Meredith Steele

Every year I read a lot of grad school applications from accomplished people that don't give me the info I'm looking for. It feels like a major hidden curriculum thing. So here's (my opinion on) how to write a great Statement of Purpose/Research for a PhD program. 🧵 1/

Well that's interesting.

Postdoc Opportunity (3-yr). #VanMeterLab Penn State University. Supported by a newly funded project to determine ecosystem functions in NRCS wetland easements at national scale through geospatial analysis. (reposting) @PSUEarth CV to vanmeterKVM@psu.edu. Come join us! Please R/T

Would it be a bad idea @ this to the P&T committee?

@AForkInTheRiver Yay!! You got this.

Please RT: we are looking for a post-doc to model ecosystem processes and services provision in drying river networks under the project @DRYvER_H2020 . Deadline approaching! icra.cat/ofertes/postdo…

Out today! @jinshiJian and @BenBondLamberty lead study that shows our best estimates of global carbon fluxes GPP and soil respiration don't add up. A/w @VLBRod @vargaslab @ashiklom711 @krdorheim nature.com/articles/s4146…

Good advice. Faculty please take notes and do likewise!!!

We're hiring a 2-year postdoc for the NSF-funded project Indigenous-Led Ecological Restoration: Negotiating Colonial Structures. Details can be found at jobs.boisestate.edu/en-us/job/4966…. Deadline is April 25. Please spread the word and share with talented applicants!

Small bits of wild nature are much more valuable than previously believed. 🌳🐾☘️🐢🌳🐾☘️🐢🐾🌳 The disproportionately high value of small patches for biodiversity conservation @ConBiology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… #Anthropocene #landscape #ecology

A smooth career path for many academics. nature.com/articles/s4156… 🙏Susanne Täuber @MoriMahmoudi #bullying #whistleblowing #corruption

@highlyanne Oh I hear you. Celebrating my 5th day this year of having full childcare. I forgot what focused productive work was. Hoping you have many more!

Come boss me around — and please RT widely! Position opening: Director of the interdisciplinary, world-class @PNNLab @UofMaryland Joint Global Change Research Institute careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/3122

Job alert! I'm looking for a postdoc in environmental biogeochemistry to come work with an amazing group of colleagues at ORNL. jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridge-…

@austin_doug13 Can I confess I still eat ramen for lunch sometimes? Lol when you a poor college student for like 12 yrs those habits break hard!

Maruchan Ramen…..cooked in a coffee pot because…..well it was The Citadel #IYKYK

I picked the one that sounded more badass with "Dr. and rolled with it.

@ChrisLDutton I hate to warn you...for many 2yo ain't nothin next to 3 yo. When you find yourself googling defiance disorder know you are not alone.

I was a cop for 6 years. I was in war for 4 years. I've been in academia for 14 years. Raising a 2 yr old has been the most challenging. YMMV.

Join the Wagner lab! PhD position available to work on integrating ideas in evolutionary biology and ecological stoichiometry as part of the STOICH project - stoichproject.org. More info here: cewagnerlab.com/2021/12/07/joi…. Please spread the word!

Today is #WorldSoilDay and it's theme 'Halt soil salinization, boost #soil productivity'. Find out more about salt affected soils in this handy @FAO video: youtube.com/watch?v=kQcax3…

@RiverChem That would be great. Unfortunately no AGU for me this year.

@MeredithKSteele Sounds like we should maybe chat.... Maybe after AGU unless you are going to AGU (I will be there)?

Does anyone know of papers that looked at water chemistry changes (ideally not just N&P) across the summer season in (ideally temperate) lakes experiencing algal blooms? We are sure they exist but are having a devil of a time finding the right search terms to find them.