Samantha Skerlec

PhD Student, University of Tennessee. Climate Advocate. HERper. 🐸🦋🐟John Carroll University & Wichita State alum. 1stGen. (she/her)

[Southeast Chapter, SFS @SE_SFS]

Our second submission is from @a_stone_may_fly !! #ecology #environmentalart #sciencecommunication #sciencecompetition #environmentalcommunication #environmentalawareness #environmentalcommunications

[Emily Taylor @snakeymama]

I am horrified by @FedEx's commercial portraying a driver who killed a rattlesnake while delivering a package as a hero. I have written a letter to FedEx marketing officials and hope that you will do so as well, and will share this post to get more people involved. 1/4

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

It was an absolute honor to host Dr. Tyrone Hayes this week as our grad student-chosen super speaker! I’m still a bit starstruck - but he is genuinely one of the kindest, funniest, most down to earth people I’ve ever met 😊 “just a boy who loves frogs” 🐸

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this award than Tom. He has been an incredible advisor, mentor, educator, and friend… and I truly wouldn’t be the scientist I am today without him. Congrats Tom!! 🥹👏🏼 @Sirenlacertina

https://t.co/s9CJrwvQYV

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

ISO photos of herps well camouflaged in the field! I’m teaching a summer camp for rising 4-8th graders and I’d like to do a “find the herp” activity 🐸 if you have any and are willing to share, please send them my way! Credit will be given for all photos. TIA!!

[UTK Herbarium - TENN @UTKHerbarium]

Happy #Pride2024 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

Grateful for @EmergeSfs and the opportunity to present my master’s research to the SFS community! Presenting in the very first time slot of the conference is a bit stressful, but I’m looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the rest of the talks this week 😊 #2024SFS

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

In Philadelphia for the SFS Annual Meeting as an Emerge Fellow and first-time attendee! #2024SFS

[Let's Talk Herpetology @FrogsAndSuch]

Would you take a dip in the salamander tub?

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

“Dirt cups” ready for Darwin Day Phylum Feast! 🪱 @UTK_EEB

[Dept of Biological Sciences at Wichita State @WSU_BioSciences]

This week's #BioShox Spotlight highlights MS student Binuri Nimaya Thotagamuwa. Binuri uses her childhood passion of biology to study the effects of deer herbivory in Dr. Russell’s ecology lab. Want to learn more? Visit https://t.co/d5KZOjnRUI🌾🦌
@fairmountWSU

#BecomeMore

[Dept of Biological Sciences at Wichita State @WSU_BioSciences]

Let’s hear it for the newest #BioShox MS grad, Adrian Bethel! Adrian worked with Dr. Greg Houseman exploring how plant traits affect performance within tallgrass prairie communities. Way to go, Adrian!🌾🎓

@wichitastate
@fairmountWSU

#BecomeMore #FairmountCollege

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

That’s my friend!! Killing it as always 🥹🐸 @paradyseb1

[Purdue Biological Sciences @PurdueBiolSci]

.@Paradyseb1, grad student at #Purdue inspires with a passion for science, groundbreaking research, & commitment to making science accessible to all. Discover their journey and the power of representation in the world of #science.
https://t.co/Zb6C8fHvpl
@purduescience

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

THE QUEEN OF THE DESERT!!😱🏜️

How insane is this GIANT Paronchestus Stick Insect from Central Australia!! 🧡

Sleep deprived, but how worth to see this rare big girl walking on the road!!!! We safely put her back in a tree! 🌳

[Shania 🐸 @ShaniaBurkhead]

Our coverboard project ended for the season last Friday. Another successful year of tracking snake presence, and many more to come!

[Let's Talk Herpetology @FrogsAndSuch]

Pumpkin-spiced amphibians are IN! 🎃

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

In the rugged and rocky terrains of the Zagros mountains in Iran, a remarkable predator roams, known as the spider-tailed horned viper

Look at its tail,

the tip resembles the shape of a spider, but not only that it moves just like a spider, and used as a hunting tool to lure insectivorous birds

📹 Michael Vescio, IG viperbreeder

[UTK EEB @UTK_EEB]

Celebrating some great folks on this #FacultyFriday - Congrats to @xingli_giam and @stephaniekivlin who were recently notified of their promotions to Associate Professor, and to @hybridActinop who was promoted to Distinguished Lecturer!

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

Feeling so lucky to have these amazing people by my side as I start my PhD journey 😊 our cohort of new grad students is the largest yet in the department, and this isn’t even all of us!! @UTK_EEB #govols 🍊

[Samantha Skerlec @SkerlecConBio]

Always thrilled to visit the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Campus at Zoo Knoxville 🐸🐍🦎 one of the best herp exhibits I’ve been to!