Tara Magnolia Smiley

Evolutionary paleoecologist & biogeographer, Assistant Professor @sbuEcoEvo. Studying responses to landscape & climate across spatio-temporal scales. she/her

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Very excited to share our new paper in @ScienceAdvances integrating geologic and fossil records to understand how mountain building generates and maintains high biodiversity in the past! Thanks to a great team of collaborators!

[Science Advances @ScienceAdvances]

Researchers find that peaks in mammal diversity match high tectonic strain rates and elevation changes in the Basin and Range Province of western North America. Increased topography changes have driven mammal speciation over the past 30 million years. https://t.co/UnwjYUL7bX

[SBU Ecology & Evolution @sbuEcoEvo]

Stony Brook University is hiring! E&E and IACS are seeking applicants for a joint faculty position in climate change and biodiversity. Check out the link and spread the word! https://t.co/9iKqHRoZxx

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Great GSA session so far on the Co-evolution of climate, landscapes and terrestrial ecosystems (T62)! Thanks to the session organizers. I'll be sharing soon about Basin and Range topography, climate and mammal diversity! #GSA2020
https://t.co/wmREK2tOEx

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

First day of classes! So excited to be joining Stony Brook University's Dept of Ecology and Evolution and Turkana Basin Institute as a new assistant professor! Looking forward to building a research program and community here.

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Excited to work with this amazing team of #WomenInStem! Check out our paper if you are interested in building (paleo) simulations of your own!

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Excited to share @IU_EAS Anne Kort’s intro tutorials for working with digital 3D data of fossils with open source software. Please check it out!

Thx for early wisdom @Evuz12 @KolmannMA @Fishguy_FHL @Cottus_rex and funding @NSF #PRFB and @Prepared4Change!

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[Bearded Lady Project @beardedladyproj]

A very happy #InternationalWomenInScienceDay In honor of all of the outstanding women, we are making The Bearded Lady Project documentary short film available to the public for 48 hours starting now! Feel free to share our story https://t.co/oFD9sn49Yz

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

So excited to see our Multi-dimensional Biodiversity Hotspots paper in @GEB_macro out in Early View! Thanks @pascal_title, Miriam Zelditch and Rebecca Terry!

https://t.co/CGlcy6Qpds

[Science @ IU @IUScienceNews]

IU biologist Alex Jahn of @Prepared4Change is studying the migration patterns of birds on the @IUBloomington campus -- and beyond -- to learn more about environmental change in Indiana. Details: https://t.co/sfeDa9TiOa

[NARLEE @NARLEErodents]

A baby gopher tortoise!

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Katie toured us through the Barstow Formation in Owl Canyon.

[Brian Yanites @GeomorphYuggs]

Biogeomorph in action! #slowmo @NARLEErodents

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Greeted by desert primrose as we go Kangaroo Rat spotting at Crescent Dunes, Tonopah! ⁦⁦@NARLEErodents⁩

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Thanks Katie Talbott for a super fun conversation and a great write-up! You're a fantastic scientist and science communicator!

[ScIU @ScIUBlog]

Take a peek at some special #artifacts from the past that help us predict how #climate and #environmental change can impact organisms in the future @Prepared4Change @IUImpact

Newest blog post is up: https://t.co/3CPnERkiJS

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Fantastic field trip to the Santa Fe Group in the Española Basin of northern New Mexico! Beautiful vistas and amazing Miocene fossils to kick off the 2018 SVP conference... thank you to our awesome field trip leaders! #2018SVP

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Fantastic 10 days of scanning John Day fossil rodents at UW Friday Harbor Labs thanks to @Fishguy_FHL and @Evuz12! Also, thanks to @KolmannMA and @scutisorex for training me! #ScanAllFishes #ScanAllRodents #FossilFriday

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

Excited to have my article featured in Paleobiology this month! https://t.co/8EqAkcQjBd

[CambUP Earth and Environmental Science @CambUP_EarthSci]

New #Paleobiology blog post "Testing the #fossil record" by Tara Smiley , post-doctoral fellow at Oregon State University - read it at https://t.co/BruVC8lAXP

[Tara Magnolia Smiley @taramagnolia]

John Day Fossil Beds to Friday Harbor Labs... here's to research in beautiful places!