Maddi Waskom

Received incredible feedback and reviews from readers on my senior thesis yesterday. I’ll be graduating with Highest Honors in my department and it’s such a rewarding end to my hard work under the amazing @SarahLosso1 and @InvertebratePal 🎉

Stuck in the mud: experimental taphonomy & computed tomography demonstrate the critical role of sediment early fossil diagenesis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pa… @MaddiWaskom @InvertebratePal @datadryad @wileyearthspace #FossilFriday

Many have already heard, but I'm happy to announce that I'll begin my PhD this fall with @InvertebratePal in @HarvardOEB thinking about Cambrian sponge morphology and ecology! 45 days until I graduate with my Ed.M. @hgse 143 days until the start of PhD :)

Our new paper is out in @CommsBio in time for #WormWednesday with @InvertebratePal, Jared Richards and Madeleine Waskom, @MCZHarvard @HarvardOEB. We describe an exceptionally well fossilized inter-species interaction that's 480-million years old 🧵👇 rdcu.be/dohXu

For an early #FossilFriday I’m excited to share our newest paper is out in @NatureComms. @InvertebratePal @PlLife2, James Weaver, and I describe a new species of Cambrian fossil tunicate from the Marjum formation of Utah 🧵👇: tinyurl.com/5yx95b94

I am extremely proud to say that read 130 books in 2022! Who knows if I’ll get even close to that this year (or ever) but here are my favorites if you are interested!

@BathEnright @SarahLosso1 @InvertebratePal Thank you!! ☺️☺️

@MaddiWaskom @SarahLosso1 @InvertebratePal Congratulations @MaddiWaskom that's amazing news 🎉👏

Received incredible feedback and reviews from readers on my senior thesis yesterday. I’ll be graduating with Highest Honors in my department and it’s such a rewarding end to my hard work under the amazing @SarahLosso1 and @InvertebratePal 🎉

@GilesPalaeoLab @SarahLosso1 @InvertebratePal Thank you!! :))

@MaddiWaskom @SarahLosso1 @InvertebratePal Congrants Maddi!

@EGMitchell Thank you!! :))

@MaddiWaskom Congratulations 🥳

Gave my final presentation for my last course. I am officially done with undergrad 🎉🎉🎉

It’s been a whirlwind of a semester but besides my thesis, I’ve been completing three courses. One of which is a studio oil painting class that I submitted my final for yesterday !! Here are some highlights of me trying to make art.

If there’s one thing the Harvard University Band knows how to do right, it’s spread holiday joy! Special thank you to @DTownBostonBID @CityOfBoston @FaneuilHall for your continued partnerships. We can’t wait to return next year! 🎄🎁❤️

Today was my last day of undergrad classes 🎉 only a few more assignments before I’m completely done!!

@InvertebratePal @HullotManon @cambriancritter @DeepTimeEcology @BathEnright @GaetanPtn Hi! I’m okay with the use of the photo, but I do not have the contact of everyone in the photo. So if asking them is a concern, I’m afraid I cannot help.

@HullotManon @cambriancritter @MaddiWaskom @DeepTimeEcology @BathEnright @GaetanPtn Thanks for asking! I believe that @MaddiWaskom is the owner of the picture, so it might be best getting a confirmation from her :)

Only in #ipc6 could we have a selfie with the super charismatic Minister of Natural Resources & Environment of Thailand, feat. @MaddiWaskom @DeepTimeEcology @BathEnright @GaetanPtn @cambriancritter and Marc Mapalo (some of us way in the background)

I must particularly thank @InvertebratePal and the Invert Paleo lab for their support at the conference and the fun we had after 🎉

In addition to seeing great science, I got to meet and reconnect with so many wonderful people. A non exhaustive list of shoutouts: @EGMitchell and the @DeepTimeEcology crew @BathEnright @harrietdrage @cambriancritter and the whole @AnomLab @Xiaoya_Ma and @LittlePhil99 too!

So beyond grateful to have spoken about my work at #ipc6 ! Thank you to everyone who came to my talk and chatted with me throughout the conference.

So everyone knows… non-cis-white-male paleontologists are here and doing fantastic science and we are here to stay. I am so incredibly proud of us. Now I need to get off Twitter and enjoy the rest of the conference that my peers and mentors have worked so hard for.

To, in the same breath, in a public address, talk about the higher turnout of female delegates to a conference, and then refer to said delegates as “the other gender” is beyond disappointing. Do better.

So pleased so many people of “the other gender” attended #IPC6 in Thailand… @EGMitchell @cambriancritter @MaddiWaskom @BathEnright @harrietdrage @GwenAntell @EmilyG155