sam sambado
@samsambado.bsky.social
disease ecologist | postdoc @ stanford | she/her | https://samsambado.weebly.com/
Of all the fieldwork I’ve done, my fire work has stayed with me the most.
Fire severity reduces tick populations, but landscape context shapes their recovery 📊
Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Of all the fieldwork I’ve done, my fire work has stayed with me the most.
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How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
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@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Does more H20 mean more mosquito-borne disease risk?
What about in an area that typically receives little rain? (~6 in/year)?
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
What about in an area that typically receives little rain? (~6 in/year)?
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The paradoxical impact of drought on West Nile virus risk: insights from long-term ecological data | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Mosquito-borne diseases are deeply embedded within ecological communities, with environmental
changes—particularly climate change—shaping their dynamics. Increasingly intense droughts
across the globe...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Does more H20 mean more mosquito-borne disease risk?
What about in an area that typically receives little rain? (~6 in/year)?
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
What about in an area that typically receives little rain? (~6 in/year)?
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
I 💛 teaching & long-term ecological field stations.
I have a new piece in @natural-history.bsky.social’s Lessons in Conservation that intertwines my teaching lessons from biometry & passion for long-term research sites (tinyurl.com/2kw8avtz)
I have a new piece in @natural-history.bsky.social’s Lessons in Conservation that intertwines my teaching lessons from biometry & passion for long-term research sites (tinyurl.com/2kw8avtz)
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May 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I 💛 teaching & long-term ecological field stations.
I have a new piece in @natural-history.bsky.social’s Lessons in Conservation that intertwines my teaching lessons from biometry & passion for long-term research sites (tinyurl.com/2kw8avtz)
I have a new piece in @natural-history.bsky.social’s Lessons in Conservation that intertwines my teaching lessons from biometry & passion for long-term research sites (tinyurl.com/2kw8avtz)
I submitted this piece a while ago but thought I’d throw it up on rxiv prior to my defense next month. If you want to hear more about the study - DM me for a zoom link to my exit seminar!
The paradoxical impact of drought on West Nile virus risk: insights from long-term ecological data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.21.634155v1
January 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I submitted this piece a while ago but thought I’d throw it up on rxiv prior to my defense next month. If you want to hear more about the study - DM me for a zoom link to my exit seminar!
Bats are often thought of as ecosystem providers, but to actually quantify the services bats provide, it’s essential to know where they’re foraging
a large flock of birds are flying over a dirt field with a national geographic logo in the corner
ALT: a large flock of birds are flying over a dirt field with a national geographic logo in the corner
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January 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Bats are often thought of as ecosystem providers, but to actually quantify the services bats provide, it’s essential to know where they’re foraging