@sandraemry

Data science and teaching postdoc @ UBC | also a mom 👦👶🦮, runner 🏃‍♀️, & scuba diver 🤿

 Vancouver, British Columbia
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Joined April 2014
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I'm giving a guest lecture on plasticity in algae in a few weeks. What neat things should I talk about? Let me know if you or someone you know is currently doing research in this area!
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Over the moon excited that today is Day 1 of my new postdoctoral fellowship with @CIEEICEE Living Data Project, based at @ubcscience. This position encompasses so many of my passions – research, data science, teaching, and history. (1/2)
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I dabbled with the idea of being a librarian once a upon a time; I loved the concept of preserving historical records to be read and used by future generations. Feeling grateful to find a position so perfectly suited to my interests. (2/2)
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What’s a PhD defence day without your two year old waking up in the middle of the night sick 🤒 #momlife #phdlife
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PhD thesis submitted ✅ On to the defence!
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Lessons from formatting my thesis: fix the citations when you FIRST download them into zotero
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Just gonna drop this here for those who need a reminder which approaches have the greatest potential for net emissions reductions... from that controversial source, the IPCC (AR6 WG3 2022).
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I wrote my PhD acknowledgements and I am a puddle 🥺🫠💧 #gettingclose
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I promise I’m not trying to eavesdrop 🫣but I overheard a man saying it’s near impossible to do a PhD & have kids at the same time. And that women should wait to have a family until we graduate. I had two kids during my PhD, in year 1 and year 3. (1/2)
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I did ALL of my lab & field work either pregnant or w/ my kids tagging along. Yes, it was hard. But supervisors should be more supportive. It’s easy to lose perspective of challenges we overcome, but feeling pretty damn proud of myself, a couple months out from defending (2/2)
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Anyone able to offer an online Java course, in English, free to a Ukrainian refugee? Yulia was a hydrologist in Ukraine until she had to flee. She is now cleaning houses to get by as she tries to teach herself Java, but needs a proper course. Please RT.
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Setting my “it has been 20 days since I last received a phone call to stop working and come pick up a sick child from school” sign back to 0 today.
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I have an interview for a postdoc in a couple weeks and would love any advice on how best to prepare for it. 🙏🏼 @PhDchatter #postdoc #interviewadvice
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Last week I likely taught my last class as a TA during my PhD & I’m feeling more emotional about it that I thought I would. I didn’t expect to enjoy teaching nearly as much as I have. I’ll miss getting to know new students & I hope I made a positive impression on @ least 1 person
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PSA to any moms who are planning out their dissertation writing timeline: remember to factor in that each child will be sick and off school for a min. of 2 days/week. And always at opposite times from each other. #momademia #phdchat
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I haven’t been in the field for a while, so for #phycologyfriday here’s a picture of some Fucus distichus wrack covered in Lepas Pacifica - a pelagic species of gooseneck barnacle. We are using the barnacle sizes and their published growth rates to estimate drift time (1/2)
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Using estimates of drift time, we hope to use biophysical modelling to make some hindcast projections as to where the fucus originated, and better understand population connectivity in a species with limited dispersal (2/2)
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Just submitted an abstract to S13 - detectability of non-linearities, abrupt shifts and tipping points in marine ecosystems, at @eccwo next April. Who else is going?
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I was lucky enough to be nominated for this month’s BioNews TA spotlight at UBC (thanks @funnyfishes 😀), and one of the Qs asked was how does my background influence my TA experience. (1/2)
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So I thought I’d give a shout out to 2 fantastic TAs that I had during undergrad that have shaped how I teach, so thanks to @JoeyBernhardt and Melissa Guzman for your thoughtful and engaging approach to TAing. (2/2)
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