Miles Maxcer

Note: account rarely active due to changes at Twitter.

PhD student at @UF & @UFEntomology’s Lucky Lab. 🐜, scicomm, policy, & storytelling. He/him.

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

I am thrilled to share that I’m joining @Aluckymyrmex’s lab at @UFEntomology! I will set off to explore ant ecology with an equal focus on developing #scicomm & Ed methods to share the alien world of the undergrowth with everyone.

[Andrea Lucky @Aluckymyrmex]

Exciting times in the #LuckyLab! Welcome to @MilesMaxcer who is joining my team for his PhD. Looking forward to working with you on #ants, #SciComm, and #EntoEd! More about Miles here: https://t.co/zjauSnMxGs. #UFBugs

[Alberto Lopez @al_lopeztorres]

Special thanks to @MilesMaxcer & company from the @Aluckymyrmex Lab! We had an amazing @FloridaMuseum #MuseumInTheParks #MuseoEnLosParques program! Participants from Children Beyond Our Borders (and I 😎 ) learned so much about ants!! #InclusiveScicomm

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

An accomplished @NatGeo Explorer and photographer, my great uncle Emory was an inspiration. His stunning photographs documented humanity’s first forays into the darkest depths of the seas, including the 1985 rediscovery of the Titanic. He will be missed!

[DeeperBlue.com @deeperblue]

“With sad hearts, we call attention to the passing of Dr. Emory Kristof.” https://t.co/8yTUiJaWgh

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

@AlondraNelson46 @WHOSTP @WhiteHouse @NSF Thank you!!

[Reuters @Reuters]

As human activities rapidly transform the planet, the global insect population is declining at an unprecedented rate of up to 2% per year. Amid deforestation, pesticide use, artificial light pollution and climate change, these critters are struggling https://t.co/adUC891HTb

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

@ArthropodAbbey @gitfpodcast @gitfpodcast I can vouch for Abbey’s awesomeness!

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

President Biden celebrated the youth turnout during this year’s midterm election, saying America’s youngest voters participated in historic numbers again, just as they did two years ago. https://t.co/il56wBPodd

[Magdalena Skipper @Magda_Skipper]

Nature’s survey of PhD students & postgraduates this year survey should set loud alarm bells ringing - PhD scholars & early-career researchers need to be paid properly; the cost-of-living crisis is a fundamental threat to future generation of researchers https://t.co/iSYMEoKPUd

[Andrea Lucky @Aluckymyrmex]

🐜🐜 ANTomologists… who will be at #EntSoc22 this year? Is there an 🐜🐜 + myrmecophiles social planned yet? Looking forward to seeing you! @SysEB_Entsoc

[UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology @UFEntNem]

A photo of an ant from @NikonSmallWorld Photography Competition has gone viral for its menacing look. Graduate research fellow, @MilesMaxcer from @Aluckymyrmex lab, weighs in on this image of the carpenter ant. https://t.co/z0ljrMQGvj
#UFBugs #Kavaliauskas

[Andrea Lucky @Aluckymyrmex]

Lucky Lab costume for Halloween: 1980s hair band. Thanks team! You all are a lot of fun. #UFBugs

[UF IFAS @UF_IFAS]

.@MilesMaxcer of @UFEntNem and Eugenijus Kavaliauskas, photographer of this viral image of a carpenter ant, find beauty in this close-up of an "instrumental organism." Twitter users found terror. https://t.co/Ko0Fqn4xxo

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

@realDailyAnt @CNN Nice work, @realDailyAnt! I got to provide a passionate defense of ants in this article with @washingtonpost!
https://t.co/vTaOVOHSA8

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

It was great to speak with the @washingtonpost about how truly awesome ants are. I gave a passionate defense of carpenter ants after this picture went viral, threatening perceptions of ants; the little things that run the world. 🐜🐜🐜

https://t.co/vTaOVOHSA8

[The Ant Network 🐜 @AntNetworkSM]

It’s time to set the record straight: ants are downright cute!

@MilesMaxcer joined @washingtonpost’s @marialuisapaulr to talk all about ants and the critical roles they play in terrestrial ecosystems around the world.

[White House Office of Science & Technology Policy @WHOSTP]

Two words for today's announcement: game. changing.

Now, millions of Americans can easily access hearing aids over-the-counter. Another win for communities across the country.

[The Ant Network 🐜 @AntNetworkSM]

Have you found a queen ant but aren’t sure what to do with her? Check out our video tutorial with @MilesMaxcer here: https://t.co/t6qKv9ApOk

[Miles Maxcer @MilesMaxcer]

@CorrieMoreau @CornellCALS Congrats, Corrie! What an amazing opportunity to do good.

[The Recount @therecount]

"What century are we in? ... I respect everyone's view on this ... but, my lord. We're talking about contraception here."

— President Biden calls attention to the situation in Idaho, where currently college students are being denied access to contraception by their schools.