Sarah Whorley, Ph.D.
@dralgaegirl.bsky.social
Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.
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Finally getting to a good place with this presentation! It's still not nearly as much data as I'd hoped to have ready by this point, but that's the way it goes! Come see me next week at #IAGLR2025!
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All,
The WARR website has been updated with 2026 schedule.
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
The page includes registration link, 2026 schedule in pdf, and all archived talks from 2021 - 2025.
@margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agucatchhydro.bsky.social @lmcp.bsky.social
The WARR website has been updated with 2026 schedule.
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
The page includes registration link, 2026 schedule in pdf, and all archived talks from 2021 - 2025.
@margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agucatchhydro.bsky.social @lmcp.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
All,
The WARR website has been updated with 2026 schedule.
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
The page includes registration link, 2026 schedule in pdf, and all archived talks from 2021 - 2025.
@margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agucatchhydro.bsky.social @lmcp.bsky.social
The WARR website has been updated with 2026 schedule.
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
The page includes registration link, 2026 schedule in pdf, and all archived talks from 2021 - 2025.
@margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agucatchhydro.bsky.social @lmcp.bsky.social
Oooh fun!
Take a break with today's Spellements, a game for finding words!
Spellements: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Start your morning with today’s Spellements. Create as many words as you can from our daily selection of letters—including one tied to recent science news. Play now.
www.scientificamerican.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Oooh fun!
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I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands
Accepting applications until Feb 15th
blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...
Accepting applications until Feb 15th
blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - NOAA Firebird - Illinois Natural History Survey/PRI - Application Deadline: February 15, 2026
blogs.illinois.edu
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands
Accepting applications until Feb 15th
blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...
Accepting applications until Feb 15th
blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...
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Mollusca-focused, 6-yr postdoc Postdoc in Invertebrate Evolution:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Mollusca-focused, 6-yr postdoc Postdoc in Invertebrate Evolution:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Research Scientist position at the Cornell Biological Field Station: exciting opportunity for an aquatic ecologist/fisheries scientist to work with a 50+ year time series of fish and limnology data on Oneida Lake $90-95K/yr
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31352
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31352
Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Job #AJO31352, WDR-00056101 Senior Research Associate, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Bridgeport, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Research Scientist position at the Cornell Biological Field Station: exciting opportunity for an aquatic ecologist/fisheries scientist to work with a 50+ year time series of fish and limnology data on Oneida Lake $90-95K/yr
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31352
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31352
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VLIZ is hiring: a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher 🐟
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
VLIZ is hiring: a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher 🐟
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
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We currently have TWO open positions within the GBIF Secretariat!
🐙 Senior software data enginee within the Engineering team 🔗gbif.link/senior-dat...
📍Applications close 9 Jan 2026
🦭 Data administrator within the Data Products team
🔗 gbif.link/data-admin...
📍Applications close 13 Jan 2026
🐙 Senior software data enginee within the Engineering team 🔗gbif.link/senior-dat...
📍Applications close 9 Jan 2026
🦭 Data administrator within the Data Products team
🔗 gbif.link/data-admin...
📍Applications close 13 Jan 2026
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
We currently have TWO open positions within the GBIF Secretariat!
🐙 Senior software data enginee within the Engineering team 🔗gbif.link/senior-dat...
📍Applications close 9 Jan 2026
🦭 Data administrator within the Data Products team
🔗 gbif.link/data-admin...
📍Applications close 13 Jan 2026
🐙 Senior software data enginee within the Engineering team 🔗gbif.link/senior-dat...
📍Applications close 9 Jan 2026
🦭 Data administrator within the Data Products team
🔗 gbif.link/data-admin...
📍Applications close 13 Jan 2026
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Do I know anyone who went undergraduate at University of New Mexico? If that's you, please DM me.
Please RT | thank you!
Please RT | thank you!
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Do I know anyone who went undergraduate at University of New Mexico? If that's you, please DM me.
Please RT | thank you!
Please RT | thank you!
Well, that was 2hrs updating my CE credits for ESA certification that I wasn't intending on doing today...Still worth it 😅https://esa.org/certification
esa.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Well, that was 2hrs updating my CE credits for ESA certification that I wasn't intending on doing today...Still worth it 😅https://esa.org/certification
Time to turn on all the alarms for the week...
January 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Time to turn on all the alarms for the week...
Reposted by Sarah Whorley, Ph.D.
Reposted by Sarah Whorley, Ph.D.
Never before seen footage‼️
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Never before seen footage‼️
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather
My former student and co-author doesn't give me many updates but I'm so thrilled she finally got her DVM! Congratulations Doctor!
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
My former student and co-author doesn't give me many updates but I'm so thrilled she finally got her DVM! Congratulations Doctor!
Ok, I know its cliché but new years is always such a good time for resolutions. I like to set my intentions. So here's a thread 🧵
1. I want to use Bsky to talk more about science and less about politics. I know the 2 are deeply intertwined now, but I can't take the political side right now.
1. I want to use Bsky to talk more about science and less about politics. I know the 2 are deeply intertwined now, but I can't take the political side right now.
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Ok, I know its cliché but new years is always such a good time for resolutions. I like to set my intentions. So here's a thread 🧵
1. I want to use Bsky to talk more about science and less about politics. I know the 2 are deeply intertwined now, but I can't take the political side right now.
1. I want to use Bsky to talk more about science and less about politics. I know the 2 are deeply intertwined now, but I can't take the political side right now.
Bright start to 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Bright start to 2026!
See ya 2025, I don't think many will be sorry to see this year go. Here's hoping 2026 treats us all better.
January 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
See ya 2025, I don't think many will be sorry to see this year go. Here's hoping 2026 treats us all better.
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Rare jumping bristletail reveals new step in insect mating evolution
Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land. A new study examines Petrobiellus akkesiensis, a rare jumping bristletail, ...
phys.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Now I will know by just how much I'm over caffeinated
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Now I will know by just how much I'm over caffeinated
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📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
How is so much cute in such a little dog?
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How is so much cute in such a little dog?
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For the right person, this is a once-in-a-lifetime unicorn dream job 🦑🧪🌍
futureleadership.com.au/opportunitie...
futureleadership.com.au/opportunitie...
Director, Tropical Marine and Coastal Institute
Lead a new institute at the forefront of tropical marine and coastal research Drive interdisciplinary solutions to climate and sustainability challenges Shape impactful research, partnerships and poli...
futureleadership.com.au
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
For the right person, this is a once-in-a-lifetime unicorn dream job 🦑🧪🌍
futureleadership.com.au/opportunitie...
futureleadership.com.au/opportunitie...
Everyone in WNY today...
December 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in WNY today...
I made this cutting about 3 years ago and it finally bloomed! I'm glad I got to see it on my last day on campus! I was worried I would miss it.
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I made this cutting about 3 years ago and it finally bloomed! I'm glad I got to see it on my last day on campus! I was worried I would miss it.
It's a good day to be in a cozy lab
December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's a good day to be in a cozy lab
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BUF issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at Dec 19, 7:17 AM EST ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
December 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
BUF issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at Dec 19, 7:17 AM EST ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.