Dr. Michelle Hersh
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Dr. Michelle Hersh
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Ecology professor. I spend a lot of time thinking about fungi, trees, biodiversity, biology art & kitsch, what to eat next. Not necessarily in that order.
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I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.

There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
www.nature.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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There are many like it, but this one is mine.
January 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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A narrow list of #PUI researchers. BlueSky provides an opportunity for us to connect, grow and potentially do something cool.

Let’s think of big questions from small spaces! Let me know if you’d like to be added.

go.bsky.app/RnHK313
November 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Absolutely huge news for amphibian conservation. The lethal fungus Bd has been causing huge and steady declines in frogs over the last decades, so seeing resistant populations establishing post-reintroduction is really fantastic.
🧪 🐸 🌎
November 16, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Eerily accurate
May 14, 2023 at 4:42 AM
Hello, Bluesky. My name is Michelle, I’m a fungal ecologist, and my idea of a good time is growing stuff like this in my lab.
May 12, 2023 at 3:06 AM