/They)
@bhjuarez.bsky.social
Postdoc | Chicano | Bilingual Ciencia | Health, Equity, Happiness | Physiological Ecology | Stats Connoisseur | 🏳️🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸. Gangloff Lab at Ohio Wesleyan University.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-596X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-596X
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#SICB2026 For years I've talked w/ therapists about being +confident +honest. I'm ready. I'm done w/ fitting the academic mold, it's exhausting.
Follow me 2 learn science from the perspective of a wannabe know-it-all hood rat from San Bernardino. Let's learn some shit and casually share our ideas
Follow me 2 learn science from the perspective of a wannabe know-it-all hood rat from San Bernardino. Let's learn some shit and casually share our ideas
Version 2 for the stats-inclined
Using journal impact factors to assess individuals is kind of like running a GLMM and saying "every individual follows the population mean".
I'm more than my paper's journal's impact factor.
Using journal impact factors to assess individuals is kind of like running a GLMM and saying "every individual follows the population mean".
I'm more than my paper's journal's impact factor.
At what point will we as a field finally abandon Impact Factors and focus the credibility on the actual science? 🧪
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
A survey of how biology researchers assess credibility when serving on grant and hiring committees
Researchers who serve on grant review and hiring committees have to make decisions about the intrinsic value of research in short periods of time, and research impact metrics such Journal Impact Facto...
peerj.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Version 2 for the stats-inclined
Using journal impact factors to assess individuals is kind of like running a GLMM and saying "every individual follows the population mean".
I'm more than my paper's journal's impact factor.
Using journal impact factors to assess individuals is kind of like running a GLMM and saying "every individual follows the population mean".
I'm more than my paper's journal's impact factor.
I've never felt the need to publish in a high impact factor journal for anything except the fact that "others will judge me on this", and it's a sentiment shared by my mentors.
Judge me on something largely extrinsic to me and my research.
Judge me on something largely extrinsic to me and my research.
At what point will we as a field finally abandon Impact Factors and focus the credibility on the actual science? 🧪
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
#SciPub #PeerReview #AcademicSky
A survey of how biology researchers assess credibility when serving on grant and hiring committees
Researchers who serve on grant review and hiring committees have to make decisions about the intrinsic value of research in short periods of time, and research impact metrics such Journal Impact Facto...
peerj.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I've never felt the need to publish in a high impact factor journal for anything except the fact that "others will judge me on this", and it's a sentiment shared by my mentors.
Judge me on something largely extrinsic to me and my research.
Judge me on something largely extrinsic to me and my research.
We ran 🦎🦎 100x each to quantify repeatability in running speeds. If sprint speeds are not repeatable, our experiments are not either due to differences in perceived rank orders.
...and we found low repeatability (<0.5) at low N due to individual variation. Group means are part of the answer!
...and we found low repeatability (<0.5) at low N due to individual variation. Group means are part of the answer!
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
We ran 🦎🦎 100x each to quantify repeatability in running speeds. If sprint speeds are not repeatable, our experiments are not either due to differences in perceived rank orders.
...and we found low repeatability (<0.5) at low N due to individual variation. Group means are part of the answer!
...and we found low repeatability (<0.5) at low N due to individual variation. Group means are part of the answer!
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My grad student, who got RWR and appealed, got an email from GRFP program today that said "Your application was screened by NSF program officers with expertise in your proposed field of study and was determined to be ineligible according to the solicitation requirements."
No details were given. 😡
No details were given. 😡
Reposting again because according to Reddit threads, another round of RWR emails went out today.
NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
February 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
My grad student, who got RWR and appealed, got an email from GRFP program today that said "Your application was screened by NSF program officers with expertise in your proposed field of study and was determined to be ineligible according to the solicitation requirements."
No details were given. 😡
No details were given. 😡
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guess who's back, back again. NSF PRFB!
if you want to address interesting problems in global change biology and the ever thorny problem of what limits species' elevational ranges, and are interested in a postdoc, please do reach out.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
if you want to address interesting problems in global change biology and the ever thorny problem of what limits species' elevational ranges, and are interested in a postdoc, please do reach out.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
www.nsf.gov
February 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
guess who's back, back again. NSF PRFB!
if you want to address interesting problems in global change biology and the ever thorny problem of what limits species' elevational ranges, and are interested in a postdoc, please do reach out.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
if you want to address interesting problems in global change biology and the ever thorny problem of what limits species' elevational ranges, and are interested in a postdoc, please do reach out.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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🧪🌎🔬🧬🐸 (Almost) 50 Years of Effort on a Catalogue of Living Amphibians www.iucn-amphibians.org/celebrating-...
Celebrating 9000 described species of amphibians – IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
www.iucn-amphibians.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🧪🌎🔬🧬🐸 (Almost) 50 Years of Effort on a Catalogue of Living Amphibians www.iucn-amphibians.org/celebrating-...
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I am looking for a master’s student to join my research group at Angelo State to work on an NSF-funded project in collaboration with colleagues at Cal Poly Humboldt and in Brazil. Please help me share this opportunity!
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I am looking for a master’s student to join my research group at Angelo State to work on an NSF-funded project in collaboration with colleagues at Cal Poly Humboldt and in Brazil. Please help me share this opportunity!
-Video Games
-Native American History and Religion
-Korean History
-Intervertebrate Paleo
-Invertebrate Zoolo
-Native American History and Religion
-Korean History
-Intervertebrate Paleo
-Invertebrate Zoolo
Macroevolution
Astrophysics
Music performance (violin)
Computational statistics
British poetry
This is an interesting list considering I was a geology major lol
Astrophysics
Music performance (violin)
Computational statistics
British poetry
This is an interesting list considering I was a geology major lol
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
-Video Games
-Native American History and Religion
-Korean History
-Intervertebrate Paleo
-Invertebrate Zoolo
-Native American History and Religion
-Korean History
-Intervertebrate Paleo
-Invertebrate Zoolo
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📢 A new publication from our team is now out in the
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social BULLETIN!
👉 doi.org/10.1002/bes2...
It shows how community, collaboration, & multilingual science are not extras—they are essential for equity in ecology. 🌎
📢Please share to amplify Latin American voices!
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social BULLETIN!
👉 doi.org/10.1002/bes2...
It shows how community, collaboration, & multilingual science are not extras—they are essential for equity in ecology. 🌎
📢Please share to amplify Latin American voices!
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
📢 A new publication from our team is now out in the
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social BULLETIN!
👉 doi.org/10.1002/bes2...
It shows how community, collaboration, & multilingual science are not extras—they are essential for equity in ecology. 🌎
📢Please share to amplify Latin American voices!
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social BULLETIN!
👉 doi.org/10.1002/bes2...
It shows how community, collaboration, & multilingual science are not extras—they are essential for equity in ecology. 🌎
📢Please share to amplify Latin American voices!
Reposted by Dr. Bryan H. Juarez (He/They)
Funds available for grads and postdocs to visit @burkemuseum.bsky.social collections! Applications due Dec. 15th. Please share!
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Funds available for grads and postdocs to visit @burkemuseum.bsky.social collections! Applications due Dec. 15th. Please share!
Notice how Greenland and Antarctica get like no sun since ice/snow reflect so much light (50–90%) back into the atmosphere.
Also the albedo in the Sahara and Europe is nuts.
Also the albedo in the Sahara and Europe is nuts.
A cool part of being from CA, my ostracod research, and teaching in the midwest is I can support students interested in marine science
We used data from NASA to make a global time-avgd map (1980-2000, like WorldClim) of the amount of shortwave light "hitting" Earth's surface to study eye evo 😎🌤️⛰️🌊🦐
We used data from NASA to make a global time-avgd map (1980-2000, like WorldClim) of the amount of shortwave light "hitting" Earth's surface to study eye evo 😎🌤️⛰️🌊🦐
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Notice how Greenland and Antarctica get like no sun since ice/snow reflect so much light (50–90%) back into the atmosphere.
Also the albedo in the Sahara and Europe is nuts.
Also the albedo in the Sahara and Europe is nuts.
A cool part of being from CA, my ostracod research, and teaching in the midwest is I can support students interested in marine science
We used data from NASA to make a global time-avgd map (1980-2000, like WorldClim) of the amount of shortwave light "hitting" Earth's surface to study eye evo 😎🌤️⛰️🌊🦐
We used data from NASA to make a global time-avgd map (1980-2000, like WorldClim) of the amount of shortwave light "hitting" Earth's surface to study eye evo 😎🌤️⛰️🌊🦐
January 28, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A cool part of being from CA, my ostracod research, and teaching in the midwest is I can support students interested in marine science
We used data from NASA to make a global time-avgd map (1980-2000, like WorldClim) of the amount of shortwave light "hitting" Earth's surface to study eye evo 😎🌤️⛰️🌊🦐
We used data from NASA to make a global time-avgd map (1980-2000, like WorldClim) of the amount of shortwave light "hitting" Earth's surface to study eye evo 😎🌤️⛰️🌊🦐
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Grad student in lab just had their GRFP returned without review. But their proposal is not on ag/crops/health. What gives?? 😡
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Grad student in lab just had their GRFP returned without review. But their proposal is not on ag/crops/health. What gives?? 😡
I did it y'all, I have a project that requires it.
It's finally time to learn GAMMs 🤘🏽🤔😎
It's finally time to learn GAMMs 🤘🏽🤔😎
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I did it y'all, I have a project that requires it.
It's finally time to learn GAMMs 🤘🏽🤔😎
It's finally time to learn GAMMs 🤘🏽🤔😎
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Me: Hey Outlook can you attach this file.
Outlook: No, I'm now crashing out.
Me: OK but can you show me this calendar invite?
Outlook: Also no. It has been mysteriously deleted.
Me: What can you do?
Outlook: I definitely cannot effectively search your emails.
Outlook: No, I'm now crashing out.
Me: OK but can you show me this calendar invite?
Outlook: Also no. It has been mysteriously deleted.
Me: What can you do?
Outlook: I definitely cannot effectively search your emails.
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Me: Hey Outlook can you attach this file.
Outlook: No, I'm now crashing out.
Me: OK but can you show me this calendar invite?
Outlook: Also no. It has been mysteriously deleted.
Me: What can you do?
Outlook: I definitely cannot effectively search your emails.
Outlook: No, I'm now crashing out.
Me: OK but can you show me this calendar invite?
Outlook: Also no. It has been mysteriously deleted.
Me: What can you do?
Outlook: I definitely cannot effectively search your emails.
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"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
Reposted by Dr. Bryan H. Juarez (He/They)
Reposted by Dr. Bryan H. Juarez (He/They)
Adding “No problem if not” to my email signature
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Adding “No problem if not” to my email signature
The OWU Vertebrate Anatomy class (and a couple coauthors) are cooking up a paper on sprinting speeds in lizards 🦎🦎
and improving how we analyze maximum performance data 🏃🏽
Love this job 🔥🔥
and improving how we analyze maximum performance data 🏃🏽
Love this job 🔥🔥
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The OWU Vertebrate Anatomy class (and a couple coauthors) are cooking up a paper on sprinting speeds in lizards 🦎🦎
and improving how we analyze maximum performance data 🏃🏽
Love this job 🔥🔥
and improving how we analyze maximum performance data 🏃🏽
Love this job 🔥🔥
I just realized my nemesis for the last few years has been the U of Chicago press because its rare for me to have institutional access to their articles 😪
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I just realized my nemesis for the last few years has been the U of Chicago press because its rare for me to have institutional access to their articles 😪
"Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator-type person,’ I’m a dictator[...]But sometimes you need a dictator! But they didn’t say that in this case.… It’s all based on common sense, it’s not conservative or liberal, or anything else.”
-POTUS
-POTUS
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 AM
"Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator-type person,’ I’m a dictator[...]But sometimes you need a dictator! But they didn’t say that in this case.… It’s all based on common sense, it’s not conservative or liberal, or anything else.”
-POTUS
-POTUS
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And/or when you write a paper use a permanent address (like gmail etc.) rather than an institutional one that expires when you leave (Univ Washington our emails expire!)... at least until you have a permanent position.
January 20, 2026 at 11:14 PM
And/or when you write a paper use a permanent address (like gmail etc.) rather than an institutional one that expires when you leave (Univ Washington our emails expire!)... at least until you have a permanent position.
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Breaking news: The Trump administration acknowledged for the first time that members of the U.S. DOGE Service accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data without the awareness of agency officials, months after a whistleblower raised concerns.
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Breaking news: The Trump administration acknowledged for the first time that members of the U.S. DOGE Service accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data without the awareness of agency officials, months after a whistleblower raised concerns.