David Hembry

Assistant Professor @JMUCSM. Evolutionary ecology, macroevolution, mutualism. Opinions my own. He/him. #BLM @[email protected]

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

I'm recruiting 2 MSc students to join my lab @JMUCSM in Fall 2025/26, supported by an NSF BRC-BIO grant. All projects focus on the evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. Ad is here: https://t.co/0WIVUhIq8W Happy to answer informal questions/chat on Zoom in advance.

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

A fond farewell today to post-bac student and NSF GRFP recipient Sarai Badillo, who is leaving to start a PhD at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center! Congratulations and best of luck on your next scientific adventure, Sarai!

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@CorrieMoreau How awesome, huge congratulations!

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

First time attending Virtual Evolution @Evol_mtg and am enjoying it a ton. Thanks to all the great presenters and @eseb_org @sse_evolution @AsnAmNat @systbiol for putting this on! #Evol2024

[Andrej Spiridonov @AndrejSpiridon4]

Innovation vs diversification
"Stability hypothesis: selection against phenotypic novelty enhances species diversifcation by strengthening dispersal limitation.
Novelty hypothesis: selection for phenotypic novelty impedes species diversifcation by weakening dispersal limitation."

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@niles_eldredge @JMUCSM @JMU Thank you Niles!

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

I am thrilled to announce that the Hembry Lab will be moving to the Department of Biology at James Madison University (in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia) this fall! The lab will be recruiting MS students and self-funded postdocs; e-mail me for details. @JMUCSM @JMU

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@AndrejSpiridon4 How interesting--I'd always been skeptical about claims of long-term periodicity from the fossil record and this is very intriguing to consider!

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

New paper out today with @yichaozeng44 in @JEvBio modeling the effects of coevolution on diversification--hopefully the first step toward a predictive theory on this massive, complicated, and likely important evolutionary process. https://t.co/tJ1eiTqUZb

[Yichao Zeng @yichaozeng44]

"Novelty or familiarity" may be a daily dilemma many face. In this @JEvBio paper, @DavidHembry and I show how, in coevolutionary diversification of clades, a similar dilemma exists and can play out differently depending on the (in)dependence of the clade. https://t.co/kZti2pN1tz

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@catherinelinnen Congratulations, Catherine!

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

Postbac student in my lab Sarai Badillo is a new NSF GRFP recipient, interested in doing research on the influence of the parental microbiome on fetal development and its long-term consequences for disease and health. Any recommended departments/PIs that would be a good fit?

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

My former graduate advisee @ChheangPisal is looking to do a PhD in the US, on using remote sensing/modeling to assess wildfire impacts in Cambodian tropical dry forests. Any recommendations for departments/universities/advisors that would be a good fit for his interests?

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@pseudacris @JMUCSM @JMU Yes, I'd love to! I'll be in touch.

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@AndrejSpiridon4 @JMUCSM @JMU :brachiopod emoji: Thanks Andrej! Yes, the rocks will be somewhat older than the ones where we currently are in the "Permian Basin." We're a little closer to Europe and only 2 hours from the Smithsonian collections, so let us know if you are ever in that part of the States.

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

Thank you so much @scottpegan and Egan lab members for such an awesome seminar visit to #RiceEEB last week. Super fun to talk science and to meet y'all!

[Scott P. Egan @scottpegan]

Thanks to Dr. @DavidHembry from @utpb for a wonderful seminar visit yesterday #RiceEEB @RiceUniversity

[Erica Newman 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @eanewmanecology]

Out today: Defining the roles of local precipitation and anthropogenic water sources in driving the abundance of Aedes aegypti, an emerging disease vector in urban, arid landscapes https://t.co/pBxL1xNJl9

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

@LabKnope @UHHilo We had a great time meeting everyone! Would have loved to be able to speak with everyone longer. Looking forward to next time.

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

Many thanks to @LabKnope for a fantastic seminar visit last week @UHHilo! Great conversations with students and faculty working on Pacific biodiversity. I'd been all over the Pacific, but not previously to the island Hawaiʻi; there is nowhere in the Pacific quite like Big Island.

[David Hembry @DavidHembry]

Back from a very fun and enjoyable seminar at Angelo State University yesterday (at 131 miles campus-to-campus, the closest university to UTPB). Really great discussion with students after my talk. Many thanks to Greg Krukonis and the Department of Biology for hosting me!