I attended the third “Postdocs in Complexity” Conference at SFI, which brings together resident SFI postdocs and postdocs holding fellowships from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
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Community lecture at SITE Santa Fe
I presented a community lecture at SITE Santa Fe (a contemporary art space in downtown Santa Fe) as part of their “Digest This!” series.
I talked about the recent parakeet invasion in Mexico, going in to the biology and natural history of invasions, and how the biological side interacts with the human side through politics, international trade, and regulations.… [Read full details]
SFI collaboration visitor: David Fisher
I invited David Fisher to SFI for a research collaboration visit. We had a great time talking about new ideas, networks, hierarchies, and more all week, and even fit in some hiking at the Tsankawi Ruins.
David gave a talk while he was at SFI:
Estimating Indirect Effects in a Wild and Anti-Social Mammal
Nearly all organisms interact with conspecifics at some point in their lives, and as such can affect one another’s phenotypes.… [Read full details]