Dr. Kylla Benes

mentor | educator | wordsmith | ecologist ---- Director, External Scholarships & Fellowships @umontana

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

A miniature forest of Ulva intestinalis making oxygen in a sunny tidepool #photosynthesis #seaweed #shoalsmarinelab

[Carly Kenkel @DrCarlsHorn]

PI's in Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio recruiting grad students for Fall 2025 - this is your reminder to advertise broadly! Enter your position info here: https://t.co/Fn1LRAA5Ip… Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: https://t.co/Nrz9e2kx0M

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

UM is looking for it's next Director of Undergraduate Research - apply if you're passionate about support young scholars and artists, and want to work with a great team in an awesome place! @umontana https://t.co/IrJ3v5h3lW

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@alybputnam @sakrejda Related to this suggestion - the federal government has a "pathways" program for current students and recent graduates at many different levels of entry. I have a few friends take this route into the National Park Service as research associates/directors.

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

Love my students! They make my job the best!

[Mariah Thomas @mariaht917]

Love this story from the @MontanaKaimin about @KMBenes. https://t.co/1ap9AHAnXn Not even mentioned are @BeaFrissell and her amazing achievements winning Truman and Marshall scholarships, along with many semifinalists for the Truman and a Mitchell finalist since she took over.

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@mariaht917 @MontanaKaimin @BeaFrissell Thank you so much for the kind words, Mariah! You, Bea, Kolter, and ALL the students I work with make my job the best <3

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

My job is the best! It's an honor and a privilege to work with such amazing students!

[University of Montana @umontana]

Kolter Stevenson, from Amsterdam, Montana, has been named a Rhodes Scholar @rhodes_trust, the 1st time in 30 yrs a UM student has been awarded arguably the top fellowship in the world👏 The entire state of #MT celebrates this remarkable accomplishment!

👉 https://t.co/npTMNlF3A5

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@EcoEvoLab So great!

[Oregon Sea Grant @OregonSeaGrant]

Oregon Sea Grant is accepting applications from current & recent grad students for the following:
-Malouf scholarship. Apply by July 28. https://t.co/VJiwJEepoM
-Natural resource policy fellowship & West Coast Ocean Alliance fellowship. Deadline: July 10. https://t.co/UJmnNzPVbz

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

This is amazing and ridiculous

[Seaweed Scotland @SeaweedScotland]

Seaweed acts as a bioremediation tool, and while people might think it's slimy and smelly, it provides a valuable service for the ocean

https://t.co/sOu7Br810i

[Nora Mabie @NoraMabie]

NEW: Members of Montana's American Indian Caucus described this legislative session as "terrible," "partisan" and "the worst yet."

The caucus faced blatant and subtle racism in the halls of the Capitol, in elevators and on the House and Senate floors. https://t.co/RoY4iR5HEC

[Olivia Milloway (she/her) @olivia_milloway]

Check out Sea to Trees, a podcast I created with @SchoodicInst at @AcadiaNPS that tells the stories of the science happening in and around Acadia, from the rocky shoreline to the evergreen forests to the granite mountaintops. (1/4)
https://t.co/DNtNzUIUjb

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@ZoAndBehold I'm curious - does "different terms" include changes in price of rent or fees?

[Atomic Hands @AtomicHands]

Today’s #STEMsigns are state, matter, solid, liquid, gas, melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation, sublimation, and deposition!

#STEMsigns #deaf #stemeducation #stem

[Wilson Criscione @Wilsoncriscione]

When a small study raised alarms about a "potential public health emergency" due to mining in Butte, Mont., the EPA in 2019 attacked the study's authors. And emails reveal EPA officials did so in coordination with the mining company itself. https://t.co/GE0tPCmA9b

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@sjdimitroff @umontana Welcome to UM!

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@CaldwellAliya I haven't directly dealt with this (Montana never has snow days!) but if classes are canceled and the campus is "closed" I would assume any work, meetings, etc. would be canceled too. But it never hurts to check in and verify :)

[Mariah Thomas @mariaht917]

this story is quite possibly my last feature for the @MontanaKaimin. give it a read — important stuff!
feeling nostalgic as things are winding down for my time at UM, but as always, I am so thankful for everyone who’s supported our work for the last few years.

[Dr. Kylla Benes @KMBenes]

@mariaht917 @MontanaKaimin Awesome work Mariah! 👏👏👏

[University of Montana @umontana]

Congrats to Christopher Preston, a @umontana professor who earned a major national award for his ability to bring philosophy to the masses 👏His new book, "Tenacious Beasts," also publishes this month.
https://t.co/niCzywuNrM #GoGriz #UM #Umontana #UMT