Josh Armstrong
@RockpoolJosh
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Community Ecologist | PhD candidate at VCU | Rock pool macrophytes
Joined March 2019
Big new! I published my first 1st-author paper last week in #EcologyandEvolution. Thank you to @LesleyBulluck, @JRVonesh, Andy Davidson, and Ryland Stunkle. The paper can be found at the link below. #opensource #rockpools #invasivespecies #hydrilla
https://t.co/9zTtUQ6fD9
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Using dynamic occupancy modeling, we explored drivers of colonization and extinction dynamics of an invasive species, Hydrilla verticillata, within a novel complex landscape of 500+ riverine rock...
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Designing an aquatic mesocosm experiment and came across a question I figured I would throw out into the Twitter ether. Using 5gallon buckets (grey). Besides nesting them within a larger mesocosm, what are some ways people have thermally buffered mesocosms?
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For those of you who are keeping track from #JASM22, I got two negative COVID tests (Friday PM & Tuesday AM). Thanks to all of those who organized this meeting and kept it safe for all with mask and vaccine requirements.
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Had a great time at #JASM22 this week networking and sharing science... also, successfully gave my first in-person talk at a conference. #InvasiveSpecies #Hydrilla
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If your at #JASM22 and want to hear about how invasive species persist through a disturbance via propagule pressure, make sure to stop by my talk tomorrow at 2:15. #invasives #macrophytes #disturbance
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Passed my proposal defense yesterday! Another milestone reached. #PhDcandidate #ABD
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Parent to a toddler with another on the way. Currently in my 3rd year as a PhD student and wondering how you other parents handle/handled childcare? #AcademicTwitter #phdchat @AcademicChatter @PhDVoice
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Today I got my responses back from my qualification exams and I passed!!! One milestone down, many more to come!
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If you have not had the chance to look at my lab group's cool #ESA2020 poster on rock pool mosquitos!
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Congratulations @SaraKuebbing !!!!
Congratulations to Sara Kuebbing, Assistant Professor @PittBioSci, elected as an ESA Early Career Fellow for research in invasive plant impacts, and for her leadership in applying research to management of invaded ecosystems! @sarakuebbing #ESA2020
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After all 90 venues, the stage is set for my first full experiment of my PhD! #ecology #aquaticplants
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When you try to adjust a table in Microsoft Word @AcademicChatter
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Today is my first day as a PhD student. I've been looking forward to this day for a while. #newbeginnings #VCU #gradschool
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Had a great time at my first ESA, can't wait until next year! #ESA2019
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Super excited to have set up my first pilot experiment today as a grad student! Thanks to all who helped! #Rockpools #Duckweed #CommunityEcology
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Hellbenders (aka Snot Otters) Emerge Victorious In Vote For Pennsylvania's Official Amphibian #salamander #savespecies
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Farming may explain how “f” and “v” speech sounds came to be.
sciencenews.org
Eating soft, processed foods refashioned adults' jaws, which added “f” and “v” sounds to speech and changed languages worldwide, a study finds.
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For those math lovers out there, and in celebration of Pi Day, I thought this may peak your interest.
"As a physics reporter and lover of mathematics, I won’t be celebrating Pi Day this year. That’s because pi is wrong." #PiDay
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