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Molly Simonis
@mollysimonis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Auburn University | Wildlife disease ecology, ecoimmunology & physiology | 🦇 | she/her(s) | https://simonislab.weebly.com/
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Anna Fagre, co-author on
Understanding #climate change threats to #vertebrate #wildlife by studying #ecoimmunology across #biological scales

by Anna Fagre
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& by
Becker , Pulscher , @mollysimonis.bsky.social ,Duncan

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August 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We are hiring a technician in the Simonis Lab at Auburn U! This is a two-year position with responsibilities for scouting and performing bat capture surveys at field sites (e.g. private and public lands, highway culverts).

Check out more details and submit materials here: forms.gle/tEUNyRc1hG3f...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I am recruiting graduate students for Spring 2026 in my Lab at Auburn University. Please share broadly🦇

simonislab.weebly.com/opportunitie...

linking to 🧪 and 🦊
Opportunities
We are currently recruiting graduate student(s) interested in seasonal pathogen dynamics and bat health throughout various field sites and/or highway culverts throughout Alabama. You can find out...
simonislab.weebly.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word

www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by Molly Simonis
🚨 Another major round of #NSF terminations today 😞. Please report and encourage your colleagues to as well! We need this info to shed light on the damage caused, and to organize and advocate for science that includes and benefits all. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... 🧪
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨

We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!

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April 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Took some time to check out some Alabama 🦇s this week with colleagues here at Auburn CFWE. Lots of good finds in the culverts here! 🦊🧪

📷 4 by Cole Sikes
February 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Reposted by Molly Simonis
bats are immunologically "special", but bat species also differ in their immune response. we gather evidence for interspecific variation in bat immunity, propose hypotheses, and outline future comparative directions. i've really enjoyed working with this ECR team.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: evolutionary variation in bat immunology
ecoevorxiv.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Molly Simonis
lots of disease ecology and ecoimmunology work from the lab this year at #SICB2025. be sure to check out talks and posters as well as Symposium 8 on applied ecoimmunology in wildlife health and conservation!
January 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Reposted by Molly Simonis
📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:48 PM
A great PhD opportunity for someone interested in disease ecology and bats in @danjbecker.bsky.social 's lab at University of Oklahoma!🧪🦊
April 4, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Excited to share our preprint where we estimate relationships for and fur total mercury (THg) to use in initial contaminant risk screening of biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@danjbecker.bsky.social @meaganallira.bsky.social #KristinDyer #BretDemory #KimberleeWhitmore
#MattChumchal-- an #OU #TCU collab🧪🦊
April 2, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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#FieldInclusiveWeek 2024 is January 14-20! We’re excited to bring you a week of webinars, giveaways, & fun social media activities! Follow the link in our bio to register for events, and read more about our fantastic speakers!
December 14, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Reposted by Molly Simonis
Please repost

We are hiring a new postdoc to work on the conservation of the endangered snail kite! Lots of potential for impact.

Expertise in pop biology, quant modeling & conservation are desirable. 1.5 years w/potential to extend. Start date ASAP.

fletcherlab.com
November 27, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Excited to share my first postdoc manuscript! @danjbecker.bsky.social and I created frameworks for understanding how cross-species transmission is driven by phylogenetic relatedness between co-roosting species, and its impact on roost infection prevalence. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 22, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Reposted by Molly Simonis
Asst Curator in Mammalogy at AMNH opening is now online:

careers.amnh.org/postings/3921

(full disclosure that I am applying to this)
November 13, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Just getting started on bsky, so let me introduce myself: I am an integrated scientist interested in disease ecology, physiology and ecoimmunology. I research how wildlife health changes under disturbance, and how those changes can impact wildlife populations, particularly for small mammals like 🦇s
November 13, 2023 at 8:56 PM