Assistant Professor of Conservation Ecology @ucsc. #Biodiversity, #GIS, #birds, #tropicalecology, #WomeninSTEM, #cienciacriolla. Fulbrighter. Birder. Mum.

Santa Cruz, CA
Joined October 2016
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Cambio extremo
Lo que necesitan para empezar el día es esta portada de ciencia colombiana. Una historia de cómo el cambio climático está alterando las características de algunas aves que están en el país. Algunas tienen la cola más larga que hace 100 años.
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La diversidad se mide de muchas formas, y eso orienta las decisiones conservación. En el #PaperDelMes (Neate-Clegg et al. 2025) resaltamos que las especies endémicas no reflejan toda la diversidad funcional de las aves en Colombia. Lee el artículo: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Thrilled to finally share my new paper in Environmental Research Letters on Colombia’s lowland peatlands — ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon, were almost unknown, and are now newly mapped thanks to years of fieldwork. 🌍🌿 🧵👇
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This World View by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela discusses from a personal perspective the challenges of being an academic and a mother, pointing out ways in which academia can become more family-friendly. nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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Cali será epicentro del aviturismo mundial, con la celebración de la XI versión de Colombia Birdfair, la Feria Internacional de Aves de Colombia @ColombiaBF 13-16 de febrero, gracias al apoyo de @CvcAmbiental @AlcaldiaDeCali @MabelLaraNews @alejoeder m.occidente.co/cali/cali-ser…
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Una muy buena oportunidad para financiar proyectos de jóvenes ornitólogas(os) Latinoamericanas(os) con postgrado: Becas de investigación y Conservación de la @AmOrnith para Latinoamérica y el Caribe. ¡La convocatoria está abierta!: americanornithology.org/awar…
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Hello. I wrote a story about birdwatching in Colombia. It’s about much more than staring at some (very beautiful) birds. I hope at least a tiny bit of the magic of Colombia and its birders comes through. Inspired & informed by the work of @birdmapper. vox.com/down-to-earth/384745…
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🦁We're seeking a Research Technician for our South Texas Lion Project! Work duties include maintaining camera traps, investigating kill sites, and participating in lion work-ups. A phenomenal opportunity in the STX brush country. See below for more: shorturl.at/aftKp 🦁
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Job opening @NaturalSciences as data scientist working with our Research and Collections department, including #biodiversity data #Raleigh governmentjobs.com/careers/n…
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I’m hiring for a super cool and super important role @calacademy I’m looking for a leader to work with our team to expand biodiversity community science in California! us242.dayforcehcm.com/Candid…
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Some of you have been waiting for this moment.....all lecture recordings including remote sensing and downloads of this years #Animove are online now. 🥳 Happy Learning ! @MPI_animalbehav @safilabmpi animove.org/lecture-recordin…
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PLEASE SHARE: We are hiring a Wildlife Extension Faculty position focused on applied wildlife habitat and/or population management at the Asst. or Assoc. Prof. level with outreach, instruction, and service expectations as part of a 9-month appointment. ugajobsearch.com/postings/40…
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Our lab is looking for a postdoc to do NSF-funded research at the intersection of #UrbanEcology, #SocialJustice, citizen/community science, and spatial statistics. Remote and in person options available. Please share widely! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/…
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#TrabajoSiHay @MongabayLatam busca Editor-colaborador/a en Latinoamérica (que viva en Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador o Perú). En este link encuentran las condiciones y otro link para aplicar en el formulario. es.mongabay.com/mongabay-bus…
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🪶 Las aves migratorias no están llegando al sur del continente ni se están yendo en los mismos tiempos que hace 60 años… 🧵
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Research postdoc position on predators-prey (carnivores-ungulates) relationships. University of Bern (Conservation Biology). Please distribute as broadly as you can.
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Calling all urban ecologists working in the tropics! Please consider submitting to @Biotropica and @theATBC's 2026 Special Issue on Urban Ecosystems.
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Please RT‼️ I'm recruiting an #ecology PhD student for a fully funded 4 year NSF assistantship to study species-environment relationships in North American birds using @Team_eBird #CitizenScience data. #BirdTwitter. DL 30 Sept. see: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/…
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We're looking for a new staff curator of ornithology at the @MVZUCB -- please RT aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04… Applications close on Wed 28 August.
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