ESA Early Career Ecologists
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🌱 Building skills & community for early career ecologists! 🌍✨
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Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology (2025) 6
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November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Dec 9, Tues, 2pm EST
Join us for a special edition of our series featuring Catherine O’Riordan, ESA’s Executive Director. In this session, Catherine shares her career story, offering insights, advice, and inspiration.
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Join us for a special edition of our series featuring Catherine O’Riordan, ESA’s Executive Director. In this session, Catherine shares her career story, offering insights, advice, and inspiration.
Register here 👉 esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Dec 9, Tues, 2pm EST
Join us for a special edition of our series featuring Catherine O’Riordan, ESA’s Executive Director. In this session, Catherine shares her career story, offering insights, advice, and inspiration.
Register here 👉 esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us for a special edition of our series featuring Catherine O’Riordan, ESA’s Executive Director. In this session, Catherine shares her career story, offering insights, advice, and inspiration.
Register here 👉 esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Nov 18, Tues, 2pm EST
This session includes William Bethel from Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Christopher Adkison from Geosyntec Consultants.
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This session includes William Bethel from Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Christopher Adkison from Geosyntec Consultants.
Register here 👉 esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Nov 18, Tues, 2pm EST
This session includes William Bethel from Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Christopher Adkison from Geosyntec Consultants.
Register here 👉 esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This session includes William Bethel from Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Christopher Adkison from Geosyntec Consultants.
Register here 👉 esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
As always, you can find this and more in this month’s newsletter, available to everyone through the Early Career Ecologists Discourse (not Discord) page. Access it here: discourse.esa.org 🌱
Ecologists Collaborating Online
ESA's community portal for anyone interested in the science of ecology and the opportunities that it represents.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As always, you can find this and more in this month’s newsletter, available to everyone through the Early Career Ecologists Discourse (not Discord) page. Access it here: discourse.esa.org 🌱
But that’s not all! Check out the full newsletter to learn about how one university is envisioning their Indigenous future, how scientists can connect with the next generation, and a ggplot resource for students.
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
But that’s not all! Check out the full newsletter to learn about how one university is envisioning their Indigenous future, how scientists can connect with the next generation, and a ggplot resource for students.
🤖 AI Research Tools
Georgetown University has compiled a list of AI research tools to help you with you find related articles, synthesize research papers, and quickly review existing research on a topic.
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Georgetown University has compiled a list of AI research tools to help you with you find related articles, synthesize research papers, and quickly review existing research on a topic.
guides.library.georgetown.edu/ai/tools
Guides: Artificial Intelligence (Generative) Resources: AI Tools for Research
Guides: Artificial Intelligence (Generative) Resources: AI Tools for Research
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November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🤖 AI Research Tools
Georgetown University has compiled a list of AI research tools to help you with you find related articles, synthesize research papers, and quickly review existing research on a topic.
guides.library.georgetown.edu/ai/tools
Georgetown University has compiled a list of AI research tools to help you with you find related articles, synthesize research papers, and quickly review existing research on a topic.
guides.library.georgetown.edu/ai/tools
📝 Working Group Cheat Sheets
With topics such as authorship, data management, facilitation techniques, storytelling, file naming, and GitHub workflows, these cheat sheets can provide a lot of value to anyone in science — not just those in working groups.
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With topics such as authorship, data management, facilitation techniques, storytelling, file naming, and GitHub workflows, these cheat sheets can provide a lot of value to anyone in science — not just those in working groups.
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/working-grou...
Working Group Cheat Sheets
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November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
📝 Working Group Cheat Sheets
With topics such as authorship, data management, facilitation techniques, storytelling, file naming, and GitHub workflows, these cheat sheets can provide a lot of value to anyone in science — not just those in working groups.
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/working-grou...
With topics such as authorship, data management, facilitation techniques, storytelling, file naming, and GitHub workflows, these cheat sheets can provide a lot of value to anyone in science — not just those in working groups.
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/working-grou...
👩💻ESIIL Working Groups (deadline Nov 21st!)
The Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab is currently accepting applications for their 3rd cohort of working groups.
No collaborators? No problem! Fill out a form to find like-minded scientists.
esiil.org/working-groups
The Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab is currently accepting applications for their 3rd cohort of working groups.
No collaborators? No problem! Fill out a form to find like-minded scientists.
esiil.org/working-groups
Working Groups | ESIIL
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November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
👩💻ESIIL Working Groups (deadline Nov 21st!)
The Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab is currently accepting applications for their 3rd cohort of working groups.
No collaborators? No problem! Fill out a form to find like-minded scientists.
esiil.org/working-groups
The Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab is currently accepting applications for their 3rd cohort of working groups.
No collaborators? No problem! Fill out a form to find like-minded scientists.
esiil.org/working-groups
Find out more here 👉 esa.org/about/awards...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Find out more here 👉 esa.org/about/awards...
Both Pickett and Bazzaz have served ESA with distinction in numerous capacities over many years and have broadened participation through their commitments to mentoring to enhance diversity, inclusion and belonging.
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Both Pickett and Bazzaz have served ESA with distinction in numerous capacities over many years and have broadened participation through their commitments to mentoring to enhance diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Fakhri Bazzaz and Steward Pickett strongly believed in mentoring and service to the ecological and broader scientific community and have mentored numerous early career scientists and aided innumerable colleagues, often in diverse and under-represented groups.
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Fakhri Bazzaz and Steward Pickett strongly believed in mentoring and service to the ecological and broader scientific community and have mentored numerous early career scientists and aided innumerable colleagues, often in diverse and under-represented groups.
The inaugural award will be presented at the 2026 ESA meeting in Salt Lake City. The Bazzaz-Pickett Award has been created to recognize “long-standing contributions of an individual for mentoring to enhance diversity, inclusion and belonging and advance excellence in ecology”.
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The inaugural award will be presented at the 2026 ESA meeting in Salt Lake City. The Bazzaz-Pickett Award has been created to recognize “long-standing contributions of an individual for mentoring to enhance diversity, inclusion and belonging and advance excellence in ecology”.
As always, you can find this and more in this month’s newsletter, available to everyone through the Early Career Ecologists Discourse (not Discord) page. Access it here: discourse.esa.org 🌱
Ecologists Collaborating Online
ESA's community portal for anyone interested in the science of ecology and the opportunities that it represents.
discourse.esa.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As always, you can find this and more in this month’s newsletter, available to everyone through the Early Career Ecologists Discourse (not Discord) page. Access it here: discourse.esa.org 🌱
🤖 We’re hearing about AI everywhere — so how can we utilize it to better science? Browse the many projects and resources provided by NCEAS, called “AI for the Planet”!
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ai-planet
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ai-planet
AI for the Planet
www.nceas.ucsb.edu
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🤖 We’re hearing about AI everywhere — so how can we utilize it to better science? Browse the many projects and resources provided by NCEAS, called “AI for the Planet”!
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ai-planet
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ai-planet
🍃 Have you ever wondered about the ins-and-outs of environmental consulting, including stormwater permits and environmental audits? Check out the many helpful posts on Resource Management Associates’ blog!
www.rmagreen.com/rma-blog
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Environmental & Sustainability Consulting Blog | RMA
Some of the most commonly asked questions we get about the various environmental regulations & issues impacting businesses across the US.
www.rmagreen.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🍃 Have you ever wondered about the ins-and-outs of environmental consulting, including stormwater permits and environmental audits? Check out the many helpful posts on Resource Management Associates’ blog!
www.rmagreen.com/rma-blog
www.rmagreen.com/rma-blog
🌍 The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: As ecologists, we know diversity is desirable. In this blogpost, discover all the benefits of DEI for our workplaces, kids, and society!
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The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In light of attacks on DEI, we gathered articles that lay out the evidence in favor of fostering racially diverse and equitable schools, workplaces, cities, and societies.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🌍 The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: As ecologists, we know diversity is desirable. In this blogpost, discover all the benefits of DEI for our workplaces, kids, and society!
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Connect with Dimitrios:
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Connect with Dimitrios:
Website: dgkontopoulos.io
Mastodon: @DGKontopoulos@ecoevo.social
Bluesky: @dgkontopoulos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
No universal mathematical model for thermal performance curves across traits and taxonomic groups - Nature Communications
Thermal performance models support metabolic modeling in diverse contexts. Here, the authors compare 83 existing models with 2739 thermal performance datasets, finding that model performance doesn’t n...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Connect with Dimitrios:
Website: dgkontopoulos.io
Mastodon: @DGKontopoulos@ecoevo.social
Bluesky: @dgkontopoulos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
Connect with Dimitrios:
Website: dgkontopoulos.io
Mastodon: @DGKontopoulos@ecoevo.social
Bluesky: @dgkontopoulos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
They also publicly deposited code for fitting each model and provided study design recommendations, which should remove a major barrier to the use of TPC models by ecologists and other scientists.
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
They also publicly deposited code for fitting each model and provided study design recommendations, which should remove a major barrier to the use of TPC models by ecologists and other scientists.
Thus, to facilitate the choice of the most appropriate model(s) for a given dataset, they estimated a dendrogram of all 83 models based on the average similarity of their fits.
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thus, to facilitate the choice of the most appropriate model(s) for a given dataset, they estimated a dendrogram of all 83 models based on the average similarity of their fits.
They found that model performance cannot be predicted from sampling resolution, type of biological rate, or taxonomic information.
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
They found that model performance cannot be predicted from sampling resolution, type of biological rate, or taxonomic information.
A major theme of his research involves investigating how biological rates of ectotherms respond to temperature—the “thermal performance curve” (TPC). In their recent paper in Nature Communications, he and his co-authors evaluated the performance of 83 TPC models across 2,739 datasets.
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A major theme of his research involves investigating how biological rates of ectotherms respond to temperature—the “thermal performance curve” (TPC). In their recent paper in Nature Communications, he and his co-authors evaluated the performance of 83 TPC models across 2,739 datasets.