Mark Genung

Community ecology with 🐝 and 🌼. Assistant Professor at UL Lafayette. Parent of two wonderful kids.

[Dr. Jordan Dowell @Dowell_VOC]

10/10 recommend this department come down to LA!

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

Two tenure-track positions in ecology/evolution at UL Lafayette. We are searching broadly - ecosystem ecology, ecotox, botany, plant physiology, and more. Apply by Nov 1st! https://t.co/ZamZIFh9oa

[Nicholas Kooyers @njkooyers]

Come be my colleague at @ULLafayette! We are hiring TWO tenure-track positions in Ecology and Evolution. Any subdiscipline welcome. Great dept! Beautiful city! Swamp outside your office window. Nov. 1 app deadline. Link: https://t.co/bbuI9cO76i

[Dr. Claire Lee @Claire_Lee]

To anyone who needs to hear this today:

Don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't go to for advice.

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@bugEcology love it. thought you might enjoy some of these Cajun French variants: "mouche à miel" for honeybee, "fouille-merde" for dung beetle, and "bête à Bon Dieu" for ladybug

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@KarenMSmith_bio @kassthefish It really is scary. We aren't sure what to do with the 4-month old or the 2-year old. Daycare was the plan but that feels risky. Good luck with whichever option you choose.

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@KarenMSmith_bio @grumpyporcupine @SarahMackAttack They have neurotoxins, too - thought you might find that interesting. They are predators and rely on the peptide neurotoxins to immobilize prey.

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@CardinalVampire Wow, great shot of the pollen grains on her thorax and legs. Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica

[Meghan Duffy @duffy_ma]

Lately, when people ask how I'm doing, I often end up saying "variably", and this applies to academic parenting during the pandemic, too. Some days, I feel like things are going pretty well and I can do this, but other days feel impossible and ridiculously hard.

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

Rachael is a fantastic mentor. This is a great opportunity!

[Rachael Winfree @rachael_winfree]

Excited to announce a postdoc opening in my lab! NSF-funded project on ecological analysis of plant-pollinator interaction data. See the full job description at https://t.co/I0cpYCva8X Please RT

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@JuitaMartinez working at home with the two-year old vs. working at home with the two-month old

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@bastauffer @risingfluids @schubertBA @LorenCSackett @AGU_Eos @SLedford_ @DrCraigMc @jnelsonPhD @KellyRobinson0 @njkooyers Yes, I'm on board. Getting interest from a student with MS from strong R1, great GPA, 4 years relevant research experience, and having to tell her the department may still care more about somewhat low, very old GRE scores is a freaking bummer

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@schubertBA @bastauffer @LorenCSackett @AGU_Eos Yes we do, unfortunately. Thanks for sharing this resource.

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@CardinalVampire that's exactly right. it's a defense mechanism meant to scare predators. happens when the chrysalis senses vibrations

[Casper van der Kooi @CaspervdKooi]

Support early-career field researchers - David Inouye et al. https://t.co/P1MueXl0k7

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@CardinalVampire I think Pachodynerus erynnis, or "red and black mason wasp". Solitary, not aggressive, beneficial predator. 😀

[Sarah W Fitzpatrick @SarahFitz]

Field courses narrow demographic achievement gaps in ecology and evolutionary biology https://t.co/FRpTA6wrcU

[Mark Genung @Mark_Genung]

@BlaineNovakP It's a great proposal, Blaine. Excited to work with you on it.😀

[Sheila Colla, Ph.D @SaveWildBees]

Absent from all of these Giant Asian Hornet articles is that it's a predator that evolved to attack non-native honeybees. It's presence & establishment is a consequence of a broken food system which relies on & celebrates non-natives, while breaking down natural peocesses.