Sunshine Van Bael
@vanbaellab.bsky.social
Ecologist, book lover, travel enthusiast
Editor-in-chief of Ecosphere
All views my own
Editor-in-chief of Ecosphere
All views my own
New podcast from EEB’s Dr. Cheruiyot
The Sapling is a podcast that explores the interplay between natural systems, science, and shared cultural practices. Its host is Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot a scientist, educator, and Kalenjin (Keiyo) woman.
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The Sapling is a podcast that explores the interplay between natural systems, science, and shared cultural practices. Its host is Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot a scientist, educator, and Kalenjin (Keiyo) woman.
www.podbean.com/ei/pb-msiv8-...
Episode 1 - What's all the buzz with honey?
This week on The Sapling, meet host Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot, a Senior Professor of Practice at Tulane University, and dive into the world of honey and honey harvesting with a focus on the Kalenjin peopl...
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September 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New podcast from EEB’s Dr. Cheruiyot
The Sapling is a podcast that explores the interplay between natural systems, science, and shared cultural practices. Its host is Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot a scientist, educator, and Kalenjin (Keiyo) woman.
www.podbean.com/ei/pb-msiv8-...
The Sapling is a podcast that explores the interplay between natural systems, science, and shared cultural practices. Its host is Dr. Jelagat Cheruiyot a scientist, educator, and Kalenjin (Keiyo) woman.
www.podbean.com/ei/pb-msiv8-...
My department is hiring a Professor of the Practice (non-tenure track) position in Marine Biology. Please help spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/171874
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August 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My department is hiring a Professor of the Practice (non-tenure track) position in Marine Biology. Please help spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/171874
Today it is official; I have been promoted to full professor at Tulane University 🎉. Achievements like these require a village and this couldn’t have happened without excellent teamwork by the members of our lab group. Thank you!
July 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today it is official; I have been promoted to full professor at Tulane University 🎉. Achievements like these require a village and this couldn’t have happened without excellent teamwork by the members of our lab group. Thank you!
Tomorrow I will be sharing an overview of our team’s research with crushed, recycled glass and coastal restoration. If you are at the State of the Coast conference, check out session 55, and also our 5 posters in the evening session!
Recycleforthecoast.org
Recycleforthecoast.org
May 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Tomorrow I will be sharing an overview of our team’s research with crushed, recycled glass and coastal restoration. If you are at the State of the Coast conference, check out session 55, and also our 5 posters in the evening session!
Recycleforthecoast.org
Recycleforthecoast.org
Today we planted bald cypress, irises and native grasses out at the glass island project. Grow, grow, grow!
April 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Today we planted bald cypress, irises and native grasses out at the glass island project. Grow, grow, grow!
@bat-lady.bsky.social Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Frank for winning the Early Career Achievement Award from Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering. Well deserved!
April 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
@bat-lady.bsky.social Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Frank for winning the Early Career Achievement Award from Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering. Well deserved!
Tulane EEB standing up for science today!
March 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Tulane EEB standing up for science today!
Since there have been zero hurricanes in the Gulf of America, I should get to pay a lower home insurance cost, right? Right?
March 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Since there have been zero hurricanes in the Gulf of America, I should get to pay a lower home insurance cost, right? Right?
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news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud.... By Liz Kimbrough
Study unearths sophisticated year-round corn-growing system in ancient Bolivian Amazon
Between 600 and 1,500 years ago, Indigenous people of the seasonally flooded savannas in the Bolivian Amazon created an advanced farming system that allowed them to grow corn throughout the year, acco...
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March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud.... By Liz Kimbrough
Stand up for Science in New Orleans: www.eventbrite.com/e/gulf-state...
Gulf States Stand Up for Science 2025
Join us on March 7, 2025, at 4 PM for Gulf States Stand Up for Science
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March 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Check out this course that I am teaching in Ecuador: we welcome undergraduates from anywhere. The deadline has been extended to March 9. Join us in beautiful Ecuador! Or share this with your network.
February 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Check out this course that I am teaching in Ecuador: we welcome undergraduates from anywhere. The deadline has been extended to March 9. Join us in beautiful Ecuador! Or share this with your network.
Reposted by Sunshine Van Bael
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.