Ale Martínez Blancas
@alemtzb.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at UT El Paso. Ecóloga vegetal/Plant Ecologist (she/her/ella). Key words: Species Interactions, Coexistence, Grasslands, Drylands.
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Ale Martínez Blancas
@alemtzb.bsky.social
· Oct 29
RaMP
www.utep.edu
Are you a recent grad interested in global change?
Check out the ROADS program at UTEP: www.utep.edu/science/ramp/
I will be co-advising a student with Dr. Liz LaRue.
The project will combine a water competition experiment and remote sensing at Jornada Experimental Range.
Reach out with questions!
Check out the ROADS program at UTEP: www.utep.edu/science/ramp/
I will be co-advising a student with Dr. Liz LaRue.
The project will combine a water competition experiment and remote sensing at Jornada Experimental Range.
Reach out with questions!
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Let's talk about "grumpy lab person". Many labs have them. With an eye to keeping science at its most rigorous, they cross the line into criticism that's too harsh. They are the ones who risk killing your scientific spirit. They are reviewer 2. /1
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Let's talk about "grumpy lab person". Many labs have them. With an eye to keeping science at its most rigorous, they cross the line into criticism that's too harsh. They are the ones who risk killing your scientific spirit. They are reviewer 2. /1
When it rains in the desert 🥹
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
When it rains in the desert 🥹
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Inspired in this iconic Guarda course, a group of four Latin American researchers organized the South American version: #EvoSur. The masterminds behind this amazing idea: Paco Majic (Uruguay) @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera (Colombia), Caua Westmann (Brasil) and Ana Maria Agapito (Perú).
The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
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December 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Inspired in this iconic Guarda course, a group of four Latin American researchers organized the South American version: #EvoSur. The masterminds behind this amazing idea: Paco Majic (Uruguay) @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera (Colombia), Caua Westmann (Brasil) and Ana Maria Agapito (Perú).
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Here is a little natural history observation that my brother and I made in the farm were we grew up and joined forces with Emilie Snell-Rood to help us make sense of the pattern.
Honeybees Collecting Latex From Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) in Puerto Rico Reveal a Novel Interaction With Broad Eco‐Evolutionary Implications
This article showcases a unique natural history observation of honeybees collecting latex from the breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis), both nonnative species in Puerto Rico. This represents a uniqu...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Here is a little natural history observation that my brother and I made in the farm were we grew up and joined forces with Emilie Snell-Rood to help us make sense of the pattern.
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it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
December 14, 2023 at 10:35 AM
it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
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VERY excited to start my own lab today at @IISERPune!
Please check out our new website and keep an eye out for some cool #tropical #savanna #ecology research
sites.google.com/view/nsel/ho...
Please check out our new website and keep an eye out for some cool #tropical #savanna #ecology research
sites.google.com/view/nsel/ho...
Nerlekar Savanna Ecology Lab
Welcome to our brand new lab at IISER Pune, India!
We are on a curiosity-driven mission to understand the complex drivers of biodiversity and to provide solutions for halting the ongoing global biodi...
sites.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
VERY excited to start my own lab today at @IISERPune!
Please check out our new website and keep an eye out for some cool #tropical #savanna #ecology research
sites.google.com/view/nsel/ho...
Please check out our new website and keep an eye out for some cool #tropical #savanna #ecology research
sites.google.com/view/nsel/ho...
I'm so excited to see this super interesting work published! It connects history and grasslands. How cool is that?! I can't wait to read it. Congrats @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social !!
🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm so excited to see this super interesting work published! It connects history and grasslands. How cool is that?! I can't wait to read it. Congrats @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social !!
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🚨¡Esto es mañana! ¡No te lo pierdas!
🚨This is tomorrow! Don’t miss it!
🚨É amanhã! Não perca!
🚨This is tomorrow! Don’t miss it!
🚨É amanhã! Não perca!
¡Acompáñanos en el próximo seminario de Con-Ciencia en las Américas! 🌎
🌳 Dinámicas del cambio global en bosques tropicales
🗓 Martes, 18 de Nov | 🕛 12:00 PM ET
🔗 En vivo por YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9t...
💬 Envía tus preguntas y suscríbete: forms.gle/UDTPBN9rQLcL...
🌳 Dinámicas del cambio global en bosques tropicales
🗓 Martes, 18 de Nov | 🕛 12:00 PM ET
🔗 En vivo por YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9t...
💬 Envía tus preguntas y suscríbete: forms.gle/UDTPBN9rQLcL...
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨¡Esto es mañana! ¡No te lo pierdas!
🚨This is tomorrow! Don’t miss it!
🚨É amanhã! Não perca!
🚨This is tomorrow! Don’t miss it!
🚨É amanhã! Não perca!
This looks like a really cool opportunity that combines research and teaching with an amazing mentor!
The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program
🌎🧪🌳🍁
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This looks like a really cool opportunity that combines research and teaching with an amazing mentor!
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Was reminded on a beautiful trip to the Klamath River today how intensely we would love to collaborate with folks studying pollinators in this space. Amazing restoration of the reservoirs with so much going on. N CA and OR pollinator peeps, we have veg data and would love to chat!
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Was reminded on a beautiful trip to the Klamath River today how intensely we would love to collaborate with folks studying pollinators in this space. Amazing restoration of the reservoirs with so much going on. N CA and OR pollinator peeps, we have veg data and would love to chat!
Are you a recent grad interested in global change?
Check out the ROADS program at UTEP: www.utep.edu/science/ramp/
I will be co-advising a student with Dr. Liz LaRue.
The project will combine a water competition experiment and remote sensing at Jornada Experimental Range.
Reach out with questions!
Check out the ROADS program at UTEP: www.utep.edu/science/ramp/
I will be co-advising a student with Dr. Liz LaRue.
The project will combine a water competition experiment and remote sensing at Jornada Experimental Range.
Reach out with questions!
RaMP
www.utep.edu
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Are you a recent grad interested in global change?
Check out the ROADS program at UTEP: www.utep.edu/science/ramp/
I will be co-advising a student with Dr. Liz LaRue.
The project will combine a water competition experiment and remote sensing at Jornada Experimental Range.
Reach out with questions!
Check out the ROADS program at UTEP: www.utep.edu/science/ramp/
I will be co-advising a student with Dr. Liz LaRue.
The project will combine a water competition experiment and remote sensing at Jornada Experimental Range.
Reach out with questions!
Reposted by Ale Martínez Blancas
Canopy which is an amazing urban forestry organization in EPA, CA is hiring a full-time Bilingual Environmental Educator, check out the job posting and the amazing work that Canopy does here: canopy.org/about-us/jobs/
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Canopy which is an amazing urban forestry organization in EPA, CA is hiring a full-time Bilingual Environmental Educator, check out the job posting and the amazing work that Canopy does here: canopy.org/about-us/jobs/
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Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
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🌎 Meet the 2025-26 ESA–LAC Chapter Board! 🌱
We’re here to spotlight the incredible research and voices of LatinX ecologists - collaborating, innovating, and breaking barriers together! 💫
Let’s connect, share ideas, and grow a more inclusive ecological community. 💚
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
We’re here to spotlight the incredible research and voices of LatinX ecologists - collaborating, innovating, and breaking barriers together! 💫
Let’s connect, share ideas, and grow a more inclusive ecological community. 💚
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🌎 Meet the 2025-26 ESA–LAC Chapter Board! 🌱
We’re here to spotlight the incredible research and voices of LatinX ecologists - collaborating, innovating, and breaking barriers together! 💫
Let’s connect, share ideas, and grow a more inclusive ecological community. 💚
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
We’re here to spotlight the incredible research and voices of LatinX ecologists - collaborating, innovating, and breaking barriers together! 💫
Let’s connect, share ideas, and grow a more inclusive ecological community. 💚
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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¡Acompáñanos en el próximo webinar de Con-Ciencia en las Américas!
Este mes aprenderemos sobre variabilidad y adaptación en ecosistemas de agua dulce.💦
📅 miércoles Oct 15 | ⏰ 12 PM ET
Para más info y acceder al Youtube Live: forms.gle/LDxcancxbMUL...
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social #LatinxInSTEM
Este mes aprenderemos sobre variabilidad y adaptación en ecosistemas de agua dulce.💦
📅 miércoles Oct 15 | ⏰ 12 PM ET
Para más info y acceder al Youtube Live: forms.gle/LDxcancxbMUL...
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social #LatinxInSTEM
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
¡Acompáñanos en el próximo webinar de Con-Ciencia en las Américas!
Este mes aprenderemos sobre variabilidad y adaptación en ecosistemas de agua dulce.💦
📅 miércoles Oct 15 | ⏰ 12 PM ET
Para más info y acceder al Youtube Live: forms.gle/LDxcancxbMUL...
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social #LatinxInSTEM
Este mes aprenderemos sobre variabilidad y adaptación en ecosistemas de agua dulce.💦
📅 miércoles Oct 15 | ⏰ 12 PM ET
Para más info y acceder al Youtube Live: forms.gle/LDxcancxbMUL...
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social #LatinxInSTEM
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Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow!
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
eeb.msu.edu
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow!
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
I'm looking for 1-2 PhD/Master's students to start in my lab in the fall of 2026.
Are you interested in studying plant interactions, species coexistence or community recovery after disturbance in arid environments? Details below!
Email me with questions and please share widely!!
🌱🌾🌵🏜️
Are you interested in studying plant interactions, species coexistence or community recovery after disturbance in arid environments? Details below!
Email me with questions and please share widely!!
🌱🌾🌵🏜️
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm looking for 1-2 PhD/Master's students to start in my lab in the fall of 2026.
Are you interested in studying plant interactions, species coexistence or community recovery after disturbance in arid environments? Details below!
Email me with questions and please share widely!!
🌱🌾🌵🏜️
Are you interested in studying plant interactions, species coexistence or community recovery after disturbance in arid environments? Details below!
Email me with questions and please share widely!!
🌱🌾🌵🏜️
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New paper out in @agu.org Geophysical Research Letters (GRL): "Underestimation of Historical Terrestrial Water Storage Droughts in Global Water Models"
Read here: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
#Hydrology #WaterResources #TWS #droughts #Water #Modeling #GRACE
@yadupokhrel.bsky.social
Read here: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
#Hydrology #WaterResources #TWS #droughts #Water #Modeling #GRACE
@yadupokhrel.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New paper out in @agu.org Geophysical Research Letters (GRL): "Underestimation of Historical Terrestrial Water Storage Droughts in Global Water Models"
Read here: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
#Hydrology #WaterResources #TWS #droughts #Water #Modeling #GRACE
@yadupokhrel.bsky.social
Read here: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
#Hydrology #WaterResources #TWS #droughts #Water #Modeling #GRACE
@yadupokhrel.bsky.social
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Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
eeb.msu.edu
August 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Wonderful talk by @saltyecoevo.bsky.social about his exciting work on chemical ecology and urban biodiversity patterns across the Americas #DataObservatory #UMayor
September 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Wonderful talk by @saltyecoevo.bsky.social about his exciting work on chemical ecology and urban biodiversity patterns across the Americas #DataObservatory #UMayor
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✨ If you missed our first CON-CIENCIA EN LAS AMÉRICAS webinar, you can now watch it on our YouTube channel! 🎥
👉 youtu.be/7r4soRULUjk?...
Learn about birds and global change with Drs. Adrianne Tossas and Tomás Carlo. 🐦🌎
#GlobalChange #Ornithology #LatinAmerica
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
👉 youtu.be/7r4soRULUjk?...
Learn about birds and global change with Drs. Adrianne Tossas and Tomás Carlo. 🐦🌎
#GlobalChange #Ornithology #LatinAmerica
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
ConCiencia LAC: ornitología y conservación en el trópico
YouTube video by Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter ESA
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
✨ If you missed our first CON-CIENCIA EN LAS AMÉRICAS webinar, you can now watch it on our YouTube channel! 🎥
👉 youtu.be/7r4soRULUjk?...
Learn about birds and global change with Drs. Adrianne Tossas and Tomás Carlo. 🐦🌎
#GlobalChange #Ornithology #LatinAmerica
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
👉 youtu.be/7r4soRULUjk?...
Learn about birds and global change with Drs. Adrianne Tossas and Tomás Carlo. 🐦🌎
#GlobalChange #Ornithology #LatinAmerica
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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🚨 ¡En 1 semana! No te lo pierdas 🌎🌿
In 1 week! Don’t miss it 🌎🌿
Em 1 semana! Não perca 🌎🌿
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In 1 week! Don’t miss it 🌎🌿
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🚨¡Anuncio especial!🚨
El 17-sept-2025 relanzamos Con-Ciencia en Las Américas, una serie mensual de webinars en español sobre ecología y cambio global en América Latina y el Caribe 🌎🌿.
¡Acompáñanos y ayuda a correr la voz!
Envía tus preguntas aquí: forms.gle/ZBL2B637X8Fc...
El 17-sept-2025 relanzamos Con-Ciencia en Las Américas, una serie mensual de webinars en español sobre ecología y cambio global en América Latina y el Caribe 🌎🌿.
¡Acompáñanos y ayuda a correr la voz!
Envía tus preguntas aquí: forms.gle/ZBL2B637X8Fc...
September 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨 ¡En 1 semana! No te lo pierdas 🌎🌿
In 1 week! Don’t miss it 🌎🌿
Em 1 semana! Não perca 🌎🌿
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In 1 week! Don’t miss it 🌎🌿
Em 1 semana! Não perca 🌎🌿
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I'm super excited to announce that I have started as Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso! I'm looking forward to starting new projects, collaborations and mentoring amazing people! More soon to come! 🌾🌱🌵👩💻
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm super excited to announce that I have started as Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso! I'm looking forward to starting new projects, collaborations and mentoring amazing people! More soon to come! 🌾🌱🌵👩💻