Forest health professional. Parent. Mental health advocate. He/him
Oregon
Joined May 2012
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I’m excited to share this @USDA_ARS post-doc opportunity in Ithaca, New York. The fellow will join my lab and the @BushleyKathryn lab to broadly investigate insect killing fungi via comparative genomics. Please consider applying and share widely! 🍄 🧬 💻 zintellect.com/Opportunity/D…
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Blue ash thriving in the aftermath of emerald ash borer. #eab #invasivespecies
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Job alert!
We're looking for a seed bank manager to help us establish a new seed bank @holdenarboretum and develop #restoration partnerships in the region. #HoldenScience
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In our study published today in @ScienceMagazine, we provide a proof of concept for the potential use of ancient microbes as a source for developing new drugs by synthesising previously unknown metabolites from reconstructed gene clusters. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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The University of Minnesota report marks the first time a major U.S. university has critically examined its history with Native people ictnews.org/news/report-univ…
So far today we have had distinct showers of snow, rain, sleet, and hail, interspersed with bright sunshine
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White, male state workers in Oregon out-earn workers of color and women – and ‘pay equity’ raises widened racial gaps oregonlive.com/politics/2023…
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Why do ash trees break up and become hazardous soon after emerald ash borer attack? New paper just out describing the aggressive pioneer white rot fungi associated with borer attack. Sound ash wood on left, decayed ash wood on right. mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/3/576
Shortly after I moved to Oregon the 2020 Labor Day fires made international news, turned skies blood red and ultimately took the lives of 9 people. Today I read an economic assessment of impacts to the Oregon forestry sector. oregonforests.org/2020-labor…
The figure is $5B, affecting so many different stakeholders: small and large landowners, operators, mills, truckers, and the communities to which they belong.
After 6 professionally challenging years as a #SerialPostDoc in 3 states, I'm excited to begin a permanent position with @ORDeptForestry. 1/7
More information about the Private Forest Accord, including monitoring, can be found here oregon.gov/odf/Pages/private… 6/7
This is my first job outside academia in over a decade. I would be happy to discuss my journey with others #AltAcChats #AltAc #DataAnalytics #policy #government 7/7
David Showalter retweeted
3+ years into a pandemic, the general public is still generally confused about what to do when they test positive for COVID19.
So let me walk you through what I, an infectious disease epidemiologist public health nurse, am doing since I tested positive on a rapid antigen today.
ALT Photograph of a COVID19 rapid antigen test that shows results indicating a positive result. In the foreground is a hand wearing two rings making the thumbs down gesture to indicate the epidemiologist's extreme displeasure at the situation.