Kathleen (Katie) Ferris
@ferrisifolius.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of plant evolutionary genetics at Tulane University. Amateur writer and painter. Lover of pastry, pretty shoes, cephalopods, and swimming in cold lakes.
My favorite time of the year is candy phylogeny time. This is teaching at its most fun!
April 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My favorite time of the year is candy phylogeny time. This is teaching at its most fun!
Happy birthday @agunderson.bsky.social !!!! With you life is sweet 😘
April 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Happy birthday @agunderson.bsky.social !!!! With you life is sweet 😘
Scientists in action!!!! So glad to see the new Chaturvedi Lab space up and running!! Lucky to have such great colleagues. #WomenInSTEM @samridhi.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Scientists in action!!!! So glad to see the new Chaturvedi Lab space up and running!! Lucky to have such great colleagues. #WomenInSTEM @samridhi.bsky.social
Congratulations to the newest Ferris Lab PhD candidate Catherine Akinyi Ogoma on passing her prospectus with flying colors this week!!!! Here she is signing her initials on the Ferris Lab ceiling tile after popping some bubbly! Way to go Catherine!!! #ProudPI
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Congratulations to the newest Ferris Lab PhD candidate Catherine Akinyi Ogoma on passing her prospectus with flying colors this week!!!! Here she is signing her initials on the Ferris Lab ceiling tile after popping some bubbly! Way to go Catherine!!! #ProudPI
It’s Mardi Gras season again y’all! And boy did I need the nerdy joy and celebration of the #Chewbacchus parade this past weekend. Love this group of creative weirdos #brainiacs @agunderson.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It’s Mardi Gras season again y’all! And boy did I need the nerdy joy and celebration of the #Chewbacchus parade this past weekend. Love this group of creative weirdos #brainiacs @agunderson.bsky.social
Casserole knows how to nap. Sending y’all sleepy kitten vibes to come down from this crazy week.
#casserolethekitten #tgif
#casserolethekitten #tgif
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Casserole knows how to nap. Sending y’all sleepy kitten vibes to come down from this crazy week.
#casserolethekitten #tgif
#casserolethekitten #tgif
For some lightness this week here’s some more Casserole the kitten content
January 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For some lightness this week here’s some more Casserole the kitten content
This has been a wild week. From the joys of bringing home Casserole the kitten (pictured) on Friday to the horrors of the new presidency on Monday and the mind blowing 10 inches of snow #NOLA received yesterday. I’m not sure what’s up and what’s down y’all…
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This has been a wild week. From the joys of bringing home Casserole the kitten (pictured) on Friday to the horrors of the new presidency on Monday and the mind blowing 10 inches of snow #NOLA received yesterday. I’m not sure what’s up and what’s down y’all…
So this is 40. Thankful for my amazing family and friends who helped me celebrate this milestone. Now officially in my villain era.
@caitismuheil.bsky.social @gotmilkweed.bsky.social
@agunderson.bsky.social
@caitismuheil.bsky.social @gotmilkweed.bsky.social
@agunderson.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 2:34 PM
So this is 40. Thankful for my amazing family and friends who helped me celebrate this milestone. Now officially in my villain era.
@caitismuheil.bsky.social @gotmilkweed.bsky.social
@agunderson.bsky.social
@caitismuheil.bsky.social @gotmilkweed.bsky.social
@agunderson.bsky.social
On Wednesdays we wear stripes.
(totally unplanned. seriously. caption courtesy of @gotmilkweed.bsky.social )
(totally unplanned. seriously. caption courtesy of @gotmilkweed.bsky.social )
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
On Wednesdays we wear stripes.
(totally unplanned. seriously. caption courtesy of @gotmilkweed.bsky.social )
(totally unplanned. seriously. caption courtesy of @gotmilkweed.bsky.social )
Students in my local adaptation class created concept maps today to illustrate the main points of @cam-g.bsky.social et al’s 2015 Trinidadian guppies paper. This one was drawn in the shape of a fish…
Aren’t students the cutest? @lanners504.bsky.social
Aren’t students the cutest? @lanners504.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Students in my local adaptation class created concept maps today to illustrate the main points of @cam-g.bsky.social et al’s 2015 Trinidadian guppies paper. This one was drawn in the shape of a fish…
Aren’t students the cutest? @lanners504.bsky.social
Aren’t students the cutest? @lanners504.bsky.social
Let’s go!!!! VOTE!!!!!
November 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Let’s go!!!! VOTE!!!!!
Happy Halloween y’all
October 31, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Happy Halloween y’all
Going on a three day trip but bringing seven books. Ya know. Like you do…
October 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Going on a three day trip but bringing seven books. Ya know. Like you do…
Cool parasitic plant we saw in Bankhead National Forest. Any botany peeps got an ID for me?
October 9, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Cool parasitic plant we saw in Bankhead National Forest. Any botany peeps got an ID for me?
Had a lovely (and much needed) Fall break in northern Alabama with @agunderson.bsky.social
October 8, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Had a lovely (and much needed) Fall break in northern Alabama with @agunderson.bsky.social
View on my walk to work
September 30, 2024 at 1:33 PM
View on my walk to work
I did it!! I gave my tenure talk in the biggest auditorium on campus! There was a greenroom backstage…here’s a glimpse of the final talk outfit and me on the big stage. And thanks so much to my lab for giving me these flamingo glasses of celebration afterwards 🥰
September 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I did it!! I gave my tenure talk in the biggest auditorium on campus! There was a greenroom backstage…here’s a glimpse of the final talk outfit and me on the big stage. And thanks so much to my lab for giving me these flamingo glasses of celebration afterwards 🥰
Since only one person sent me pictures of pretty shoes I had to go out and get my own.
Bluesky, say hello to my tenure talk shoes…
Bluesky, say hello to my tenure talk shoes…
September 19, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Since only one person sent me pictures of pretty shoes I had to go out and get my own.
Bluesky, say hello to my tenure talk shoes…
Bluesky, say hello to my tenure talk shoes…
September 17, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Congratulations to Charlotte Hankin for successfully defending her masters thesis today!!! First Ferris Lab Masters student!!! So proud of you!!!
March 11, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Congratulations to Charlotte Hankin for successfully defending her masters thesis today!!! First Ferris Lab Masters student!!! So proud of you!!!
Happy birthday Juj!!!! We are so lucky to have you as our lab manager!!!!! What would we do without you?!?!?
February 7, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Happy birthday Juj!!!! We are so lucky to have you as our lab manager!!!!! What would we do without you?!?!?
Interested in living and working in Yosemite NP this summer? Do you like working outside with beautiful plants (#Monkeyflowers)?!?! Are you interested in ecology and evolution? Then apply to be a field technician in my lab this spring/summer 2024!!!! Please Repost!!!
#Mimuluspropaganda
#Mimuluspropaganda
January 30, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Interested in living and working in Yosemite NP this summer? Do you like working outside with beautiful plants (#Monkeyflowers)?!?! Are you interested in ecology and evolution? Then apply to be a field technician in my lab this spring/summer 2024!!!! Please Repost!!!
#Mimuluspropaganda
#Mimuluspropaganda