Just announced I’m the cover of UNC Research’s magazine!

Check out the full issue (and my story) here: research.unc.edu/story/unc-re...

@unc-emes.bsky.social @unc-ie.bsky.social

Rarely out here unless for work now. Woe is the life of a coastal ecologist

Recently, #UNC research headed down to the coast the film me and my work on living shorelines. Thankful for the spotlight and excited to continue and improve the work. #goheels 🐏

Check out the full story: endeavors.unc.edu/marine-cross...

#phd #research #coast #northcarolina #marinescience

Abstract submission for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting is being extended until Tuesday, April 22. Plan to join us in San Antonio, August 10-14, and browse our wide array of symposia sessions and continuing education courses: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org.

#FieldworkFriday
This newly installed "living shoreline" at the NC Rachel Carson Reserve sure seems to have attracted some living things

#biodiversity #intertidal #NC #marinescience

Gonna be speaking this Friday at the Benthic Ecology Meeting on how large-scale, natural #reefs 🦪 influence spatial patterns of #predation on benthic fauna in neighboring habitats
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Can we use this info to determine whether restored reefs function like lost, natural reefs?

#bem2025

There are less than two weeks left to submit your abstract for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting in San Antonio! Make plans to join us August 10-14 for a great line-up of symposia sessions, including Black Bass 2025. Submit your abstract by Tuesday, April 15: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/call-for-abs...

Happy #Friday to this crab cozied-up in some sea lettuce

📢 CERF 2025 is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations! Don’t miss this chance to share your research and insights at the 28th Biennial Conference! Learn more at 🔗conference.cerf.science #CERF2025 #EstuarineScience #CallForAbstracts

Happy first day of #spring 🌸🌿

Featuring a cricket frog, Chinese wisteria (pretty but invasive), bumble bee, and eastern red bud

#FieldworkFriday

Working on a project to track predatory fish 🦈 at large-scale living shoreline sills with #acoustictelemetry /tagging

I’ll present on my intertidal range tests next week @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
tidewater meeting

Funded by: NC Collaboratory and NC Coastal Federation

Applications are being accepted for grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 through the North Carolina Trails Program, and for up to $5,000 for funds through the trail program’s safety and education grant, N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced Thursday.
coastalreview.org/2025/03/nc-t...

The intertidal zone can be a scary place…for me anyways

***volume warning 📢😅

#scallop #STEM #research #PhD #marinescience

Happy #WorldSeagrassDay

Missing ☀️warm days out on the water…

I’m still on the water, I’m just freezing my 🍑 off
#PhD #research #BeachLife #fieldwork

Hey Bluesky. My name is Alexis, and welcome to my life/research on the NC coast

#marinescience #ecology #STEM #PhDlife #womeninresearch #goheels