Holly Rucker
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Holly Rucker
@hollyrucker.bsky.social
PhD candidate at UW-Madison // interested in astrobiology, geobiology, isotopes, and Precambrian Earth
currently reading: The Sea Around Us

I somehow have never read any of Rachel Carson’s books so I am making up for that now!
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
currently reading Strata by Laura Poppick-looking forward to her talk for the WI Book Festival!
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Happy national dog day from Yuki ♥️
August 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Been analyzing vacuña bone, tooth (left) and collagen (right) for C/N/O isotopes this week at IsoCamp! @isocampunm.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Added some amazing prints by @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social to the lab!
June 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Had my third year committee meeting yesterday (went great!) so I made a cannoli bundt cake to celebrate 🍰 not the best photos but it tasted amazing
June 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
a few more pictures before I leave 🥲
May 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Had a wonderful time at the Geobiology conference and in Banff! Kept thinking of the quote “standing on the shoulders of giants” while looking out into the mountains & thinking about the Burgess Shale. Feeling very inspired to jump back into work! 🧬👩🏻‍🔬
May 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It’s National Pet Day and I can finally participate! We adopted Yuki back in October and I’m so happy to have her ♥️
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Got an action shot of me talking about how Hallucigenia & the Cambrian terrify me during my comedy science talk last week 🦠🪱
January 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM

made it into the local newspaper for science and comedy 😅👋🏻
January 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
mixing point of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers at Harpers Ferry 🏞️
December 30, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Yuki is enjoying this cold weather just as much as I am 🥶
December 13, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Happy Sunday ☀️🐚
December 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM
had a fantastic at the Geobiology GRS & GRC this past week 🦠🪨 is it too early to start a countdown for 2026? 😅
November 19, 2024 at 7:20 PM