Rafael Marcondes
@rafamarcondes.bsky.social
Lecturer at Barnard College. College teaching, birds, evolution, life in NYC, and pics of my cat, Rosalind Franklin. 🇧🇷
(The R in Rafael is pronounced like the h in "hat")
(The R in Rafael is pronounced like the h in "hat")
Dept asked if anyone was up for teaching at 5:40pm in the spring and i volunteered. But that was before i realized it looks like this here at 5pm—and it’s just november 😳😩😳😩
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Dept asked if anyone was up for teaching at 5:40pm in the spring and i volunteered. But that was before i realized it looks like this here at 5pm—and it’s just november 😳😩😳😩
It was great to host another Brazilian-New Yorker evolutionary biologist—and total #bosslady —Ana Carnaval to speak to our first-year biology students at Barnard today!!!
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It was great to host another Brazilian-New Yorker evolutionary biologist—and total #bosslady —Ana Carnaval to speak to our first-year biology students at Barnard today!!!
Language is flexible and sociallly construed. If enough of us start pronouncing it that way, it can actually become true! Just sayin'
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Language is flexible and sociallly construed. If enough of us start pronouncing it that way, it can actually become true! Just sayin'
Not sure if today counts as "measurable", but it looks like we're ahead of schedule here too!
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Not sure if today counts as "measurable", but it looks like we're ahead of schedule here too!
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Roz—who’s named after Rosalind Franklin—is very nonchalant about James Watson dying
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Roz—who’s named after Rosalind Franklin—is very nonchalant about James Watson dying
Teaching about the action potential today. Wish me luck.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Teaching about the action potential today. Wish me luck.
found a way to sneak my favorite wikipedia article into a lecture!
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
found a way to sneak my favorite wikipedia article into a lecture!
What’s for lunch? Microwave mac and cheese with a side of synapses
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What’s for lunch? Microwave mac and cheese with a side of synapses
I always start my lecture on human evolution and genetics for Intro with this question, and leave it up as students trickle in. It's so funny to see their confused faces when they look at the screens.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I always start my lecture on human evolution and genetics for Intro with this question, and leave it up as students trickle in. It's so funny to see their confused faces when they look at the screens.
Accidentally wandered into a doggie parade today, and i swear it was the most wholesome scene I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life #OnlyInNYC
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Accidentally wandered into a doggie parade today, and i swear it was the most wholesome scene I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life #OnlyInNYC
From the geniuses that edit the Rice U's student newspaper's satire page
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
From the geniuses that edit the Rice U's student newspaper's satire page
Starting my lecture with this today
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Starting my lecture with this today
Well well well
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Well well well
It’ll never not feel unreal that i now live 20 min from here and can come literally whenever i want
October 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’ll never not feel unreal that i now live 20 min from here and can come literally whenever i want
Yours truly aged 18 (from an old document i found today)
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yours truly aged 18 (from an old document i found today)
Students asked for pics of Roz in every lecture. I'm nothing if not a servant of my students!
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Students asked for pics of Roz in every lecture. I'm nothing if not a servant of my students!
There’s no such thing as a bad day when there’s a chipmunk in it 🥰
October 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
There’s no such thing as a bad day when there’s a chipmunk in it 🥰
New office decor Ive long fantasized about having!
September 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New office decor Ive long fantasized about having!
Asking the fun questions to my intro students today
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Asking the fun questions to my intro students today
