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Jeannie Wilkening
@jvwilkening.bsky.social
Ecohydrologist studying how water💧& plants 🌳 react to a changing climate | Lover of deserts 🌵 & desserts 🧁| Previously UC Berkeley, Cambridge, & U Arizona | she/her | Views my own
Recently, all the AAAS Science & Tech Policy Fellows at EPA were terminated from our positions with little notice and for no clear reason. This effectively ended a partnership that had been going since 1980 and which had brought hundreds of scientists to the EPA as fellows, many of whom stayed. 1/7
May 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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@msp-lter.bsky.social, UMN St. Anthony Falls Lab (SAFL), and UMN College of Science & Engineering (CSE) researchers @jvwilkening.bsky.social and Xue Feng's new paper impresses the importance of keeping our urban #treecanopy healthy to promote urban #resilience and climate #adaptation
March 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Haven’t had a chance to pull together a thread on the paper, but so cool to see this highlight on some of my postdoc work! Urban trees can be a great tool for resiliency, but to be effective we also need to think about how the varied urban landscape leads to differences in how trees provide benefits
February 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Conceptual hydrology models in the style of the Tube map?

Going through some old files from a few years ago and found this idea I was toying with. Not sure it is entirely accurate.
January 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The PhD paper that was admittedly my toughest one is finally out! We did a tree drydown and recovery experiment where we collected a ton of data. We found some interesting results, and also used it to think about how we study and model drought response more broadly 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/pce....
Mind the Data Gap: Using a Multi‐Measurement Synthesis for Identifying the Challenges and Opportunities in Studying Plant Drought Response and Recovery
The high-dimensional nature of plant response and recovery to water-limiting conditions creates scientific challenges. We examine how datasets that collect hydrological, physiological and meteorologi....
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January 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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hello world! 👋
December 15, 2024 at 11:35 PM
If you happen to be one of the approximately 12 people left at #AGU24 this afternoon, come hear me talk about urban trees and machine learning (H53W-03) from 2:34-2:46!
December 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM
The AGU Ecohydrology Technical Committee is finally over here: @aguecohydro.bsky.social ! Give them a follow for plenty of ecohydro goodness!
December 12, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Nobody:
AGU: You want to play pickleball during the conference, right?
#AGU24
December 8, 2024 at 11:15 PM
#AGU24 is even more fun when it's a family affair - check out what my mom has been working on and will be showing off this week!
My Heat Kills quilt is complete for #AGU24 and #stitchyourscience. Extreme heat kills more people than any other weather related event, yet it is often under reported. I chose a Sunburst pattern for my quilt using material for the sun’s rays that 1/
December 7, 2024 at 10:06 PM
PSA for folks heading to DC for #AGU24 - You can set up a transit card on your phone (works for metro and buses) and skip the line for the machines at the airport! www.wmata.com/fares/mobile...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Have you started making your #AGU24 schedule yet? Be sure to add our ecohydrology events! We've got lunch meetups, two sessions, and a happy hour - come hang out with us!
linktr.ee/agu_ecohydro
December 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM
"It is easy for researchers to gripe that politicians don’t understand science. A better response is to learn about politics and policy, and to get involved."

Some great points in this piece that really resonate with my experience in the policy world so far!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Advising governments about science is essential but difficult. So train people to do it
A great scientist doesn’t necessarily make an effective science adviser — but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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So much #Ecohydro fun at #AGU24 next week!

- Ecohydro social meetup MONDAY at 6PM at the Lobby BAR of the Marriott Marquis, ALL WELCOME! 🥳

- Lunch meetups Tuesday-Friday 🥣, sign up here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

- Two sponsored sessions! 🤓

ALL the INFO 👉 linktr.ee/agu_ecohydro
December 3, 2024 at 6:22 PM
📣 Attention ecohydrologists attending #AGU24 - Come join us at the technical committee sponsored events throughout the week! We have casual lunch meetups, two(!) sponsored sessions, and our happy hour on Monday evening. All are welcome, and early career folks are particularly encouraged!
December 3, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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One reason I joined the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship was to learn how Congress works so I could return to academia better equipped to communicate my research to policymakers. The last two months have reinforced my belief that we must rethink the role of academics during this critical time (a 🧵)
November 24, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Great insight in this thread from another AAAS Fellow over in Congress on the role of science and how to engage with offices!
Democrats in the 119th Congress will have little power to advance new climate and energy legislation. However, they will still plan for future action and benefit from hearing from Scientists. Here is a thread with some thoughts for those interested in the policy impact of your research.
November 22, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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Catch me on @scifri.bsky.social in 15 minutes chatting about the difficulties faced by Asheville in restoring their drinking water post-Helene!
November 22, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Things seem to be picking up around here, so figured it's about time for a starter pack of ecohydrologists! 💧🍃

Please share and lmk below if you want to be added (I know there are lots of folks I missed so help me build out our ecohydro fam!) go.bsky.app/SPotVGi
November 11, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Come join the Ecohydrology Technical Committee events at #WaterSciCon next week! We have a sponsored-session on Wednesday, a workshop on Thursday, and a social event on Wednesday evening. Full details: linktr.ee/agu_ecohydro
June 18, 2024 at 1:31 PM
New review paper w/ @drsallyet.bsky.social, Xue Feng, and Todd Dawson is out in PCE! We look at the last 50 years to see how ecohydrology & ecophysiology developed as separate fields, the resulting struggles, & how we can work together to solve new challenges doi.org/10.1111/pce....
Different roads, same destination: The shared future of plant ecophysiology and ecohydrology
Plant, Cell & Environment is an ecology journal analysing the ways plants respond to their environment including biological, physiological and ecological factors.
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May 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
It's the last day to submit your abstract to the #WaterSciCon sessions I'm organizing- one on urban hydrology (CVPPP-09) and one on ecohydrology (CVPPP-04) - and both will also have corresponding workshops. We're hoping to make it a valuable opportunity to share & learn!
January 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
So it turns out the spotify algorithm is pretty good at figuring out if you are a postdoc
January 20, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Overheard in the #AGU23 poster hall: “the ecohydrologists have a thing tonight”
Don’t miss out! Come hang out with us from 7-9 at Harmonic Brewing Thrive City!
December 14, 2023 at 2:45 AM
Come chat about urban trees with me at my poster this afternoon (H23V-1859), or just swing by to say hi and grab an ecohydro ribbon! I’ll be there from 3-6 pm #AGU23
December 12, 2023 at 6:32 PM