Mary

Aspiring professional bug woman, beginner #rstats user, PhD student. Interests include forest pests, bark beetles, RNAi, and equity in STEM. she/her 🐞

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@SnGrantham @Dr_Meming @ThePhDPlace @PhDForum @PhD_Genie @SAAcademia Practice waaay more than you want to 😂 i like to memorize my slides (which have very minimal text on them) to the point I can practice without looking at them, that way it is smooth without sounding scripted/like I’m reading slides. Plus then you can practice in the car etc lol

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@HereBeSpiders11 Wow that is ridiculously faster 😂 yes please

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Well, after nearly 24 hours we are on rep 42 of 500… guess it’s time to learn how to do bootstrapping on the computing cluster 🤷🏼‍♀️ excited to be putting together my first tree though, another step outside the comfort zone!

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@HereBeSpiders11 Oh my goodness that would be great! This is my first real stab at this, and mega had good documentation so I went with it, but I am very open to alternatives 🙂

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Which one of y’all are getting on stack overflow and choosing violence every day, and who hurt you

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Finally feeling like a forest entomologist again 🌳

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

The beetles love my CSA as much as I do 🙂 ft. Beep enjoying a fine meal of rainbow chard

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@yourlocalbugboy Cicadas don’t exist they’re actually govt drones

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

I gave a presentation today I was actually really proud of and I can’t explain how good that feels

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Did you know that it’s actually possible for you to say, “I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion”

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Richard Dawkins stop promoting eugenics challenge

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Not a miss in this bunch, spot on 😂

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@pulpecologist 😂 i just try to think more “RNAi” and “bark beetles” than “what am I going to do with my life” “will I earn this phd”

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@pulpecologist I can barely get this one ☠️

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Just got my GRFP rejection 🙃
Hey Google, queue Way Less Sad by AJR

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@yourlocalbugboy Top left for sure

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

@yourlocalbugboy Fully setting up qPCR plates?? Breathing all over them?? 🤯😶

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Two years ago today I received my acceptance to become a PhD student in entomology. Today, me and my 30 closest friends are celebrating the anniversary. (Don’t worry, we were all covid tested and self isolated for two weeks before this photo was taken)

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Candid of me explaining to my partner who is stationed in Charleston, SC what an Asian longhorned beetle looks like and what to do if he finds one

[Mary @MWallaceEnt]

Rep 2 didn’t pass the vibe check