The rumors are true- I’m defending my dissertation! If you would like to attend virtually, please contact me here or through email for the Zoom link. Come hear about parasites and genetic diversity 🧬🔬, froggy communication 🐸🗣️, and cannibalism 😷🍖 on July 3rd @ 9AM

I'm looking for jobs again- this time I need to be in the Upper Midwest. I'm available late spring 2023 and am keeping my options open- as long as it's biology or ecology related I'm interested! I also have a cute lil application supervisor now 😍

Bittersweet day in the lab today— just finished the very last dissection of my PhD! I’ll miss it! In celebration, please enjoy this video of an adorable nematode (found in the stomach of a frog) that came back to life after being frozen at -80°C for 2 months 👀

“Yeah mom I’m still on track to graduate this summer” The track:

For the love of god can we please stop referring to positions as “Trainee” when they require a PhD? Y’all do not want to know what the pay range is on these positions either. #altac #altacchats “wHy CaN’t wE fInD a pOsT-dOc” 🙄

Me after checking my to-do-list

Finishing my PhD purely out of spite

Me writing my dissertation

So excited that this is airing! These flies are really extraordinary, I'm so glad I got to contribute to something that will introduce them and their habitat to more people in a fun and creative way. Plus I had an amazing time with a wonderful cast and crew!

Choose your fighter *Mortal Kombat theme*

My experience of publishing so far 0/10 @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter #academictwitter

Me: warbleR please work, I really need this data warbleR: no ❤️

Fieldwork with @theKannArtist be like: (he saw a bug)

Me annotating my R code: “Yeah so this line throws out a bunch of errors, but the output looks ok… I’m sure it’s fine” “DON’T RUN THIS it crashes Rstudio every time. But don’t delete it either” “I straight up don’t know what this means, it’s from Google. But I need it”

And here I am complaining about how long it’s taken to resubmit this thing 🤡

Happy to report my 3rd COVID test post-JASM was another negative! Thanks everyone for sharing their results. Had a great week dodging blackbirds, swallowing caddisflies, and most importantly making new SCIENCE FRIENDS! 🌊🐟🐸 #JASM22

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

Me rolling up to sessions at #JASM22 with an iced coffee and two “Over 21” stamps from the bars still on my hand

It’s a rainy day in Grand Rapids! Stay dry and come see me in DeVos Place River Overlook C at 2pm for my talk on frog parasites and acoustic signaling! Lots of cute frog pictures guaranteed 🐸 #JASM22 #JASM2022

Poster session done! Thanks everyone for coming by to see my poster on cannibalism and parasites! Check it out on the virtual platform if you missed it live 🪱 @MwmccoyL