Alyssa Fjeld ✨

It is once again time for #SciCommSeptember! This year, let’s talk about how paleontologists do field work. Since my speciality is marine invertebrate paleo, I’ll be discussing that; other paleo folks please feel free to talk about your own methods!

Hey Melbournians! If you missed my comedy routine about boneless fossils earlier this year, never fear, a repeat performance is here! Please join me and some other immensely talented (and funny) scientists, 15 October, at 7:30! #scicomm #fringefest #womeninstem

i have so many fun sketches from my mongolia fieldbook to share with you all soon

Thank you to all who supported me in the recent #3MT finals round at @MonashUni ! It was great competing with so many talented researchers (and justifying my theater kid background 🙃). Hope you enjoyed hearing about old bug bodies 🦀🦐🐜! #SciComm #paleontology #FossilFriday

Congrats to @shannonwkaiser on his recent authorship on this fabulous froggy Nature paper!! It was such an honor to do a degree alongside this talented fellow ☺️. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Forgot art credit!! Trilobites from Holmes et al. 2021 Other Cambrian Creatures: @ni075 (your art is amazing!!) Random bug spread: some image aggregator website no credit given (😢)

I just won the Faculty of Science round of Monash Uni’s #3MT ! Wow!! Can’t believe that I had this opportunity, and such good competition as well. Thanks @Monash_Science and to all who helped make this possible!! See y’all at the next round 💪😤

@herbertologist I bought it immediately 😭💚

paging @slyssabits

Congrats and well earned, Josie! Always inspired by your artistry

SAM is such a valuable repository not only of knowledge or fossils, but those who work with them. These folks are invaluable- fight to save the SAM’s science!

Stoked to be turning my silly little bugs into comedy at this year’s #MelbourneInternationalComedyFestival!!! 🤠🦀🪲🦐 Thanks to @ScienceTalksAU for all the training; hopefully it helps bring a bit more funny to the fossils 🔥 @micomfestival @MonashBiol @Monash_Science

Thrilled to announce that I am giving a SciComedy talk at the #MelbourneInternationalComedyFestival!!! 😱 Training in the @ScienceTalksAU SciComedy program to make my science funny and engaging 🔥 Join me: eventbrite.com.au/e/future-scien… @micomfestival @MonashBiol @Monash_Science

Looking forward to this! Come see me on Friday night at 8pm, if you want to learn about weird bugs, the science/religion of the Long Lobster, and more!

hold up, lemme cook, Lyrarapax unguispinus girl (very much inspired by Jun and TheAmazingSpino's anthropomorphisation techniques)

@josiekirkwood11 Thanks Josie!!

I’m happy to announce that my guest appearance on Pals in Paleo is now live! Get it wherever you cast your pods! linktr.ee/palsinpalaeo?f…

@PPaleoartist @zhombah If you’re sure! I think it can be good to showcase folks like you that are up-and-coming locals as well. All the same, well done!

@slyssabits @zhombah id honestly recommend using zhombah's (the original) it might not be accurate to Anomalocaris but it's still clearly had more time and love put into it then mine twitter.com/zhombah/status…

idea stolen from @zhombah

A little more field work done in scenic Strahan, TAS! We were mapping outcrop, collecting samples of plants and ambers, and generally enjoying some lovely sedimentary structures. Hoping the amber we collected yields lots of pollen and bug bits!

@herbertologist Atm I think I gotta say ‘You’re At The Party’ or ‘Cat Hacks’ 🐱

@slyssabits do u have a fav track? :0

lemon demon spirit phone album still goes hard