Assistant Professor of Biology at Cal State Long Beach (Jan 2025) Commander of the BREE Lab: Behavior, Reptiles, Ecology & Evolution. #HERper & #MomInAcademia
Team #Ctenosaura absolutely crushed it! Iβm so impressed with them on conceptualizing a study, collecting and analyzing data, presenting results and writing a research report in just a couple of days (& thanks to the lizards of course). Congrats team!
Excited to be back in #CostaRica - this time at the beautiful Palo Verde wetlands - for the @tropicalstudies Tropical Biology course. Iβm working with students on spiny-tailed iguana research. π¦π΄π
Im honored to have co-mentored Julian as part of the research training program (UNLAB) at @NHMLA. He presented his work at the end-of-year symposium in the new museum Commons and his talk was EXCELLENT! Congrats on all the hard work.
Our article is finally published in The American Biology Teacher on ways to use animal behavior data from @inaturalist photos in college classes. https://t.co/YFInVGcxAv
Iβm in downtown Long Beach for the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit speaking about wildfiresπ₯, biodiversity π, and INSURANCE π!!! A great networking and outreach opportunity along the beautiful bay!
The @lbcurrent made a video of our urban lizard research highlighting student involvement on campus! We are studying the impact of irrigation on animal hydration π¦π¦. Check it out: https://t.co/N95fPfJdeK
We had a crazy week catching and processing hundreds of lizards from 11 SoCal colleges for our Cool Lizards in the City project! We are seeing if irrigation impacts animal hydrationβ¦will urban lizards be less dehydrated? With @snakeymama and Kinsey Brock. Stay tuned!
Starting off my 1st semester at @CSULB with a new article in Ecology and Evolution on ventral patch sizes in urban western fence lizards. Urban lizards had larger relative throat patches than non-urban lizards! https://t.co/xgCT4wxB26
Iβm excited to announce the successful thesis defenses of Elmer and Emily - the first BREE Lab students to attain their masters degree! Itβs been an honor to share our journeys at CSUSB together.
Do you have HOBO temp/humidity data loggers we can borrow for a study on lizard ecophysiology in urban areas? Please let us know πππ and spread the word!
Our TREE paper on leveraging #ArtificialIntelligence to improve evidence synthesis in #conservation is now out! Itβs been an honor to be part of this esteemed group of π international researchers. https://t.co/ponjVBOtlD
Congrats to Elmer for successfully proposing his thesis today! He has worked so hard on this project and itβs been a pleasure to see him grow into an excellent field biologist over the years. π²π¦π₯
Read about BREE Lab member Daisyβs research in the new #CSUSB grad student research blog! She is looking at how urbanization affects #lizard morphology and performance. π¦πββοΈhttps://t.co/PXtfE12AO3
Checking pitfall traps today at Boyd Deep Canyon with #Herpetology students. We found more mammal species than herps π, but a beautiful day in the desert. Lots of #CityNatureChallenge observations!