Dr. Amy Burgin
@burginam.bsky.social
Aquatic Ecosystem Ecologist & Water Scientist. #AIMS PI.
I share thoughts re: #water, #climate, #scicomm, #DEI #firstgen #Biogeofeminist. Midwesterner.
RT≠endorse, opinions=many, all mine. #BLM she/her
BGC cycles: N>S>O>C>Fe>P>Si
I share thoughts re: #water, #climate, #scicomm, #DEI #firstgen #Biogeofeminist. Midwesterner.
RT≠endorse, opinions=many, all mine. #BLM she/her
BGC cycles: N>S>O>C>Fe>P>Si
I'm recruiting via ISU's new EPSCOR Grad Training Program! If you want to write an NSF GRFP this Fall and come to ISU, let's connect. Students who get an Honorable Mention this year (or did in the last 3 years) are eligible. Program funding rates are same as GRFP!
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm recruiting via ISU's new EPSCOR Grad Training Program! If you want to write an NSF GRFP this Fall and come to ISU, let's connect. Students who get an Honorable Mention this year (or did in the last 3 years) are eligible. Program funding rates are same as GRFP!
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
Partying like Rock Stars with Stink Floyd—the Corpse Flower that only blooms every 5-7 years! Huge line to smell the stench at Reiman Gardens. Can confirm, it smells…like a dumpster, maybe? You can check it out tomorrow (Sunday) but after that it’ll be a few years.
May 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Partying like Rock Stars with Stink Floyd—the Corpse Flower that only blooms every 5-7 years! Huge line to smell the stench at Reiman Gardens. Can confirm, it smells…like a dumpster, maybe? You can check it out tomorrow (Sunday) but after that it’ll be a few years.
This week’s bright spot was the lovely native plant sale fundraiser by the ISU EEOB Grad Students. I got a great assortment to give my Mom for Mother’s Day, including a prairie seed packet!
May 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This week’s bright spot was the lovely native plant sale fundraiser by the ISU EEOB Grad Students. I got a great assortment to give my Mom for Mother’s Day, including a prairie seed packet!
The list of things to be cut in the new CR is staggering to consider—and highly detrimental for environmental programs in rural states & areas. This is from the Dems Fact Sheet, linked from Liz Neely’s newsletter here democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/fact-sh...
March 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The list of things to be cut in the new CR is staggering to consider—and highly detrimental for environmental programs in rural states & areas. This is from the Dems Fact Sheet, linked from Liz Neely’s newsletter here democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/fact-sh...
The National Science Foundation benefits the State of Iowa through funding over $74M (FY'23) in research, education, and investment in business partnerships. This equates to jobs, degrees, new knowledge, and a skilled workforce for STEM careers. Fact sheets by state: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
January 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits the State of Iowa through funding over $74M (FY'23) in research, education, and investment in business partnerships. This equates to jobs, degrees, new knowledge, and a skilled workforce for STEM careers. Fact sheets by state: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
National Institutes of Health (NIH) award funding for Iowa totaled $209M which creates jobs (2579) and spurs the economy (>$5M), all while benefiting the public by developing an understanding of and therapies for diseases and health concerns.
We all need the NIH.
We all need the NIH.
January 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
National Institutes of Health (NIH) award funding for Iowa totaled $209M which creates jobs (2579) and spurs the economy (>$5M), all while benefiting the public by developing an understanding of and therapies for diseases and health concerns.
We all need the NIH.
We all need the NIH.
Field notes from my first stream N addition — as a sophomore/junior RUE student at Hubbard Brook (IES, now Cary Inst). I do t know if I can count the number of times I’ve moved this. What a wild ride the last 24 years have been!
December 17, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Field notes from my first stream N addition — as a sophomore/junior RUE student at Hubbard Brook (IES, now Cary Inst). I do t know if I can count the number of times I’ve moved this. What a wild ride the last 24 years have been!
Midwesterners: Raygun has arrived. Follow @raygun-shirts.bsky.social
Non-midwesterners: follow for Midwestern inside jokes, fun designs, and levity in spite of it all, as in:
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November 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Midwesterners: Raygun has arrived. Follow @raygun-shirts.bsky.social
Non-midwesterners: follow for Midwestern inside jokes, fun designs, and levity in spite of it all, as in:
Non-midwesterners: follow for Midwestern inside jokes, fun designs, and levity in spite of it all, as in:
Ranger is in her Cowdog Era. But the best she can do is herd squirrels!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Ranger is in her Cowdog Era. But the best she can do is herd squirrels!
We’re moving to IOWA STATE!
I’m excited to join ISU’s EEOB Dept as their incoming Chair, starting in January 2025. It’s an exceptional group of scholars and a uni that does important work in my home state. I’m honored to be selected for the role & have lots of ideas to get going!
I’m excited to join ISU’s EEOB Dept as their incoming Chair, starting in January 2025. It’s an exceptional group of scholars and a uni that does important work in my home state. I’m honored to be selected for the role & have lots of ideas to get going!
August 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM
We’re moving to IOWA STATE!
I’m excited to join ISU’s EEOB Dept as their incoming Chair, starting in January 2025. It’s an exceptional group of scholars and a uni that does important work in my home state. I’m honored to be selected for the role & have lots of ideas to get going!
I’m excited to join ISU’s EEOB Dept as their incoming Chair, starting in January 2025. It’s an exceptional group of scholars and a uni that does important work in my home state. I’m honored to be selected for the role & have lots of ideas to get going!
Happy Gotcha Day to our rescue mutt Ranger! She’s the best so we celebrated with a pupcup and ice cream for the humans too!
August 2, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Happy Gotcha Day to our rescue mutt Ranger! She’s the best so we celebrated with a pupcup and ice cream for the humans too!
So. Much. PHILLY!! We history’d. We ate. We walked. We even made it to Delaware! (If you’re a state collector, this is your chance to also see the First State!)
Next week, I science for #2024SFS! Excited to see old friends and make new ones! Have fun exploring the city!
Next week, I science for #2024SFS! Excited to see old friends and make new ones! Have fun exploring the city!
June 1, 2024 at 2:16 AM
So. Much. PHILLY!! We history’d. We ate. We walked. We even made it to Delaware! (If you’re a state collector, this is your chance to also see the First State!)
Next week, I science for #2024SFS! Excited to see old friends and make new ones! Have fun exploring the city!
Next week, I science for #2024SFS! Excited to see old friends and make new ones! Have fun exploring the city!
A & Z are excited to sport their new @sfs-src.bsky.social hoodies when we go to Philly in a few days! Five star reviews, they would recommend, especially since they got them in their favorite colors!
May 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM
A & Z are excited to sport their new @sfs-src.bsky.social hoodies when we go to Philly in a few days! Five star reviews, they would recommend, especially since they got them in their favorite colors!
No Fooling—TODAY was Day 1 of the #AIMS Kansas drydown experiment! We will sample for two weeks during normal spring flow, then hook up the pipes to the dam on 15 April to dry out the ‘impact’ reach for 30 days before a controlled rewet. Follow along for updates & wish us luck!
April 1, 2024 at 10:13 PM
No Fooling—TODAY was Day 1 of the #AIMS Kansas drydown experiment! We will sample for two weeks during normal spring flow, then hook up the pipes to the dam on 15 April to dry out the ‘impact’ reach for 30 days before a controlled rewet. Follow along for updates & wish us luck!
A river is born!! Come hang with me, @ecosarahflynn.bsky.social, Friends of the Kaw, and Kansas Geo Survey at the KU Natural History Museum Women in Science event 10-1 today!
March 30, 2024 at 3:10 PM
A river is born!! Come hang with me, @ecosarahflynn.bsky.social, Friends of the Kaw, and Kansas Geo Survey at the KU Natural History Museum Women in Science event 10-1 today!
Porch weather is back. Happy Friday, friends!
March 29, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Porch weather is back. Happy Friday, friends!
#AIMS Drydown Experiment Phase 2: Operation Pipes! Our GREAT Great Plains crew spent the morning unwinding ~500m of tile to put in the stream bed. We'll sample water, microbes and bugs in the stream for two weeks before connecting pipes to the dam to drydown the lower half of the stream!
March 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
#AIMS Drydown Experiment Phase 2: Operation Pipes! Our GREAT Great Plains crew spent the morning unwinding ~500m of tile to put in the stream bed. We'll sample water, microbes and bugs in the stream for two weeks before connecting pipes to the dam to drydown the lower half of the stream!
Great #FieldworkFriday with @vicsecondine.bsky.social coring for their PREP project at the Haskell Wetlands!! Gorgeous weather, beautiful cores, lots of laughter—I had a blast getting muddy and talking dirt. (Ahem, soil…)
March 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Great #FieldworkFriday with @vicsecondine.bsky.social coring for their PREP project at the Haskell Wetlands!! Gorgeous weather, beautiful cores, lots of laughter—I had a blast getting muddy and talking dirt. (Ahem, soil…)
Great day at Konza yesterday with our amazing #AIMS crew! Our dam survived the first rain test and we have water in the stream!! We might have underestimated how much organic matter was in the area. Big storm even left hail from the night before! Time to connect the >500ft of pipe soon!
March 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Great day at Konza yesterday with our amazing #AIMS crew! Our dam survived the first rain test and we have water in the stream!! We might have underestimated how much organic matter was in the area. Big storm even left hail from the night before! Time to connect the >500ft of pipe soon!
We are getting RAIN!! Right over Konza!! It feels like storms always miss it, this is so exciting! We might have a flowing stream tomorrow when we go out for field work! [and hopefully we still have a dam in place!]
March 14, 2024 at 2:36 AM
We are getting RAIN!! Right over Konza!! It feels like storms always miss it, this is so exciting! We might have a flowing stream tomorrow when we go out for field work! [and hopefully we still have a dam in place!]
Freshwater Science is recruiting a new Editor-in-Chief!
If you want a chance to influence how publishing works, while supporting @freshwater-science.bsky.social and the non-profit U ChicagoPress, please reach out to me.
Please share widely and send me nominations.
Applications due 25 March 2024
If you want a chance to influence how publishing works, while supporting @freshwater-science.bsky.social and the non-profit U ChicagoPress, please reach out to me.
Please share widely and send me nominations.
Applications due 25 March 2024
March 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Freshwater Science is recruiting a new Editor-in-Chief!
If you want a chance to influence how publishing works, while supporting @freshwater-science.bsky.social and the non-profit U ChicagoPress, please reach out to me.
Please share widely and send me nominations.
Applications due 25 March 2024
If you want a chance to influence how publishing works, while supporting @freshwater-science.bsky.social and the non-profit U ChicagoPress, please reach out to me.
Please share widely and send me nominations.
Applications due 25 March 2024
It’s about DAM TIME! We were busy ecosystem engineers today at Shane Creek (Konza Prairie) building a dam to help us dry out a stream! Now we just need some water!!
Excellent field crew—we got a ton of work done!
Excellent field crew—we got a ton of work done!
February 24, 2024 at 1:55 AM
It’s about DAM TIME! We were busy ecosystem engineers today at Shane Creek (Konza Prairie) building a dam to help us dry out a stream! Now we just need some water!!
Excellent field crew—we got a ton of work done!
Excellent field crew—we got a ton of work done!
We have the start of an experiment! This ‘hole-y’ dam will have 3 more flanges and will have pipes on those flanges that will route water downstream, bypassing the stream bed and allowing it to drydown. I had to call in an expert—my dad!—who has worked construction for years and had the right tools.
February 12, 2024 at 11:26 PM
We have the start of an experiment! This ‘hole-y’ dam will have 3 more flanges and will have pipes on those flanges that will route water downstream, bypassing the stream bed and allowing it to drydown. I had to call in an expert—my dad!—who has worked construction for years and had the right tools.
I got a beautiful view if Kaw Point, where the Kansas River (called The Kaw, locally, for the Kaw/Kansa People who are its original caretakers) meets the Missouri River. A nice little Kansas Day (Kansas’ 163rd annual renewal of statehood) moment.
January 30, 2024 at 3:37 AM
I got a beautiful view if Kaw Point, where the Kansas River (called The Kaw, locally, for the Kaw/Kansa People who are its original caretakers) meets the Missouri River. A nice little Kansas Day (Kansas’ 163rd annual renewal of statehood) moment.
Thanks, BIOGEOMON and Puerto Rico, for the sunshine and biogeochemistry! It was a privilege to share the Redox Paradox paper with a bunch of fellow nerds and think about what our community can do with this concept.
January 12, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Thanks, BIOGEOMON and Puerto Rico, for the sunshine and biogeochemistry! It was a privilege to share the Redox Paradox paper with a bunch of fellow nerds and think about what our community can do with this concept.