Cameron Piper

Prospective Graduate Student | BS ConBio #SUNYESF 2019 | Birds, Mammals, Ecology & Education | she/her #ornithology #conservation #womeninSTEM

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

Heyo! I'm Cameron, a prospective grad student with 5+ years of field experience in avian & ungulate ecology,tracking tech & envi ed. I'm looking for leads on MSc/PhD ops to study spacial/pop/behavioral ecology & conbio. Please RT or send tips on the grad search process. Thanks!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@AndyJBoyce Oof welcome to the not so fun club. I did the same thing in high school. PT will at times be your best friend and your worst enemy. Be patient with your progress and kind to your body. If you can, get an icing machine! That thing works magic and makes daily icing so much easier!

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

wow it’s so nice outside right now, a couple thousand of you should like go on a hike or something

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@mlstantial Thanks Michelle!!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

Won’t someone “take a chance” on someone with 6yr experience or let me into grad school? Now back to filling out what feels like 100 more applications…

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

I used to think not getting the final job offer would get easier over the years in wildlife seasonal work, but continually hearing “you were great but we went w/someone who has more experience” is hurting more now. I can’t gain more experience unless you give me a chance!! 😵‍💫

[Dr. Christine Brodsky @DrCRegaBrodsky]

A big congratulations to Emma Buckardt, the newest Biology MS graduate at @pittstate! Funded by @TheKDWP, her thesis research focused on amphibian occupancy and diversity in the mined lands of southeast Kansas. So proud of her! Stay tuned for her four upcoming publications!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

The age old wildlife seasonal job struggle: do you accept a desk job your not ecstatic about to get through fall and winter, or cross your fingers one of your 100 or so other applications actually gets back to you…😥

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@HightowerJn Mac and cheese with tuna and green chilis!

[Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin]

Stop gaslighting yourself into the narrative you’re lazy when you’re really burnt-out and exhausted AF from faking being well.

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@AndyJBoyce @FedEx I preferred when they just refused to deliver things last year to this

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@ejjamis That’s so cool! Congrats!! I’ll be sure to keep an eye out and introduce myself!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

Any tips for networking at a conference as a prospective grad student? I’m going to a Yellowstone Science conference for my job but am also hoping to use it as an opportunity to help in the grad search process. Networking is very intimidating 😬 and I gotta put my brave face on!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@BrennaJCassidy Amazing! I would love that thank you!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@TrevorABranch I would have loved to learn more about how to know what quantitative analysis you should do to answer certain questions (or when you don’t know, how do you find out). I could apply stats on assignments but moving to creating my own research, I’m clueless!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@jameslywildlife @TrevorABranch Preach!!! Also would have preferred to use R instead of Program MARK or PRESENCE! Could have saved headache hours on my independent research.

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@Dreelin4birds Good luck!!

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@MarkyMutchler Same! I’ve considered applying but now am freaked out about reviewers!

[ZNelson et al.🔬🦟 @zephnelson]

Dear future supervisor/advisor/PI be who you needed when you were a PhD student #phdlife #phdchat @PhDVoice

[Elena Stacy @ElenaEcon]

I did not win an NSF GRFP.

I want to share this particular review; I'm not sure what to say about it.

[Cameron Piper @cap1096]

@corvidresearch Wow!! Your underwater photography is so good! When I was working on Rota I could never fully capture how beautiful the reefs were!!