Brett Jesmer

Wildlife Ecologist | Conservationist | Interested in Animal Behavior, Movement, Nutrition and Demography | Newfound member of the Hokie Nation

[Laura Prugh @LauraPrugh]

Agreed. I almost never work on weekends and average ~40 hrs/week. Balance IS possible in academia!

[Taal Levi @taaltree]

Would be nice if people stopped exaggerating the academic work schedule. The job can vary from tons of free time way under 40 hrs/wk to workaholic tendencies depending on personal choices around how many projects to balance. Some colleagues barely work. Some always work.

[Desiree L. Narango, PhD @DLNarango]

During my postdoc I went to a faculty training seminar. There we were told working weekends should be expected as faculty. I asked, but what if you have kids? The speaker responded, “I chose to be childless to dedicate my life to my research” . 🙄

No thanks.

[Brett Jesmer @BrettJesmer]

@ODUSCI @ODU @BIOLOGYatODU @PolarBears Congrats!

[ODU College of Sciences @ODUSCI]

Climate change & melting Arctic sea ice threaten the future of polar bears. @ODU @BIOLOGYatODU Assistant Professor John Whiteman is the new Chief Research Scientist @PolarBears & plans to bring more awareness to the polar bears fight for survival.
https://t.co/j2rv0TVdHv

[Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Mngmt @ESPM_Berkeley]

Are ‘bold’ raccoons to blame for your overturned trash? Recent research by ESPM postdoc @Lauren_Stanton_ suggests docile animals are the best learners—and likely the true garbage raiding criminal masterminds. Read more in the @nytimes: https://t.co/du6I2f5eqy

[Dr. Elizabeth Carlen @E_Carlen]

My amazing lab mate & friend, Dr. @Lauren_Stanton_, had her research on urban raccoons featured in the @nytimes today!!!!

https://t.co/BYLIoOMqPB

[Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @ScrapNaturalist]

My super cool "postdoc paw patrol partner in crime" @Lauren_Stanton_ just published a really fascinating study on raccoon boldness/shyness and problem solving abilities! 🦝🤓
Check out the @nytimes writeup here: https://t.co/7ylPA7MNcc

#ScienceTwitter

[Lauren Stanton🦝🧩🐺 @Lauren_Stanton_]

Special thanks to @betsymason for covering this work in the @nytimes & @YorkPsyc @bharedogguy & @BenGeffroy for their great commentary !

https://t.co/Y46h9KwyJk

[Lauren Stanton🦝🧩🐺 @Lauren_Stanton_]

📣New 🦝 #cognition paper out!📣
https://t.co/osdeBTTQYW

We used #RFID-enabled Skinner boxes to assess learning & cognitive flexibility in wild #raccoons

Huge thanks to my coauthors @AnimalSmarts @Joost_Huizinga & Eli Bridge!

Publishing our 1st WILD raccoon paper = a big win🏆

[Lauren Stanton🦝🧩🐺 @Lauren_Stanton_]

@cschell_canids motto:

Teamwork makes the dream work 🌈

#AcademicTwitter #sciencetwitter #urbanecology #Coyotes #raccoon

[Nate Upham @n8_upham]

My first day of "school" was today! Now a tenure-track Asst Professor at Arizona State University, starting my group in mammal ecology, phylogenetics, & biodiversity-- shiny new labs in @ASUGlobalFuture ready to get populated. Hiring soon, so reach out! https://t.co/fGqtSMBdut
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[Brett Jesmer @BrettJesmer]

@AnimBehSociety Thanks for the feature @AnimBehSociety! More work to come on how cultural evolution has lead to patterns of observed spatial behaviors. Shout out to key coauthors @JerodMerkle @wyokauffman and other several non-twitterers

[Animal Behavior Society @AnimBehSociety]

Every week, the @AnimBehSociety highlights an article in #ConservationBehavior

Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals

Article in Science by @BrettJesmer et al: https://t.co/Vl68vLQWsQ

[Erica Stuber @efstuber]

*grateful* for the forward looking commentaries on our #SpatialEcology #animalpersonality #MetaAnalysis @BehavEcol https://t.co/51LUn2YCj9 by @OrrSpiegel @webber_quinn @DingemanseLab et al & chance to respond https://t.co/sSNxT9BKpM w/@BrettJesmer et al. exciting work to come!

[Brett Jesmer @BrettJesmer]

@Diego_EllisSoto @DextraordinaryH @milliechapma Inspiring and important work, Diego. Congrats!

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

Cooler temperatures and expanding #grasslands drove the #evolution of #ungulate #migration. In PNAS Journal Club: https://t.co/5WBmWrZRCe #WildebeestMigration #ClimateChange

[NatureEcoEvo @NatureEcoEvo]

Ungulates on the move https://t.co/K9aQNIuOy5 @MarleeTucker

Examining the evolutionary history of ungulate migration shows that this behaviour has evolved multiple times in response to grassland expansion and increased seasonality of resources.

[Brett Jesmer @BrettJesmer]

@planktomancer @JoelOAbraham @n8_upham We’ll done @MarleeTucker. Thank you!

[Black Mammalogists Week @BlkMammalogists]

Being Black in Mammalogy is about so much more than race. Hear the experiences of real life Mammalogists in the #Diaspora in today's panel at 12pm PT/3 pm ET. Audience questions accepted!

LINK HERE: https://t.co/p9KhOZxAiq

#BlackMammalogists @EBTSOYP @InsideNatGeo @smrtgrls