Published July 2025 in my hometown NC paper, The Franklin Times. Part of the Science Homecoming initiative. KJ Muldoon was only a few days old when his parents received devastating news: their son was born with a rare genetic disorder affecting his liver. KJ was immediately put on dialysis and waitlisted for a liver transplant. … Continue reading America leads the world in science and innovation. Let’s not throw that away.
The why and how of science outreach (part I)
Over the past decade as a grad student and postdoc I've spent a fair chunk of time thinking about how to do science outreach. By "science outreach" all I mean is efforts by academic parties (institutions or people) to communicate about science outside of academia. This could be events like a "Reptiles Day" at the … Continue reading The why and how of science outreach (part I)
New NSF award!
I'm a few months late to posting this, but in December I got some exciting news -- my first full NSF grant was awarded! Topher Weiss-Lehman (PI) and I are combining experiments, genomics, and theory to investigate how interactions between important ecological (e.g., environmental gradients, competition) and evolutionary (e.g., gene flow, dispersal evolution) processes shape … Continue reading New NSF award!
Dissertation defense seminar
I defended my PhD! In case anyone wants to see my seminar, I've linked to it here. If you're pressed for time, the wordcloud below sums it up quite well.
Evolution 2017 talk
Microbes, lagomorphs, and the geographic range limit of a California endemic wildflower
Summer Field Season 2015
This always happens -- I have grand plans to post while in the field, then things get too crazy and I don't end up writing anything til I'm back home. But better late than never, I suppose. Summer 2015 field season was hot, dry, and productive -- kinda like the Central Valley! As we all know, … Continue reading Summer Field Season 2015
Lightning Talk
I gave my first talk this week, at the UMN Plant Biology seminar. The format was a series of "lightning talks," meant to be a 5-minute synopsis of some cool work you're doing. You can watch mine below. Trapped! A SoCal species border from John Benning on Vimeo.
John Benning 