Ellie Socha

M.S. in Freshwater and Marine Science at @UWMadison Center for Limnology. PhD student at @CornellEEB. #WinterLimnology #BlackLivesMatter (she/her)

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

Decided to “end” summer on a high note— we’ve sample 27 ponds in the last 12 days!

And we’ll add 13 more to the total next week!

Kudos to my undergraduate research assistant, Hunter Heyden, for powering through this tough field work with me! I promise, we’ve had a lot of fun!

[Robert Ladwig @hydrobert]

Fresh in @ScientificData! Continental US dataset of annual lake trophic states, led by the amazing @mishafredmeyer. This will bring up so many novel research ideas and projects. https://t.co/X2038JY7m8

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

In honor of my first committee meeting (today!) for my PhD— here’s some Nov. & Dec. highlights:

My last six months have flown by with both academic and personal highs & lows—Cheers to moving forward and the opportunities for growth! 🍻🥳

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@AugustusPendle1 @ckrabb Genus Lepadella— need a closer look to discern species. A very cute rotifer!!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@DannySzydlowski So cool! Congrats, Danny!! 👏

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@mariosandovalmo @CornellEEB @kessler_lab Congrats, Mario!!! 👏

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@PatagoniaAqua I don’t have a better picture, but my top suspicion is brachionus angularis!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

🚨 Plankton friends! 🚨

Any identification ideas??

Zooplankton sample from a central New York pond. (I have my suspicions but am not feeling Uber confident!)

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@munozbiol I don’t have a closer picture of higher resolution, but I could get a closer look on the scope! I was suspecting brachionus angularis too!!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@audreyehuff Congrats Audrey!!! 👏

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

Polyarthra sp. = Golden Snitch

[Meredith Holgerson @pondscience]

PhD opportunity! Join Bella's lab and work on a collaborative project (that my lab is involved with!) on how changing winters affect lake ecosystems. So excited for this collaboration!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

it’s the most wonderful time of the year 🎶
(podcasts and plankton! and Taylor Swift’s discography season)

#phdchat

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@mnp_47 Missing Madtown everyday!!!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

(Some of) This week’s water :

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@PatagoniaAqua Yes— exactly what I was trying to observe!!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@AugustusPendle1 No I haven’t 😫 but now I wanna!!! Can I come observe y’all next time you sample (//please teach me new micro field methods!?!)

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

@carledcu Looking at turbidity and water color in a very qualitative way!

[Ellie Socha @LimnoEllie]

Publicly recognizing @KevinAEngland for volunteering is whole entire weekend (two grueling 12 hour days!!) to do field work! My research (& physical health) would quite literally fall apart without his help! #AuthorshipSecured #HeShouldDitchMicrobiologyForEcology