Jen O'Keefe

Mom. Palynologist. Organic Petrographer. Fascinated by Fungi & Wetlands. Professor of Geology & Sci Ed.

[Kentucky NSF EPSCoR @KY_NSF_EPSCoR]

Seed funding is where big ideas take root, and real impact begins. 🌱

Now accepting proposals until March 13th!

Submit a proposal and help turn your ideas into impact.

👉 https://t.co/9AjM9bL0Hs

[UK Center for Applied Energy Research @UKCAER]

🎉 Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Bhamiti Sharma, PhD, as an Associate Research Scientist at CAER! Her work advances coal- & coke-derived graphite materials for battery applications.

We’re glad to have you!

[Morehead State @moreheadstate]

❄️ MSU PLAN B: Tuesday, 1-27-2026 & Wednesday, 1-28-2026 🧊

MSU main campus and all regional campuses will be on Weather Plan B Tuesday and Wednesday, with all classroom instruction in virtual mode, and staff operating virtually. All in-person classes will not meet.

[KY Geological Survey @KGSNews]

Who needs field work when winter delivers it right to your driveway? #KGS #Kentucky #geology #geoscience #FieldWork

[Jen O'Keefe @PalyJen]

@nwsjacksonky looks like we’ve picked up about an inch so far from today’s snow here in Hilda, KY. (Left - storm end last night; right 10:55 am 1/26/26).

[Francis M. Martin @fmartin1954]

Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi | Science Advances https://t.co/jfreElluIK

[Jen O'Keefe @PalyJen]

@nwsjacksonky We were down to 3” on the ruler this afternoon at peak freezing rain. Now up to ~3.5” after a quick-hitting band of snow. Ruler/board now crooked, too. Still snowing - very small flakes at 7:40 pm. Nothing on radar.

[Jen O'Keefe @PalyJen]

@nwsjacksonky Switched to mostly sleet/wintery mix about 2:30 pm. Best estimate is 0.25” ice coating everything.

[Morehead State @moreheadstate]

WEATHER UPDATE

Due to inclement weather and to ensure the safety of our students and employees, MSU’s main campus and all regional campuses will be on the following weather plans:

PLAN A
Monday, 1-26-2026

PLAN B
Tuesday, 1-27-2026

Stay safe, Eagles!
💙💛

[Jen O'Keefe @PalyJen]

@musiclover2693 @nwsjacksonky Wow! Sharp cut-off. 7 miles NW we have a lot more snow.

[Jen O'Keefe @PalyJen]

Pretty pink over Hilda, KY #aurora

[Kentucky NSF EPSCoR @KY_NSF_EPSCoR]

Watch as CLIMBS students describe the favorite part of their research at SuperCollider 2025! Maps were a common theme 😄 #nsffunded

[Jen O'Keefe @PalyJen]

It’s not every day I find a familiar face on BBC News @AASPTPS ! Delighted to see palynologist John Marshall recognized for his decades of arctic research!

https://t.co/idfL4XlGRa

[MycoKeys @MycoKeys]

The @IMA_Mycology is raising funds to support #fungal scientists from low-income countries to attend the quadrennial IMC 2027 in South Korea.

🥼Support the #scientists here: https://t.co/4OIq4sCP63

📣Repost and reshare to spread the word!

📖https://t.co/s9VBns4PWn

[CeasefireNow_PollenPaleoCOViDisAirborneMasksHelp @kanupama2012]

The structural blind spot: Resource inequity in palynological digitization and the role of curatorial labour. Journal of Palaeosciences, 2025. ⟨hal-05438163⟩ #DiamondOpenAccess download PDF here: https://t.co/yrMd69GPm8 @limi_mao @PalyJen @FossilPollen @yoshi_maezumi 6/6

[Liz Koziol @lizkoziol]

@FungiInvam @MycoBloom prairies, AMF inoculants are all covered in this neat feature:

Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing | Fungi | The Guardian https://t.co/0gwvPuT5i2

[KY Geological Survey @KGSNews]

Cortland collecting coal: naughty list or research sample?

Do you really want to risk it?
#KGS #Kentucky #geology #geoscience #coal #naughtylist

[Dr. Dawn Wright + @deepseadawn.bsky.social 🇺🇦 @deepseadawn]

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