Dr Hella Péter
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hellapeter.bsky.social
Dr Hella Péter
@hellapeter.bsky.social
mbchimp.bsky.social data wrangler 💻 PhD - are your chimps drinking? 🐵💧 team abcmicrogrants.bsky.social 🐝
ADHD & disabled✨ she/her 🏳️‍🌈
Next up in the @britishecologicalsociety.org Endemic webinar series, we'll focus on reasonable adjustments in the workplace and at university. Both in the field & in the office, being neurodivergent in ecology can be difficult – but there is help!
October 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Do I take my ADHD meds to the field? What to put in a risk assessment w dyspraxia? How do I support ND students during fieldschool?

If you ever wondered what fieldwork's like as a neurodivergent ecologist, this webinar by the @britishecologicalsociety.org is for you!
tinyurl.com/yckyrf4r
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Been balancing out learning new remote sensing stuff with learning a new fibercraft - Nothing fancy, but my first quilt is coming along nicely!
July 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Did #TenMinuteMerlin this morning, it also doubles as an excellent life hack to put your phone down and tidy your room up a bit in that timespan :D #ADHDEcologists
March 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Thank you WCCN for organising an amazing 2025 IWD #AccelerateAction event with so many amazing, inspiring speaker! I got to talk about my experiences with @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social and spread the word about how effective mutual aid organising can be 💛💜
March 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lab set up shopping list & the tiniest colleague for the day
March 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Scenery highlights from accompanying the annual DICE masters field trip to South Downs - WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, Kingley Vale, and Oare Marshes NR
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
If you ever read any of my stuff on water and how we should pay more attention to it in 'wet' ecosystems, just know that this has been my mental state for 97% of the research & writing:
January 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bruno's taking this whole work from home thing very seriously
January 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Recent textile projects: some visible mending, my BES annual meeting cardigan done, and a beanie from the leftover yarn 🧶
January 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
How the email usually finds me
January 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#DisabledInStem We got an in-prep paper on disabled chimps, and are looking for a sensitivity reader who can 1, advise on terminology around limb loss/differences and 2, give a 2nd disabled perspective on the main points of paper. Get in touch if you are interested or have questions!
January 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New year, new journal, new stickers
January 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Bruno in action this morning, fetching pinecones on command bc I guess this is something we do now
December 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Good morning, regulary scheduled cat update: Bruno plays fetch with pinecones now
December 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM
He's coming along on the roadtrip too
December 20, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Closing this term with the best possible viva experience, now one step closer to officially being a Dr! Had the most amazing, in-depth, interesting, and fun (!!!) discussion with my examiners, chimp chocolate cake, champagne, and added mama+baby chimp to the DICE living wall 💚
December 20, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Going through the winter conference season while #DisabledInSTEM like
December 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM
One more day until viva, but I got my emotional support creature to remind me to stay chill
December 18, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I heard the Liverpool World Museum had some super interesting animals, but I def wasn't expecting this
December 14, 2024 at 6:14 PM
After serious ASAB FOMO this week (too many fun conferences at the same time 🙈), this is the mood for the spring conference
December 14, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Inventing whole new writing systems at the #BES2024 Movement SIG meet last night with the best (if non-winning) team - can *you* draw the title of a paper in your field?
December 12, 2024 at 7:56 AM
We know water is wet, but
do chimps care about it? If you ever wondered about that, come along tomorrow morning to my #BES2024 talk to find out the answer!
December 10, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Daily applied animal behaviour research win: the beastie kept going on the dining table despite being told off & removed to 1, feel included in things and 2, gaze out the window - reshuffled things a bit to give him an elevated cozy/observation spot and lo and behold
December 5, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Well, this one ended up as just a pair of socks, but we stay silly and keep applying
December 2, 2024 at 10:16 AM