Dr. Christian Commander

Everyone’s talking about the solar eclipse, but no one is talking about this convergence of cicadas! Yeah, eclipses are amazing, but not “once in every 221 years” level of amazing. nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl… .

@SGorjanc @Dr_Sian_Rees @DiplomaticIfe @NissaFinney Congrats Saso!!

Passed my #PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections! Many thanks to my examiners @Dr_Sian_Rees and @DiplomaticIfe for the discussion and @NissaFinney for convening! Also massive thanks to my supervisors, Dr Tim Stojanovic and Dr Charles Warren for getting me to this point!

I am creating a seminar to prepare undergraduate students for graduate school and I would greatly appreciate a variety of thoughts and perspectives.

Fellow Academics/Scientists/Scholars, what advice would you give to your younger self to prepare and apply for grad. school? And what qualities/experience are you looking for in a grad. student? #ScienceTwitter #AcademicChatter #HigherEd

@BrookeWeigel For research statement, mine is about 2.5 pages, so maybe it’s not concise, but for me it’s challenging to have research history, trajectory, how I involve students, and funding avenues in just 1 page. I think asking the search chair is also a good idea

@BrookeWeigel My teaching philosophy is 1 page, but I usually also add a 1/2 page section about incorporating current research based teaching practices to improve student outcomes and a 1/4 page about teaching interests tailored to the school. And label the whole thing “teaching statement”

Thanks everyone!!

I’m so excited to announce that I will be joining the Dept. of Biology at Fayetteville State University as an Assistant Professor of Ecology starting Fall 2023!! I can’t wait to continue my academic career at FSU!

I want to thank @DanielKOkamoto @ericward_ @LAK_Barnett @j_wilson_white for your mentorship and support in helping me get here. I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to work with you all and look forward to future collaborations!

The ocean always has and always will fill me with wonder and soothe my soul #WorldOceanDay

Vancouver Island is beautiful

Tide pools and sunset

The road to Tofino

@admired_art Atlantic puffin in Newfoundland

GM, time for another weekend challenge! Do you have a nature photo? If so, let me see it. I’ll retweet them all! I’ll start

@admired_art Sunrise in the Discovery Islands (British Columbia)

Time for another “Under 1K challenge”. Open to anyone with less than 1,000 followers to help smaller accounts get more exposure. You have a photo with clouds or sunset/sunrise? If so, let me see it. I’ll retweet all!. I’ll start. Don’t forget to interact/follow each other 🙏

This is so freakin’ cool! Thanks to all those viewers who made our article one of the top 5 most viewed in natural sciences @thePeerJ last year! And thanks to my amazing coauthors who made the article so noteworthy!

@aqua_belle @savannahstate Congrats Laura!! That’s so awesome!!

It’s time to finally share the great news.. I just started as an asst prof of #marinescience at @savannahstate! 🤩 I am SO excited to start teaching next week, get my lab up and running, and engage with more students through research, mentoring, and in the classroom! #newPI

What an incredible year: I adventured across Ireland, Scotland, and England with @MarineBethology ; made new friends; walked along ancient natural and man-made structures; hiked beneath a cathedral of 1000 year old giants; and so much more. Looking forward to 2023!

Redwood forests are so magical and inspiring

What we experienced on the road in the Pacific Northwest ice storm last night was some The Day After Tomorrow level stuff. Complete chaos. Stay safe everyone!!