Kat Sullivan
@ecokatsully.bsky.social
Biologist | conservation, critters, and collections data |🦋🐛🦎🧬
Current affiliations- Milwaukee Public Museum & Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Current affiliations- Milwaukee Public Museum & Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Little bit of a down year for me on the observation side (dissertation writing I suppose), but made 100+ identifications to make up for it! @inaturalist.bsky.social www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/k...
kat_sullivan's 2025 iNaturalist Year in Review
Kat Sullivan's highlights and stats from 2025 on iNaturalist
www.inaturalist.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Little bit of a down year for me on the observation side (dissertation writing I suppose), but made 100+ identifications to make up for it! @inaturalist.bsky.social www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/k...
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Some good news, @ecokatsully.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation. The lab celebrated with a Milwaukee specialty, an enormous Bloody Mary with, among other things, an entire fried chicken garnish - a drink/meal known as the ‘Bloody Beast’.
Congratulations, Dr Sullivan!! 🧪
Congratulations, Dr Sullivan!! 🧪
August 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Some good news, @ecokatsully.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation. The lab celebrated with a Milwaukee specialty, an enormous Bloody Mary with, among other things, an entire fried chicken garnish - a drink/meal known as the ‘Bloody Beast’.
Congratulations, Dr Sullivan!! 🧪
Congratulations, Dr Sullivan!! 🧪
I will be defending my dissertation “Community based approaches to characterizing biodiversity for conservation action” on July 17th at 11am CDT! If you are interested in the link let me know!
July 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I will be defending my dissertation “Community based approaches to characterizing biodiversity for conservation action” on July 17th at 11am CDT! If you are interested in the link let me know!
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☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
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Just saw this on the other site. Not good. We must preserve, protect, and advocate for biological collections and the museums who care for them
April 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just saw this on the other site. Not good. We must preserve, protect, and advocate for biological collections and the museums who care for them
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Rage coding this morning using #TidyTuesday NSF grant terminations data.
Research in STEM Education and Social, Behavioral, & Economic Science is clearly being targeted by the current administration.
I made a lot of depressing #rstats plots, check them out
jenrichmond.github.io/posts/2025-0...
Research in STEM Education and Social, Behavioral, & Economic Science is clearly being targeted by the current administration.
I made a lot of depressing #rstats plots, check them out
jenrichmond.github.io/posts/2025-0...
May 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Rage coding this morning using #TidyTuesday NSF grant terminations data.
Research in STEM Education and Social, Behavioral, & Economic Science is clearly being targeted by the current administration.
I made a lot of depressing #rstats plots, check them out
jenrichmond.github.io/posts/2025-0...
Research in STEM Education and Social, Behavioral, & Economic Science is clearly being targeted by the current administration.
I made a lot of depressing #rstats plots, check them out
jenrichmond.github.io/posts/2025-0...
Reposted by Kat Sullivan
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Seeing so many of these as postdoctoral fellowships is so disheartening. The research budgets are minuscule but having a fully funded salary abruptly terminated is horrifying.
NEW: Here are the terminated grants by division, from an NSF source. Total is 434, higher than DOGE's claim of 402.
Top 3 divisions:
Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings - 51
Equity for Excellence in STEM - 50
Engineering Education and Centers - 43
Top 3 divisions:
Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings - 51
Equity for Excellence in STEM - 50
Engineering Education and Centers - 43
April 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Seeing so many of these as postdoctoral fellowships is so disheartening. The research budgets are minuscule but having a fully funded salary abruptly terminated is horrifying.
RIP my research career 😞
NSF freezes grantmaking after DOGE comes calling www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
RIP my research career 😞
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Tax Day next up: NSF!
🛰️ $40 a year. That’s what the average U.S. taxpayer pays annually to fund the National Science Foundation.
💡 Science isn’t luxury - it’s infrastructure.
From disaster prediction to cybersecurity to the tech in your phone, NSF powers the systems that keep society running.
🛰️ $40 a year. That’s what the average U.S. taxpayer pays annually to fund the National Science Foundation.
💡 Science isn’t luxury - it’s infrastructure.
From disaster prediction to cybersecurity to the tech in your phone, NSF powers the systems that keep society running.
April 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tax Day next up: NSF!
🛰️ $40 a year. That’s what the average U.S. taxpayer pays annually to fund the National Science Foundation.
💡 Science isn’t luxury - it’s infrastructure.
From disaster prediction to cybersecurity to the tech in your phone, NSF powers the systems that keep society running.
🛰️ $40 a year. That’s what the average U.S. taxpayer pays annually to fund the National Science Foundation.
💡 Science isn’t luxury - it’s infrastructure.
From disaster prediction to cybersecurity to the tech in your phone, NSF powers the systems that keep society running.
Reposted by Kat Sullivan
Had the pleasure of taking part of MPM's (@mkepublicmuseum.bsky.social) Inside out event tonight! Interacting with my community and sharing our cool bee science lights a fire underneath me. These interactions are why I do the science I do. To see the awe and wonder on people's faces.
April 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Had the pleasure of taking part of MPM's (@mkepublicmuseum.bsky.social) Inside out event tonight! Interacting with my community and sharing our cool bee science lights a fire underneath me. These interactions are why I do the science I do. To see the awe and wonder on people's faces.
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Wisconsinites! If you are a scientist, love a scientist, or benefit from science - we need YOU! Join us on March 7th as we #standupforscience
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Wisconsinites! If you are a scientist, love a scientist, or benefit from science - we need YOU! Join us on March 7th as we #standupforscience
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
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February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
In totally random news I am on the postdoc market!! I’m finishing my PhD this spring at Marquette U in evolutionary ecology. Interested in working in natural history collections, conservation, and participatory science 😊
January 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In totally random news I am on the postdoc market!! I’m finishing my PhD this spring at Marquette U in evolutionary ecology. Interested in working in natural history collections, conservation, and participatory science 😊
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EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
I love this @inaturalist.bsky.social year in review!! Great way to see all the contributions that are made on this platform 🤗
November 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I love this @inaturalist.bsky.social year in review!! Great way to see all the contributions that are made on this platform 🤗