Jef Mancera
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Jef Mancera
@jefmancera.bsky.social
PhD Researcher, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and The University of Edinburgh, working on tropical plant reproductive phenology and climate change in Southeast Asia
PhD on Begonia with the world experts what are you waiting for come to Scotland 🚨🔊‼️
FULLY FUNDED PhD - The nature of plant species – a test using Begonia at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - FULLY FUNDED PhD - The nature of plant species – a test using Begonia at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Simpoh (𝘋𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘢)
Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia
~300 masl
23 Nov 2025
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Thesis fieldwork finds: Menara (Malay for tower), a 25-30-storey dipterocarp, the highest tree in the tropical belt!

🌳 Yellow meranti (𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢, formerly 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢)
📍 Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia
December 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
✅ First year [anniversary of seasonal affective disorder]
October 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This time last year, I was comforted by a PhD senior after a nerve-racking interview! Time to pay it forward.

What grad school application questions do you wanna ask?
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When you’ve just joined Bluesky and @nature.com gave you that real talk already: “Or [scientists] could all just go outside and touch grass.”

They’re not wrong tho

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Starting my nth social media platform the correct (read: Virgo) way:

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/acade...
An academic’s guide to Bluesky
With many HE professionals making the switch to Bluesky, here are the steps you need to take to get started
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
First time here on Bluesky, hoping to keep it academic, but my mind is everywhere so who am I kidding
January 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM