Dr. Thilina Surasinghe
@thilinas.bsky.social
Conservation scientist, Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA.
Research: #EcoRestore, #biodiversity, #conservation #urbanEcology, invasive species
PhD in Fisheries & Wildlife 🐢🐍🐸🐦 🐟🌃🧪🏞️📊🖥️🛰️🏳️🌈🌍🦤
Research: #EcoRestore, #biodiversity, #conservation #urbanEcology, invasive species
PhD in Fisheries & Wildlife 🐢🐍🐸🐦 🐟🌃🧪🏞️📊🖥️🛰️🏳️🌈🌍🦤
Fall creators🐍
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Fall creators🐍
🍂 Fall fieldwork update: surveying upland amphibians & reptiles near restored wetlands to understand how habitat restoration influences terrestrial habitat use and seasonal movements. 🐸🐍 🌱🦤🌍🐢
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
🍂 Fall fieldwork update: surveying upland amphibians & reptiles near restored wetlands to understand how habitat restoration influences terrestrial habitat use and seasonal movements. 🐸🐍 🌱🦤🌍🐢
And reconnected with @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social and some old friends
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
And reconnected with @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social and some old friends
I had the opportunity to attend the NEON convergence Summit 2025 at #CUboulder 🌍📊
This summit brought together scientists working on #macrosystemsEcology, #biodiversity, #continentalScaleBiology using #NEON.
#EnvironmentalDataScience #OpenScience
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This summit brought together scientists working on #macrosystemsEcology, #biodiversity, #continentalScaleBiology using #NEON.
#EnvironmentalDataScience #OpenScience
🌐🌱🧪
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I had the opportunity to attend the NEON convergence Summit 2025 at #CUboulder 🌍📊
This summit brought together scientists working on #macrosystemsEcology, #biodiversity, #continentalScaleBiology using #NEON.
#EnvironmentalDataScience #OpenScience
🌐🌱🧪
This summit brought together scientists working on #macrosystemsEcology, #biodiversity, #continentalScaleBiology using #NEON.
#EnvironmentalDataScience #OpenScience
🌐🌱🧪
We are studying the spread of common reed (Phragmites australis) in a restored wetland 🌿.
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We are studying the spread of common reed (Phragmites australis) in a restored wetland 🌿.
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
We are studying the spread of common reed (Phragmites australis) in a restored wetland 🌿.
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
October 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We are studying the spread of common reed (Phragmites australis) in a restored wetland 🌿.
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology
a new research project on ecological #TippingPoints 🌱🌍🧪🌐🦤 & regime shifts 🔄 at @cu-esiil.bsky.social Innovation Summit 🏔️.
Looking forward to working with amazing colleagues 🤝 on data-driven approaches 📊 to ecosystem change.
#OpenScience #EnvironmentalDataScience #Biodiversity
Looking forward to working with amazing colleagues 🤝 on data-driven approaches 📊 to ecosystem change.
#OpenScience #EnvironmentalDataScience #Biodiversity
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
a new research project on ecological #TippingPoints 🌱🌍🧪🌐🦤 & regime shifts 🔄 at @cu-esiil.bsky.social Innovation Summit 🏔️.
Looking forward to working with amazing colleagues 🤝 on data-driven approaches 📊 to ecosystem change.
#OpenScience #EnvironmentalDataScience #Biodiversity
Looking forward to working with amazing colleagues 🤝 on data-driven approaches 📊 to ecosystem change.
#OpenScience #EnvironmentalDataScience #Biodiversity
Back in the field this fall 🍂 with undergrads 👩🔬👨🔬, monitoring woodland #herps 🐸🦎 around restored wetlands 🌿. We are testing whether wetland restoration helps not upland biota. 🌱🧪🌍
#WetlandRestoration #RestorationEcology #Biodiversity #Amphibians #Reptiles #UndergraduateResearch #GenerationRestoration
#WetlandRestoration #RestorationEcology #Biodiversity #Amphibians #Reptiles #UndergraduateResearch #GenerationRestoration
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Back in the field this fall 🍂 with undergrads 👩🔬👨🔬, monitoring woodland #herps 🐸🦎 around restored wetlands 🌿. We are testing whether wetland restoration helps not upland biota. 🌱🧪🌍
#WetlandRestoration #RestorationEcology #Biodiversity #Amphibians #Reptiles #UndergraduateResearch #GenerationRestoration
#WetlandRestoration #RestorationEcology #Biodiversity #Amphibians #Reptiles #UndergraduateResearch #GenerationRestoration
Year 3 underway on comparing #urban vs #rural #turtle pops with @eren2010.bsky.social at Continental scale
#UndergraduateResearch
🌍🦤🧪🌐🌱🐢
#UndergraduateResearch
🌍🦤🧪🌐🌱🐢
September 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Year 3 underway on comparing #urban vs #rural #turtle pops with @eren2010.bsky.social at Continental scale
#UndergraduateResearch
🌍🦤🧪🌐🌱🐢
#UndergraduateResearch
🌍🦤🧪🌐🌱🐢
Had a successful session on #urbanAgriculture & #urbanBiodiversity 🏙️🌱🌿🦤 @ #ESA2025
We presented a framework to survey urban #biodiversity in university campus #greenSpaces
Designed as #undergradResearch & multisite #ecological research
💰 Support #NSF #RCN
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We presented a framework to survey urban #biodiversity in university campus #greenSpaces
Designed as #undergradResearch & multisite #ecological research
💰 Support #NSF #RCN
🌍🌐🧪
August 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Had a successful session on #urbanAgriculture & #urbanBiodiversity 🏙️🌱🌿🦤 @ #ESA2025
We presented a framework to survey urban #biodiversity in university campus #greenSpaces
Designed as #undergradResearch & multisite #ecological research
💰 Support #NSF #RCN
🌍🌐🧪
We presented a framework to survey urban #biodiversity in university campus #greenSpaces
Designed as #undergradResearch & multisite #ecological research
💰 Support #NSF #RCN
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🌿🦋 We led a successful pre- #ESA2025 workshop at #MICA, Baltimore on #biodiversity in campus food & pollinator gardens!
🎓 Developed undergraduate-focused, inquiry-based research protocols for ecology & allied teaching labs.
#undergraduteResearch
#NSF funded #RCN
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🎓 Developed undergraduate-focused, inquiry-based research protocols for ecology & allied teaching labs.
#undergraduteResearch
#NSF funded #RCN
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August 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🌿🦋 We led a successful pre- #ESA2025 workshop at #MICA, Baltimore on #biodiversity in campus food & pollinator gardens!
🎓 Developed undergraduate-focused, inquiry-based research protocols for ecology & allied teaching labs.
#undergraduteResearch
#NSF funded #RCN
🧪🌍
🎓 Developed undergraduate-focused, inquiry-based research protocols for ecology & allied teaching labs.
#undergraduteResearch
#NSF funded #RCN
🧪🌍
📢 Summer science in action!
Our #undergrad team is documenting #streamHydrology & channel structure to understand how restored streams change over time—and what that means for aquatic habitat
We are building data to support better restoration
#StreamEcology #UndergradResearch #GenerationRestoration
Our #undergrad team is documenting #streamHydrology & channel structure to understand how restored streams change over time—and what that means for aquatic habitat
We are building data to support better restoration
#StreamEcology #UndergradResearch #GenerationRestoration
June 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
📢 Summer science in action!
Our #undergrad team is documenting #streamHydrology & channel structure to understand how restored streams change over time—and what that means for aquatic habitat
We are building data to support better restoration
#StreamEcology #UndergradResearch #GenerationRestoration
Our #undergrad team is documenting #streamHydrology & channel structure to understand how restored streams change over time—and what that means for aquatic habitat
We are building data to support better restoration
#StreamEcology #UndergradResearch #GenerationRestoration
🐢 Out doing some pilot work for a #freshwaterTurtles nesting study & stumbled upon several nesting female common snapping turtles in action! 🥚🪺
Also spotted signs of nest predation—likely raccoons. ⚔️🦝
#FieldWork #Herpetology #Wildlife
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Also spotted signs of nest predation—likely raccoons. ⚔️🦝
#FieldWork #Herpetology #Wildlife
🌍🦤🌱🧪
June 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
🐢 Out doing some pilot work for a #freshwaterTurtles nesting study & stumbled upon several nesting female common snapping turtles in action! 🥚🪺
Also spotted signs of nest predation—likely raccoons. ⚔️🦝
#FieldWork #Herpetology #Wildlife
🌍🦤🌱🧪
Also spotted signs of nest predation—likely raccoons. ⚔️🦝
#FieldWork #Herpetology #Wildlife
🌍🦤🌱🧪
🚨 Breaking Research: Saving Sri Lanka’s Rarest #Lizards🦎
Our study reveals critical gaps in protecting Sri Lanka’s endemic agamid lizards. Using Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) lead by PhD candidate @ireshawijerathne.bsky.social
Our study reveals critical gaps in protecting Sri Lanka’s endemic agamid lizards. Using Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) lead by PhD candidate @ireshawijerathne.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🚨 Breaking Research: Saving Sri Lanka’s Rarest #Lizards🦎
Our study reveals critical gaps in protecting Sri Lanka’s endemic agamid lizards. Using Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) lead by PhD candidate @ireshawijerathne.bsky.social
Our study reveals critical gaps in protecting Sri Lanka’s endemic agamid lizards. Using Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) lead by PhD candidate @ireshawijerathne.bsky.social
Both worked on #wetland #biodiversity monitoring after restoration, using field data + #RemoteSensing.
#GenerationRestoration
#GenerationRestoration
May 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Both worked on #wetland #biodiversity monitoring after restoration, using field data + #RemoteSensing.
#GenerationRestoration
#GenerationRestoration
💐🎉👨🎓🥳
Huge congratulations to Keeley Cote for successfully defending her undergrad Honors Thesis!
Graduating with honors and a BS in #biology. We're so proud of her hard work, dedication, and scientific curiosity.
Well done, Keeley — the future is bright!
#WomenInSTEM
#RestorationGeneration
🌍🧪🛰️🌐🌱
Huge congratulations to Keeley Cote for successfully defending her undergrad Honors Thesis!
Graduating with honors and a BS in #biology. We're so proud of her hard work, dedication, and scientific curiosity.
Well done, Keeley — the future is bright!
#WomenInSTEM
#RestorationGeneration
🌍🧪🛰️🌐🌱
May 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
💐🎉👨🎓🥳
Huge congratulations to Keeley Cote for successfully defending her undergrad Honors Thesis!
Graduating with honors and a BS in #biology. We're so proud of her hard work, dedication, and scientific curiosity.
Well done, Keeley — the future is bright!
#WomenInSTEM
#RestorationGeneration
🌍🧪🛰️🌐🌱
Huge congratulations to Keeley Cote for successfully defending her undergrad Honors Thesis!
Graduating with honors and a BS in #biology. We're so proud of her hard work, dedication, and scientific curiosity.
Well done, Keeley — the future is bright!
#WomenInSTEM
#RestorationGeneration
🌍🧪🛰️🌐🌱
👏🎉Big milestone today! my first master's student, Matt Potvin, successfully defended his thesis!
His work tackled #wetland restoration, linking satellite-based monitoring with field-assessed microtopography & biological communities.
🎓🛰️🧪🌱🦤🐸🌍💦
#EcoRestore #GenerationRestoration
His work tackled #wetland restoration, linking satellite-based monitoring with field-assessed microtopography & biological communities.
🎓🛰️🧪🌱🦤🐸🌍💦
#EcoRestore #GenerationRestoration
April 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
👏🎉Big milestone today! my first master's student, Matt Potvin, successfully defended his thesis!
His work tackled #wetland restoration, linking satellite-based monitoring with field-assessed microtopography & biological communities.
🎓🛰️🧪🌱🦤🐸🌍💦
#EcoRestore #GenerationRestoration
His work tackled #wetland restoration, linking satellite-based monitoring with field-assessed microtopography & biological communities.
🎓🛰️🧪🌱🦤🐸🌍💦
#EcoRestore #GenerationRestoration
Spring fieldwork wins:
Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) & egg masses
🐍 Northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) emerging from brumation
🐢 Painted turtles basking
☀️ Seasonal transitions in full swing—phenology in motion!
#Herps #Ecology #FieldWork #Phenology
🌍🌱🐸
Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) & egg masses
🐍 Northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) emerging from brumation
🐢 Painted turtles basking
☀️ Seasonal transitions in full swing—phenology in motion!
#Herps #Ecology #FieldWork #Phenology
🌍🌱🐸
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Spring fieldwork wins:
Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) & egg masses
🐍 Northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) emerging from brumation
🐢 Painted turtles basking
☀️ Seasonal transitions in full swing—phenology in motion!
#Herps #Ecology #FieldWork #Phenology
🌍🌱🐸
Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) & egg masses
🐍 Northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) emerging from brumation
🐢 Painted turtles basking
☀️ Seasonal transitions in full swing—phenology in motion!
#Herps #Ecology #FieldWork #Phenology
🌍🌱🐸
Led by my MS student @aquatictea.bsky.social + her 2 awesome undergrads🎓🧪
#UndergraduateResearch #Biodiversity #StreamRestoration #Wetlands #FreshwaterEcology
#EcoRestore #Rewild #GenerationRestoration
@massecorestore.bsky.social
#UndergraduateResearch #Biodiversity #StreamRestoration #Wetlands #FreshwaterEcology
#EcoRestore #Rewild #GenerationRestoration
@massecorestore.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Led by my MS student @aquatictea.bsky.social + her 2 awesome undergrads🎓🧪
#UndergraduateResearch #Biodiversity #StreamRestoration #Wetlands #FreshwaterEcology
#EcoRestore #Rewild #GenerationRestoration
@massecorestore.bsky.social
#UndergraduateResearch #Biodiversity #StreamRestoration #Wetlands #FreshwaterEcology
#EcoRestore #Rewild #GenerationRestoration
@massecorestore.bsky.social
