Catherine M. Hulshof

Catherine Hulshof

@hulshof.bsky.social

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Chicana ecologist and poet. Biodiversidad y cambio climático. Associate Professor. Founder Big Red Pen Grant Review. biodiversityresearchlab.com

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Environmental science 55%

Agriculture 16%

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mark belan | science illustrator + info designer @markabelan.bsky.social · 4h

Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...

All the Biomass of Earth, in One Graphic

Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.

www.visualcapitalist.com

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Tommaso Jucker, Catherine M. Hulshof

Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · 9h

How to not be swamped by your microclimate data?

The rise of microclimate data may have opened Pandora’s box. Gone are the days of simple bioclimatic variables — now heads spin trying to summarize these timeseries.

A much-needed paper by @krystofchytry.bsky.social:

🔗 the3dlab.org/2025/11/11/h...

How to not be swamped by your microclimate data

Microclimate data are finally finding their way more routineously into ecological models – and rightly so. Hooray for that! The growing availability of in-situ measurements is helping us brid…

the3dlab.org

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone know how to revoke a submission with Wiley's shitty AI system? 6 months with no reviewers? Hellnah.

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Oct 6

The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone else tightening up that family #budget? Just switched from T-Mobile to Mint Mobile for a $1200/year #savings. DM me if you want the referral coupon. We also cancelled Netflix (gasp). Any other easy ways to save? www.mintmobile.com

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 11d

A la Stanford's d.school, ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination, @austinkleon.bsky.social

who else?

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 11d

Hey creatives: who do you follow for inspiration? Trying to cut out slop and surround myself with incredible, bold, pie-in-the-sky ideas.

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Climática @climatica.coop · 12d

‘El río no tiene culpa’: la canción de una pareja afectada por la DANA

'El río no tiene culpa': la canción de una pareja afectada por la DANA - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad

Un año después de las lluvias e inundaciones donde perdieron la vida 227 personas, Alejandro y María Laura, artistas afectados por la DANA, lanzan junto a Greenpeace una canción inédita que transforma el dolor en un himno por la justicia climática.

f.mtr.cool

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 14d

Come work in Richmond, Virginia. Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science @ VCU.

vcujobs.com/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, Earth System Science, School of Life Sciences and Sustainability - VCU Main Campus, Virginia, United States

Unit: College of Humanit and Sciences MBU Department: School of Life Sci & Sustainability Duties & Responsibilities: The School of Life Sciences and Sustainability (SLSS) at Virginia Commonwea...

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 21d

No new lab papers. But here's my first try at digital collage from souvenirs I picked up in #Oaxaca #Mexico during the #ATBC meeting. #arte-ciencia #collage

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NPR @npr.org · 27d

Silvana Estrada's powerful, yet elegant voice finds a way to bend wounds to her will and become whole. n.pr/4oat8DP

Silvana Estrada: Tiny Desk Concert

Silvana Estrada's powerful, yet elegant voice finds a way to bend wounds to her will and become whole.

n.pr

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Oct 12

If I had to stab a guess...I'd say serpentine serpentine serpentine.

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Oct 11

Also called growing up with a Mexican mom. #chancla

JohnFosterFic @jfoster.bsky.social · Oct 11

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · Oct 8

This is Portland, Oregon. Photo: Fabian Bimmer. #USA#Trump

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Oct 6

And read about why here. TLDR: One part rainy day fund, one part do what you're good at and enjoy, and one part quiet subversion. As one does. biodiversityresearchlab.com/field-notes/...

Why I’m Offering Grant Reviews — Catherine Hulshof, PhD

This year, I was offered an NSF rotator position. I’d spent a decade serving on panels, built an incredible track record of funding, and was ready to contribute in a new way. Then the offer was pulle...

biodiversityresearchlab.com

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Oct 6

Excited to launch Big Red Pen, grant review services, because NSF funding is only getting tougher, but strong proposals still rise to the top. I have decades of NSF success and 10 years of panel experience. Let’s get funded. #NSF from #GRFP to #CAREER.
biodiversityresearchlab.com/grant-review

Grant Review — Catherine Hulshof, PhD

NSF grant review consulting for biology, life sciences, and STEM fields from GRFP to CAREER and everything in between

biodiversityresearchlab.com

Reposted by Delphine K. Farmer, Zen Faulkes, Brian Weatherson , and 3 more Delphine K. Farmer, Zen Faulkes, Brian Weatherson, Catherine J. Frieman, Geneviève Gore, Catherine M. Hulshof

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Oct 6

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Oct 2

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 26

This inventory is where I got my start in tropical biology, as a lab and field assistant with Dan Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs at UPenn and Costa Rica and the many taxonomists and ecologists I was lucky to meet along the way.

So many incredible ripple effects for so many people.

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 26

"After 55 years, the world’s most ambitious caterpillar inventory will come to a close. This monumental project in ACG has reared 870,000 caterpillars, of 8,000 species of butterflies and moths, and 18,000 species of wasp parasites—all documented by a team that grew to 30 local parataxonomists."

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund @gdfcf.bsky.social · Sep 26

Happy to share our latest newsletter! The latest GDFCF and Area de Conservación Guanacaste news is here: mailchi.mp/54601d57a15d...

Greetings from the Late Rainy Season

mailchi.mp

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Catherine M. Hulshof

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund @gdfcf.bsky.social · Sep 26

Happy to share our latest newsletter! The latest GDFCF and Area de Conservación Guanacaste news is here: mailchi.mp/54601d57a15d...

Greetings from the Late Rainy Season

mailchi.mp

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 24

Dial-A-Poem

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dial-a-poem

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 20

Commemorating Hurricane Maria by working on a manuscript combining remote sensing, soils, and plant traits. Serpentine plant communities are more resilient, and soils are an important (but overlooked) part of the forest recovery story.

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 20

Absolutely hilarious.

The Birdist @thebirdist.bsky.social · Sep 15

I wrote about the Reiser brothers and their hilarious, disgusting Listers documentary for Slate:

slate.com/culture/2025...

One of the Funniest Documentaries of the Year Is Streaming for Free on YouTube

Listers is a journey into the dark and cringy heart of one of the world’s most peculiar hobbies.

slate.com

Reposted by Catherine M. Hulshof, Romain Lorrillière, Paul J. Taillie

The Birdist @thebirdist.bsky.social · Sep 15

I wrote about the Reiser brothers and their hilarious, disgusting Listers documentary for Slate:

slate.com/culture/2025...

One of the Funniest Documentaries of the Year Is Streaming for Free on YouTube

Listers is a journey into the dark and cringy heart of one of the world’s most peculiar hobbies.

slate.com

Reposted by Catherine M. Hulshof

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Sep 12

It depends on the group. For trees and other woody plants I learnt a lot from Keller's book. link.springer.com/book/9783764...

Identification of tropical woody plants in the absence of flowers

This revised and extended second edition of "Identification of tropical woody plants" is a concise representation of vegetative characters of woody taxa. It presents a unique identification system, pe...

link.springer.com

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 12

Tropical botanists: what's a good resource for learning neotropical plant families. Gentry is good but not great for newbies. Any recommendations? Online or otherwise? Gracias!

Reposted by Catherine M. Hulshof

Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · Sep 10

‘There are people who have everything and have achieved nothing. But then there are people who have nothing and have achieved a lot.’ Wilkin, 12, is growing up in a sugar mill town in the Dominican Republic. Hear his thoughts on joy, poverty and baseball in this video by PDA Films

A neglected Dominican sugar town, as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old local | Aeon Videos

Wilkin, 12, is growing up in a sugar mill town in the Dominican Republic. Hear his thoughts on joy, poverty and baseball

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Grist @grist.org · Sep 3

Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow.

Following a history of disinvestment and destructive climate disasters, communities across the archipelago are developing living blueprints of food sovereignty.

grist.org/food-and-agr...

#PR #Disaster #PuertoRico #Food #Farms #Farming

Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow

Following a history of disinvestment and destructive climate disasters, communities across the archipelago are developing living blueprints of food sovereignty.

grist.org

Reposted by Catherine M. Hulshof

Fabricio Villalobos @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social · Sep 1

Couldn't agree more! Descolonicemos los curricula (materias/disciplinas) de nuestrxs alumnxs y presentemos una visión más amplia de nuestra disciplina

Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · Sep 1

I ditched Ecology textbooks for this reason. Now I use a free OER and build my own 'Scientist Spotlights' featuring the incredible diversity of our discipline. Because if students don't see themselves in a career, how can they be themselves in that career?

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Sep 1

Are ecology textbooks representative of ecologists? The question is very much on my mind while updating my own textbook. We have a responsibility to shape the field through inclusion as well as academic content. 🌏🧪

Rethinking the undergraduate textbook as a tool to build a diverse community of ecologists

Recruitment and retention of a diverse scientific workforce depends on a more inclusive culture of science. Textbooks introduce prospective scientists to their chosen field and convey its cultural no...

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