David Hembry

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David Hembry

@DavidHembry

Assistant Professor @JMUCSM. Evolutionary ecology, macroevolution, mutualism. Opinions my own. He/him. #BLM @[email protected]

Harrisonburg, VA, USA Katılım Aralık 2014
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David Hembry
David Hembry@DavidHembry·
I'm recruiting 2 MSc students to join my lab @JMUCSM in Fall 2025/26, supported by an NSF BRC-BIO grant. All projects focus on the evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. Ad is here: hembrylab.com/openings/ Happy to answer informal questions/chat on Zoom in advance.
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
A fond farewell today to post-bac student and NSF GRFP recipient Sarai Badillo, who is leaving to start a PhD at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center! Congratulations and best of luck on your next scientific adventure, Sarai!
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Andrej Spiridonov@AndrejSpiridon4·
Innovation vs diversification "Stability hypothesis: selection against phenotypic novelty enhances species diversifcation by strengthening dispersal limitation. Novelty hypothesis: selection for phenotypic novelty impedes species diversifcation by weakening dispersal limitation."
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New paper out today with @yichaozeng44 in @JEvBio modeling the effects of coevolution on diversification--hopefully the first step toward a predictive theory on this massive, complicated, and likely important evolutionary process. academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-ar…

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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
I am thrilled to announce that the Hembry Lab will be moving to the Department of Biology at James Madison University (in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia) this fall! The lab will be recruiting MS students and self-funded postdocs; e-mail me for details. @JMUCSM @JMU
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
@AndrejSpiridon4 How interesting--I'd always been skeptical about claims of long-term periodicity from the fossil record and this is very intriguing to consider!
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Andrej Spiridonov@AndrejSpiridon4·
My guess would be that the approach with a single time scale for a given process enforces (destroys?) structures on the analysis. The more comprehensive approach would be be the explicit multiscale analysis using Haar fluctuations or other wavelets suitable for given datasets 7/7
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Andrej Spiridonov@AndrejSpiridon4·
Interesting study showing results contradicting many previous studies, suggesting that there is no connection between origination and extinction rates and external drivers such as global temperatures, fragmentation of continents, sea level etc. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… 1/n
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Yichao Zeng
Yichao Zeng@yichaozeng44·
"Novelty or familiarity" may be a daily dilemma many face. In this @JEvBio paper, @DavidHembry and I show how, in coevolutionary diversification of clades, a similar dilemma exists and can play out differently depending on the (in)dependence of the clade. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/vo…
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
Postbac student in my lab Sarai Badillo is a new NSF GRFP recipient, interested in doing research on the influence of the parental microbiome on fetal development and its long-term consequences for disease and health. Any recommended departments/PIs that would be a good fit?
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
My former graduate advisee @ChheangPisal is looking to do a PhD in the US, on using remote sensing/modeling to assess wildfire impacts in Cambodian tropical dry forests. Any recommendations for departments/universities/advisors that would be a good fit for his interests?
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
@AndrejSpiridon4 @JMUCSM @JMU :brachiopod emoji: Thanks Andrej! Yes, the rocks will be somewhat older than the ones where we currently are in the "Permian Basin." We're a little closer to Europe and only 2 hours from the Smithsonian collections, so let us know if you are ever in that part of the States.
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
@LabKnope @UHHilo We had a great time meeting everyone! Would have loved to be able to speak with everyone longer. Looking forward to next time.
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
Many thanks to @LabKnope for a fantastic seminar visit last week @UHHilo! Great conversations with students and faculty working on Pacific biodiversity. I'd been all over the Pacific, but not previously to the island Hawaiʻi; there is nowhere in the Pacific quite like Big Island.
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David Hembry@DavidHembry·
Back from a very fun and enjoyable seminar at Angelo State University yesterday (at 131 miles campus-to-campus, the closest university to UTPB). Really great discussion with students after my talk. Many thanks to Greg Krukonis and the Department of Biology for hosting me!
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