Alec Christensen
@alecchristensen.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student @WVU
🧬🦌 Wildlife Disease | Spatial Ecology | Genetics | Mammal Ecology | Wildlife Management | He/His. Views are own. 🫎⛰️
🧬🦌 Wildlife Disease | Spatial Ecology | Genetics | Mammal Ecology | Wildlife Management | He/His. Views are own. 🫎⛰️
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Fun to announce @alecchristensen.bsky.social defended his MS thesis yesterday in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences program. Looking forward to helping chapters get out and to see what he does as he goes off to do his PhD at West Viriginia University
(Advisor fail for not getting a photo)
(Advisor fail for not getting a photo)
April 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Fun to announce @alecchristensen.bsky.social defended his MS thesis yesterday in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences program. Looking forward to helping chapters get out and to see what he does as he goes off to do his PhD at West Viriginia University
(Advisor fail for not getting a photo)
(Advisor fail for not getting a photo)
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Posting to promote the new episode / episode 65 of the North Dakota Outdoors Podcast by North Dakota Game Fish, which includes an interview with current lab member @alecchristensen.bsky.social talking about his career path and future plans.
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
North Dakota Outdoors Podcast | North Dakota Game and Fish
Department Droppings Natural History Calendar As winter moves into spring, find out what North Dakota's animals are up to.
gf.nd.gov
February 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Posting to promote the new episode / episode 65 of the North Dakota Outdoors Podcast by North Dakota Game Fish, which includes an interview with current lab member @alecchristensen.bsky.social talking about his career path and future plans.
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
Great week discussing CWD!
Alec Christensen @alecchristensen.bsky.social shared his ongoing MS project which focuses on SNP panel accuracy for relatedness in wild populations of white-tailed deer, as well as then applying the best panel to 1,400 deer samples from Minnesota DNR's CWD management activities. 2/6
February 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Great week discussing CWD!
Excellent opportunity and a fantastic lab to be part of!
Deadline extended: Are you a recent college graduate interested in research? Please consider applying to the #NSF CHANGE #RaMP program NDSU! Participants engage in one year, hands-on research experiences. $32,500
For more information, including potential projects: www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...
For more information, including potential projects: www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...
NDSU ramp | NDSU
www.ndsu.edu
January 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Excellent opportunity and a fantastic lab to be part of!
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I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025!
The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪
The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪
January 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025!
The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪
The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪
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Okay I started a wildlife health starter pack! Please share and let me know if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/MFMtaMw
go.bsky.app/MFMtaMw
November 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Okay I started a wildlife health starter pack! Please share and let me know if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/MFMtaMw
go.bsky.app/MFMtaMw
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Building a starter pack with disease ecologists, reply/DM/tag me with people or feeds to add!
#diseaseecology
🦠🦠🦇🐀🦭🦠🦠
go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
#diseaseecology
🦠🦠🦇🐀🦭🦠🦠
go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
November 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Building a starter pack with disease ecologists, reply/DM/tag me with people or feeds to add!
#diseaseecology
🦠🦠🦇🐀🦭🦠🦠
go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
#diseaseecology
🦠🦠🦇🐀🦭🦠🦠
go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
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hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
docs.google.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
With hopefully submitting my thesis next spring I am starting my search for a PhD position. I have broad interests in most wildlife related topics & experience in #rstats, #cwd, #bioninformatics, and #GIS. Would appreciate to hear about any upcoming opportunities! #phdchat
October 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
With hopefully submitting my thesis next spring I am starting my search for a PhD position. I have broad interests in most wildlife related topics & experience in #rstats, #cwd, #bioninformatics, and #GIS. Would appreciate to hear about any upcoming opportunities! #phdchat
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A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc.
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
September 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc.
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world.
Share job ads with me and I'll link here.
🌎🧪
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Back by popular demand - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2025!
PIs - Enter your position info here: forms.gle/adBbhEBqYUg5...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share!
PIs - Enter your position info here: forms.gle/adBbhEBqYUg5...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share!
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2025
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2025 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
forms.gle
June 10, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Back by popular demand - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2025!
PIs - Enter your position info here: forms.gle/adBbhEBqYUg5...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share!
PIs - Enter your position info here: forms.gle/adBbhEBqYUg5...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share!
A poster I presented @ the North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society earlier this month. Ecstatic to figure out more!
February 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
A poster I presented @ the North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society earlier this month. Ecstatic to figure out more!