Summary: Are river scientists recruited from river guiding? Listen in to hear about barriers faced by underrepresented groups in guiding and how guiding connects to public education and becoming a scientist. Cover photo credit: Alexa People: Maddie Friend, fluvial geomorphologist and former river guide Alexa Young-Yee Spielhagen, cultural anthropologist...
This month’s podcast features Dr. Jonathan Tonkin discussing his recent work on explaining and predicting freshwater biodiversity patterns using quantitative and computational approaches. Jonathan Tonkin is a postdoctoral associate at Oregon State University. His work explores the mechanisms controlling biodiversity in dynamic systems, at community...
This month’s podcast features Arial Shogren discussing the challenges and benefits of using environmental DNA as a tool and her research on how particles like it move through streams. Arial Shogren is a doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame where her research focuses on understanding how novel particles, like environmental DNA (eDNA) and...
This month’s podcast features 2016 Hynes Award winner Dr. Erin Hotchkiss discussing her work on the fate of carbon in aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Erin Hotchkiss is an ecosystem ecologist who uses empirical data and statistical models to understand how land-water interactions and ecosystem processes shape the transport, transformation, and fate of carbon and...
This month’s podcast features Dr. Amanda Subalusky discussing how migrations of large animals can introduce nutrient and energy subsidies into river systems and her research on the importance of subsidies from wildebeests and hippopotamuses to the Mara River in East Africa. Dr. Amanda Subalusky is a postdoctoral scientist at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies...
In this month’s episode, Stephen Cook explains what eutrophication is and why it matters for benthic macroinvertrebrates in streams. He also talks about what it was like to work on a project with direct policy implications. Stephen Cook is a Doctoral Candidate at Baylor University, and uses natural experiments to understand drivers of biodiversity at multiple...
Making Waves Ep. 31: Inclusive Teaching in Biology. Sarah Jones, Alex Webster, and Dr. Ash Zemenick In this month’s episode, we talk with the creators of the inclusive teaching workshop that was held at the 2018 SFS meeting in Detroit. Specifically the workshop focused on teaching about gender and sexual reproduction inclusively and accurately in biology. If you...
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 🎉 All month long, Girls Who Code is celebrating the history and culture of incredible AAPI leaders who are making waves in STEM. Here are just a few you should know. Angelina Tsuboi was raised by a single mother from Japan who struggled to learn English. At age 16, this inspired her to create Lilac, an app...
Making Waves Ep. 32: Flathead Lake Biological Station. Dr. Jim Elser. In this month’s episode, we talk with Jim Elser, the director of the University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station, about the station’s history and current role in freshwater biology. Dr Jim Elser is director of the University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station, Bierman...
Making Waves Ep. 33: Fresh Ideas for Teaching Freshwater Science Part 1. This month, we’re releasing a four-part series on tips and tricks for teaching in the freshwater sciences from educators at different institutions. This first episode in the series features Whitney Beck, a PhD candidate at Colorado State University. Whitney’s research focuses on how...