Jennifer Hill Ph.D.
@hill-ecolab.bsky.social
Marine (and occasionally freshwater) community and behavioral ecologist. Sci Comm enthusiast. Associate Professor Louisiana Tech. (She/her)
My Xennial Moment today: handing my undergrad a point and shoot camera to take pictures of leaves for image analysis and he has absolutely no idea how to use it. Absolutely none……😂😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My Xennial Moment today: handing my undergrad a point and shoot camera to take pictures of leaves for image analysis and he has absolutely no idea how to use it. Absolutely none……😂😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Finally get a floating plant salinity stress test study going with my undergrads. Kiddie pools all set up outside with different salinity treatments. And now we are forecasted to potentially get over 4 inches of rain 🤦♀️
Yay for early morning runs to the store to grab plastic tarps! 😬
Yay for early morning runs to the store to grab plastic tarps! 😬
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Finally get a floating plant salinity stress test study going with my undergrads. Kiddie pools all set up outside with different salinity treatments. And now we are forecasted to potentially get over 4 inches of rain 🤦♀️
Yay for early morning runs to the store to grab plastic tarps! 😬
Yay for early morning runs to the store to grab plastic tarps! 😬
And then we got back to the dock and my students had boat driving lessons with the LUMCON captains. Learning to drive boats is an important skill.
October 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And then we got back to the dock and my students had boat driving lessons with the LUMCON captains. Learning to drive boats is an important skill.
A day in the marsh collecting periwinkle snails. My students were blessed by the marsh gods (I.e sunk in the mud) many times.
I got to jump in to the bay to remove a derelict crab trap that wrapped around our boat prop. Thank the marsh gods I left wire snips in my dry bag from our last trip!
I got to jump in to the bay to remove a derelict crab trap that wrapped around our boat prop. Thank the marsh gods I left wire snips in my dry bag from our last trip!
October 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A day in the marsh collecting periwinkle snails. My students were blessed by the marsh gods (I.e sunk in the mud) many times.
I got to jump in to the bay to remove a derelict crab trap that wrapped around our boat prop. Thank the marsh gods I left wire snips in my dry bag from our last trip!
I got to jump in to the bay to remove a derelict crab trap that wrapped around our boat prop. Thank the marsh gods I left wire snips in my dry bag from our last trip!
Cool weather. Delicious wine. Big redwood trees. Loving the vacation life away from the Louisiana heat and humidity.
August 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Cool weather. Delicious wine. Big redwood trees. Loving the vacation life away from the Louisiana heat and humidity.
How I know I’m a marine scientist always: I grab some coralline algae to take home for my teaching collection. (And I take pictures of algae while my husband patiently waits and rolls his eyes)
August 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How I know I’m a marine scientist always: I grab some coralline algae to take home for my teaching collection. (And I take pictures of algae while my husband patiently waits and rolls his eyes)
When you are doing behavior experiments where you test effects of movement and shadows, one must make a researcher cubby hole.
Kaylie said “ if someone walked in, they will think I’m nuts”
I said, “welcome to the fabulous world of ecology where we contrive scientific contraptions from Lowe’s”
Kaylie said “ if someone walked in, they will think I’m nuts”
I said, “welcome to the fabulous world of ecology where we contrive scientific contraptions from Lowe’s”
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When you are doing behavior experiments where you test effects of movement and shadows, one must make a researcher cubby hole.
Kaylie said “ if someone walked in, they will think I’m nuts”
I said, “welcome to the fabulous world of ecology where we contrive scientific contraptions from Lowe’s”
Kaylie said “ if someone walked in, they will think I’m nuts”
I said, “welcome to the fabulous world of ecology where we contrive scientific contraptions from Lowe’s”
When you can hang upside down by your toes Mr. Squirrel off the eaves of our roof, I can’t be anything but impressed. Also that is spicy bird cake, so apparently you are also a Cajun squirrel
July 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When you can hang upside down by your toes Mr. Squirrel off the eaves of our roof, I can’t be anything but impressed. Also that is spicy bird cake, so apparently you are also a Cajun squirrel
So now we are back to periwinkle climbing studies this afternoon. This experiment is classic predator cue study to see if crushed conspecifics, predator urine, or the combination of a predator eating crushed conspecifics elicit similar climbing responses.
July 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So now we are back to periwinkle climbing studies this afternoon. This experiment is classic predator cue study to see if crushed conspecifics, predator urine, or the combination of a predator eating crushed conspecifics elicit similar climbing responses.
This week we did some cercarial shedding studies with our periwinkles to see if trematode parasites might be impacting our snail behavior experiments. But after a rate of 1 in 90 snails with a trematode infection, I think that answer is a hard no
July 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This week we did some cercarial shedding studies with our periwinkles to see if trematode parasites might be impacting our snail behavior experiments. But after a rate of 1 in 90 snails with a trematode infection, I think that answer is a hard no
Cute and fat little evening visitors to our fig tree.
July 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Cute and fat little evening visitors to our fig tree.
Evening squirrel patrol.
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Evening squirrel patrol.
More presentations again at our college research symposium, ANS day. My student Ayden Thomas got 1st place amongst 30ish biology posters!
Congrats Ayden!
(And thanks for keeping the lab ANS day winning streak going!)
Congrats Ayden!
(And thanks for keeping the lab ANS day winning streak going!)
April 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
More presentations again at our college research symposium, ANS day. My student Ayden Thomas got 1st place amongst 30ish biology posters!
Congrats Ayden!
(And thanks for keeping the lab ANS day winning streak going!)
Congrats Ayden!
(And thanks for keeping the lab ANS day winning streak going!)
Yesterday Kaylie and Sophia presented their projects at #bem2025. Good science and beautiful posters of their own design. Super proud of these two!
April 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yesterday Kaylie and Sophia presented their projects at #bem2025. Good science and beautiful posters of their own design. Super proud of these two!
Today in class, we cover impacts of plastic pollution on marine systems.
By far the most depressing day of this class, when you start putting up the huge numbers…..
It does the job of convincing people it’s a problem, but also feels insurmountable.
By far the most depressing day of this class, when you start putting up the huge numbers…..
It does the job of convincing people it’s a problem, but also feels insurmountable.
March 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today in class, we cover impacts of plastic pollution on marine systems.
By far the most depressing day of this class, when you start putting up the huge numbers…..
It does the job of convincing people it’s a problem, but also feels insurmountable.
By far the most depressing day of this class, when you start putting up the huge numbers…..
It does the job of convincing people it’s a problem, but also feels insurmountable.
Azaleas are putting on a show this year in our yard
March 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Azaleas are putting on a show this year in our yard
Just imagine yourself here …..
March 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just imagine yourself here …..
My students presented at our undergraduate research symposium today. Super proud of all the hard work these women have done. Next stop the Benthic ecology meeting!!!
March 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My students presented at our undergraduate research symposium today. Super proud of all the hard work these women have done. Next stop the Benthic ecology meeting!!!
Happy international women and girls in science day! Super proud to be a mentor of #WomenInStem and some amazing undergraduate women who impress me daily!
February 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy international women and girls in science day! Super proud to be a mentor of #WomenInStem and some amazing undergraduate women who impress me daily!
Got to identify my first ever Ohio river shrimp! At first thought it was the biggest grass shrimp I had ever seen and then remembered I was in freshwater and pulled out another key. Studying transitional coastal areas is entertaining. (And also key hell)
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Got to identify my first ever Ohio river shrimp! At first thought it was the biggest grass shrimp I had ever seen and then remembered I was in freshwater and pulled out another key. Studying transitional coastal areas is entertaining. (And also key hell)
Built the legos my students bought me for Christmas! Now I get to add them to my office collection
January 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Built the legos my students bought me for Christmas! Now I get to add them to my office collection
If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery
January 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery