ESA Early Career Ecologists
banner
esa-earlycareer.bsky.social
ESA Early Career Ecologists
@esa-earlycareer.bsky.social
🌱 Building skills & community for early career ecologists! 🌍✨
linktr.ee/esa_earlycareer
🌱Webinar Alert🌱
ESA “Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology” Series

This series highlights diverse career paths for ecologists. It features informal, conversational interviews to provide insights and networking opportunities for students and professionals exploring alternative careers.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We’re already halfway through November! We hope your enjoying cozy season here in the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s a snippet from this month’s newsletter 🍃 #ECEnewsletter
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
✨Call for Nominations (deadline Nov 13)! ✨
Nominations are open for the newly created ESA Bazzaz-Pickett Mentorship Award for Enhancing Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Ecology.
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
October is here, which means it’s time for another snippet from our monthly newsletter! As we enter into day 10 of the government shutdown, our heart goes out to those affected by the choices and actions of our federal system. 🧵 #ECEnewsletter
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🏆📚 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT! ✨The "Outstanding Publication by an Early Career Ecologist" award, given by the Section every year since 2017, honors exceptional research by an ECE section member published as a peer-reviewed manuscript of particular importance and relevance to the ecological community. 🧵1/19
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hey all,
Happy back to school! For those not in the academic sector, don’t worry, you can still use this as an excuse to get new stationary 🤫 Here is a snippet of this month’s newsletter! 🧵 #ECEnewsletter
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Thats a wrap. That you all for such a great #ESA2025. I have loved my time at Chair of the @esa-earlycareer.bsky.social section, and am so happy to pass the seat to Cait for 2026 🎉
August 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
I’m at #ESA2025 through tomorrow and may be hiring soon! If you are interested in biodiversity and ecology of peatlands, riparian zones, ditches, and/or forestry let’s meet up and chat! PhD and postdoc opportunities with all the benefits of the Swedish social system will be published soon!
August 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
FREE BOOKS! Stop by Booth 505 in Exhibit Hall E to take free books donated by retired ecologists Bob Peet and Peter White. There are also books donated by ESA. #ESA2025
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
📢 Attention early-career ecologists at #ESA2025, this workshop is for you! “Navigating the Publishing Seascape: Tips for Early-Career Ecologists” at 11:45 AM ET
Learn more: events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...
August 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
If you’re attending the Ecological Society of America conference #ESA2025, stop by career central this afternoon at 2:45. I’ll be speaking on a panel about careers in marine and coastal biology.

events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

🌎🧪🦑 @esajournals.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
Careers in Coastal and Marine Ecology - Details
events.rdmobile.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨

Please spread the word!

www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

#CSEE2025
July 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Are you a PI/mentor at #ESA2025 looking for a postdoc with strong GIS+Remote Sensing+tropical fieldwork skills? Look no further than Michael Caslin - ask me why! And check out his poster on Thursday evening.
1. Michael Caslin is here with a poster

LB 14-191 - Surviving a direct hit from Hurricane Maria: Forests are more vulnerable to hurricane damage and slower to recover at higher elevations in southeastern Puerto Rico

LB - Forests; Thu, Aug 14, 5:00 – 6:30 PM EDT
ESA Exhibit Hall

#ESA2025
August 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Are you a PI/mentor at #ESA2025 looking for a postdoc with an #EnvironmentalJustice focus and a policy background? Meet Tira Beckham, and check out her poster on Thursday evening.
2. Tira Beckham’s #EnvironmentalJustice work:

LB 06-068 - Flood Risk at the Margins: Spatial Disparities in Flood Exposure for North Carolina's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Communities

Thu, Aug 14, 5:00 – 6:30 PM EDT

#ESA2025
August 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Are you a PI/mentor at #ESA2025 looking for a postdoc with a tropical #UrbanEcology focus and excellent field skills? You’ll want to talk to Vallari Sheel, altho she was unable to make it here from India. But come listen to me talk about out her research on Thursday afternoon.
3. Vallari Sheel’s #UrbanEcology work which I will present in this talk:

COS 162-04 - Examining ecological interactions between urban tree and vertebrate species in Bengaluru, India
Thu, Aug 14
2:15 – 2:30 PM EDT
BCC 349

#ESA2025
August 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
At #ESA2025 and interested in an #AltAc career?

Holden Arboretum is hiring!
DM me if you want to chat about either of these positions

- Urban ecologist (PI / research scientist position)
holdenfg.org/career-and-i...

- Forest health postdoc
holdenfg.org/career-and-i...
August 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Today's Career Central schedule kicks off now! Come get practical career advice straight from professional ecologists esa.org/baltimore202... #ESA2025
August 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
🌊 We're recruiting an MS student! 🌿
Join my lab at Bridgewater State Uni, MA.
✅Conduct your own thesis in Cape Verde’s #marine & #coastal ecosystems
✅ mentor undergrads
✅ RA + #NSF summer stipend

@ #ESA2025 come find me or DM—love to chat!
📩 tsurasinghe@bridgew.edu
August 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Hey #ESA2025, I'll be around on Wednesday! I'd love to talk to you about 🦑 or #SciComm and I'm very friendly : )

Specialties:
- Digital media strategy
- Outreach/engagement for grants
- Career growth through a comms lens (how to make a website)
- Entrepreneurship/founding or running orgs
August 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Also if you're at #ESA2025 and interested in bats (maybe birds too), bioacoustics, arid landscapes, and thinking of a PhD, please say hello. I plan to recruit 1-2 grad students. Spring or fall 2026 start with a focus on desert waters or renewable energy. lavertylab.org

Happy to meet up!
The Laverty Lab
A conservation science and wildlife ecology lab at NMSU
lavertylab.org
August 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Job alert! - #Postdoc

Join the forest health team at the Holden Arboretum! We're looking for a postdoc to explore patterns of mortality and disease resistance in hemlock. #Job #AltAc
Want to chat? - I'll be at #ESA2025

holdenfg.org/career-and-i...
August 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Hey #ESA2025 #Baltimore! I'm seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #ForestEcology to join my lab, fall 2026. More here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/join-us

DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥
August 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
Are you attending ESA this year? Are you a biocrust lover?

Come to COS 011 on Monday 1:30 pm to learn all about CrustNet and biological soil crusts. We are excited to recruit new collaborators and new sites for this project.
#esa2025
@womeninsoileco.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Reposted by ESA Early Career Ecologists
I'm heading to #esa2025 and I am on the job market! Looking for academic positions at SLACs and PUI's broadly where I could share my love of restoration ecology with undergrads in the classroom and in the lab! Send me your leads, or learn more about me from my website

rpizza94.github.io/RileyPizza/
August 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM