Caroline Farrior
@cfarrior.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
forest dynamics, species coexistence, scaling and complex systems.
The University of Texas at Austin
forest dynamics, species coexistence, scaling and complex systems.
Like math and plant community ecology?
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
The Ecology, Evolution and Behavior graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin is top-10 ranked.
integrativebio.utexas.edu
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Like math and plant community ecology?
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
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We are now accepting apps for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology awards. Deadline is 12/4/2025: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #lifesciences
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are now accepting apps for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology awards. Deadline is 12/4/2025: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #lifesciences
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The nomination deadline for 2026 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social awards is coming up on November 13, 2025! This year we're accepting nominations for the inaugural Bazzaz-Pickett Award for inclusive mentorship in ecology. We'd love to see as many nominations as possible! esa.org/about/awards/
esa.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The nomination deadline for 2026 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social awards is coming up on November 13, 2025! This year we're accepting nominations for the inaugural Bazzaz-Pickett Award for inclusive mentorship in ecology. We'd love to see as many nominations as possible! esa.org/about/awards/
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🌴Cinoglu et al. show that only small-scale disturbances & subsequent competition for light can stabilize the coexistence of demographic groups along the growth-survival and stature-recruitment trade-off axes @cfarrior.bsky.social 🧪🌎
🔍Article: buff.ly/xgNwK4Q
📰Blog: buff.ly/OTa5VvY
🔍Article: buff.ly/xgNwK4Q
📰Blog: buff.ly/OTa5VvY
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌴Cinoglu et al. show that only small-scale disturbances & subsequent competition for light can stabilize the coexistence of demographic groups along the growth-survival and stature-recruitment trade-off axes @cfarrior.bsky.social 🧪🌎
🔍Article: buff.ly/xgNwK4Q
📰Blog: buff.ly/OTa5VvY
🔍Article: buff.ly/xgNwK4Q
📰Blog: buff.ly/OTa5VvY
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Excited that our work on nature-based climate solutions and #NLP is being shared on #TheAcademicMinute on @npr.org — thanks to everyone who made this opportunity possible.
academicminute.org/charlotte-ch...
Shout-out to my co-authors (on BSky): @jterbaugh.bsky.social @berobinson.bsky.social
academicminute.org/charlotte-ch...
Shout-out to my co-authors (on BSky): @jterbaugh.bsky.social @berobinson.bsky.social
Charlotte Chang, Pomona College - Mapping the Local Impacts of Global Nature-Based Carbon Mitigation - The Academic Minute
On Pomona College Week: Natural climate solutions have a role to play in fighting climate change. Charlotte Chang, assistant professor of biology and environmental analysis, explores how. Charlotte Ch...
academicminute.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excited that our work on nature-based climate solutions and #NLP is being shared on #TheAcademicMinute on @npr.org — thanks to everyone who made this opportunity possible.
academicminute.org/charlotte-ch...
Shout-out to my co-authors (on BSky): @jterbaugh.bsky.social @berobinson.bsky.social
academicminute.org/charlotte-ch...
Shout-out to my co-authors (on BSky): @jterbaugh.bsky.social @berobinson.bsky.social
At #ESA2025? Check out my student Xinyi Yan's new theoretical work on plant-soil feedbacks and species coexistence!
"Microbial competition for plant resources leads to multi-stability in plant coexistence outcomes"
Wednesday at 2:45 in BCC 342 (CO2 112)
"Microbial competition for plant resources leads to multi-stability in plant coexistence outcomes"
Wednesday at 2:45 in BCC 342 (CO2 112)
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
At #ESA2025? Check out my student Xinyi Yan's new theoretical work on plant-soil feedbacks and species coexistence!
"Microbial competition for plant resources leads to multi-stability in plant coexistence outcomes"
Wednesday at 2:45 in BCC 342 (CO2 112)
"Microbial competition for plant resources leads to multi-stability in plant coexistence outcomes"
Wednesday at 2:45 in BCC 342 (CO2 112)
Reposted by Caroline Farrior
Applications for the 2026 Stengl-Wyer Scholars Program are open! The program provides up to 3 years of support for talented postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments. Learn more here: utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
August 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Applications for the 2026 Stengl-Wyer Scholars Program are open! The program provides up to 3 years of support for talented postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments. Learn more here: utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
We find stable coexistence of Rüger's tropical tree demographic strategies (slow, fast, short-lived breeders, and long-lived pioneers) in a model with just competition for light and stochastic small-scale disturbances.
Great work, Damla Cinoğlu!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Great work, Damla Cinoğlu!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Small disturbances and subsequent competition for light can maintain a diversity of demographic strategies in a neotropical forest: Results from model–data integration
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besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We find stable coexistence of Rüger's tropical tree demographic strategies (slow, fast, short-lived breeders, and long-lived pioneers) in a model with just competition for light and stochastic small-scale disturbances.
Great work, Damla Cinoğlu!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Great work, Damla Cinoğlu!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!
Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny
Postdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)
100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49
shorturl.at
June 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!
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EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open!
This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too!
eebmentormatch.com
This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too!
eebmentormatch.com
EEB Mentor Match
Visit the post for more.
eebmentormatch.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open!
This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too!
eebmentormatch.com
This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too!
eebmentormatch.com
Job: Outreach Coordinator. UT Austin - Biodiversity Center and Field Station Network utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Texas Field Station Network, Biodiversity Center
Job Posting Title: Education and Outreach Coordinator, Texas Field Station Network, Biodiversity Center ---- Hiring Department: Department of Integrative Biology ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ...
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Job: Outreach Coordinator. UT Austin - Biodiversity Center and Field Station Network utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
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New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
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Kidical Mass is coming NEXT Saturday! 👉🚲👈
Austin's biggest kids' ride ever takes place 4/26, starting 9am at Marshall Middle School.
Bring the kids and yourself!
www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
Austin's biggest kids' ride ever takes place 4/26, starting 9am at Marshall Middle School.
Bring the kids and yourself!
www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
April 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Kidical Mass is coming NEXT Saturday! 👉🚲👈
Austin's biggest kids' ride ever takes place 4/26, starting 9am at Marshall Middle School.
Bring the kids and yourself!
www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
Austin's biggest kids' ride ever takes place 4/26, starting 9am at Marshall Middle School.
Bring the kids and yourself!
www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
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The great Sally Otto and I are hosting a series of interviews called “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, as part of @smtpb.bsky.social. First one drops next week, with Simon Levin. Tune in for great stories, some pearls of wisdom, and the long view on modeling and theory in biology.
Sally Otto (UBC) & @jpodwyer.bsky.social (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) interview Simon Levin, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. Premiering April 14th, 10 AM on SMTPB YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TpJ...
Simon Levin Interview
YouTube video by SMTPB
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The great Sally Otto and I are hosting a series of interviews called “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, as part of @smtpb.bsky.social. First one drops next week, with Simon Levin. Tune in for great stories, some pearls of wisdom, and the long view on modeling and theory in biology.
Reposted by Caroline Farrior
Kidical Mass ATX is coming April 26th! Meet 9am at Marshall Elementary School.
Help unleash the collective power of kids of bikes! More info & RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
Help unleash the collective power of kids of bikes! More info & RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
April 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Kidical Mass ATX is coming April 26th! Meet 9am at Marshall Elementary School.
Help unleash the collective power of kids of bikes! More info & RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
Help unleash the collective power of kids of bikes! More info & RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/kidical-ma...
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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology!
Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥
Applications due Feb. 15
Reposts appreciated!
Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥
Applications due Feb. 15
Reposts appreciated!
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology!
Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥
Applications due Feb. 15
Reposts appreciated!
Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥
Applications due Feb. 15
Reposts appreciated!
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UT Austin Cluster Hire: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Environmental Systems
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
November 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
UT Austin Cluster Hire: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Environmental Systems
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
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Come and be my colleague in Panama!
forestgeo.si.edu/forestgeo-st...
forestgeo.si.edu/forestgeo-st...
ForestGEO Staff Scientist - Research Ecologist, South & Central American Tropical Forests
The Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) is a global network of forest research plots and scientists dedicated to the study of forest function and diversity.
forestgeo.si.edu
December 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Come and be my colleague in Panama!
forestgeo.si.edu/forestgeo-st...
forestgeo.si.edu/forestgeo-st...
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Congratulations to Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Professor Emerita at the University of British Columbia, for winning the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize! Dr. Edelstein-Keshet is a trailblazer in mathematical biology.
Read more about her work at tinyurl.com/pb9f8w6w
Read more about her work at tinyurl.com/pb9f8w6w
December 2, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Professor Emerita at the University of British Columbia, for winning the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize! Dr. Edelstein-Keshet is a trailblazer in mathematical biology.
Read more about her work at tinyurl.com/pb9f8w6w
Read more about her work at tinyurl.com/pb9f8w6w
Postdoctoral positions at UT Austin
Stengl-Wyer Scholars
ecology and other life sciences
for recent graduates
deadline: December 9, 2024
$70k/year salary
$10k/year for research expenses
cns.utexas.edu/research/res...
utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
Stengl-Wyer Scholars
ecology and other life sciences
for recent graduates
deadline: December 9, 2024
$70k/year salary
$10k/year for research expenses
cns.utexas.edu/research/res...
utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
Stengl-Wyer Scholars
Stengl-Wyer Scholars are postdoctoral scientists in ecology and the life sciences who study at The University of Texas at Austin
cns.utexas.edu
November 21, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Postdoctoral positions at UT Austin
Stengl-Wyer Scholars
ecology and other life sciences
for recent graduates
deadline: December 9, 2024
$70k/year salary
$10k/year for research expenses
cns.utexas.edu/research/res...
utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
Stengl-Wyer Scholars
ecology and other life sciences
for recent graduates
deadline: December 9, 2024
$70k/year salary
$10k/year for research expenses
cns.utexas.edu/research/res...
utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
Reposted by Caroline Farrior
I'd like to put together a starter pack of early career ecologists (self defined), who are or would like to be active on BlueSky. I'm putting out a 'soft call' here, to see who'd like to be included in the initial group, before formally launching
Reply if you'd like to be in the initial group!
Reply if you'd like to be in the initial group!
November 16, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I'd like to put together a starter pack of early career ecologists (self defined), who are or would like to be active on BlueSky. I'm putting out a 'soft call' here, to see who'd like to be included in the initial group, before formally launching
Reply if you'd like to be in the initial group!
Reply if you'd like to be in the initial group!
UT Austin Cluster Hire: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Environmental Systems
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
November 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
UT Austin Cluster Hire: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Environmental Systems
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025
apply.interfolio.com/158908
Deadline: January 6, 2025