Cesár Estien, PhD 🇵🇸

so happy to share a chapter from my dissertation is out today in @PNASNews showing that historical redlining, a policy that codified segregation & disinvestment in marginalized neighborhoods, shapes contemporary wildlife biodiversity in California (1/2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

i wrote a piece about queering ecology & (re)constructing an ecological home to understand the complex social-ecological pressures impacting wildlife ecology my first year of grad school and now its out! check it out in the new @catalyst_sts issue :) doi.org/10.28968/cftt.…

My @NSF grant researching global LGBTQ+ organizations amidst political repression was ordered to shut down 🙃

I was interviewed by BBC radio to share my perspective on how the Trump administration’s recent federal funding policies have affected me as an early-career researcher, currently transitioning from a PhD to a postdoc. Thanks for having me @PeaseRoland bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

new preprint for half of my last dissertation chapter!! we find that urban coyote boldness and exploration are uniformly associated with changes in human densities rather than pollution! read more below :)) co-authored w/ @Lauren_Stanton_ & @UrbanSchell researchsquare.com/article/rs-586…

I'm so excited to share that my first dissertation chapter on SF coyotes is out in the #OpenAccess journal @ESAEcosphere. We DNA metabarcoded and genotyped hundreds of scats to explore dietary variation across the city 🧬💩🧪 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.7…

The Eaton Fire in LA decimated my family's homes, i.e., our community and spiritual waypoints for more than 4 generations (myself included). While we are heartbroken, we are resilient. Please consider donating to our GoFundMe to help rebuild (thank you!) gofund.me/6977eb84

out today in @PLOSBiology, we surveyed ~800 EEB scientists and show that contemporary terminology in EEB harms marginalized groups, including along race, gender, sexuality, and class lines. Check it out!! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

happy grad day :)) !!!

My first first-author paper is out! Did you know eye lenses grow in layers throughout life? They can reveal movement and foraging ecology. However, here we show not all fish have the same molecular composition in their lenses—especially sharks! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@astropolitithot exactly

@Shark_eye_sci yayyy congrats!!!

My first first-author paper (PhD chapter 1) was accepted this morning 🎉🥳

Today's my birthday. I know I missed #GivingTuesday but if folks are done running from the CA tsunami, will you consider donating to help the Humans and Hyenas Alliance purchase a new field vehicle as a bday gift to me? Reviving this effort- thank you!❤️ gofundme.com/f/new-vehicle-…

@jychromatic thanks jenny 💝💝

@EstienCesar Congratulation, Dr!!!!! 👏🏼🎊✨🔥

last friday, i got to give the finishing talk for my phd and (informally) become dr. estien!! cheers to all the first-gen students chatting into the unknown, and the many unseen community members supporting us along the way :) if you want the link to the recording, lmk!! 💝

@swannegordon thanks so much Swanne!!!

@MaxRLambert me neither!!

@EstienCesar Yusssss Can't believe that PhD is already done

@aalayna23 so dope!! can’t wait to read :p

Hot off the press✨ 📣 A coalition of trans- and interdisciplinary #HWC professionals have come together to pose the idea of constellations of coexistence We are advocating for HWC mitigation strategies that are grounded in local and global connected realities

@FelixJBerrios thank you oomfie!!!! 💝💝💝💝

@EstienCesar Congratulations César!!!

@jer_science thanks so much!!

@EstienCesar Congratulations!