We were honored when one of our keynote speakers wanted to go birding with us for the day. He mentioned that he was trying to recreate his life list in e-Bird, and thus fill in the gaps that weren’t now recorded in his personal electronic database. He looked up his “needs list” for Dane Co., […]

Today, I’m taking notes in a workshop organized by our grant.

Today, I present a poster on my 2nd chapter, and am attending a symposium organized by our grant.

Today, most of our lab (alum and all) get into town and are meeting on the terrace in the evening!

Not the best photo, but as usual I only have my iPhone with me; nonetheless, I finally found a coral hairstreak this evening at Spring Green. We may have also found a dun skipper perched briefly in the path, but the look was fleeting.

Today was the big day, and I’m happy to say everything went well! My committee requested some revisions… test for spatial auto-correlation Ch. 2 & 3 include best subsets Ch. 3 make climate projection discussion more precise  

All the nerves for the exit seminar and defense, and yet all the confidence that this is what I’ve been building to for years. It’s a weird balance. I think I’m “practiced out,” though something deep down wants me to keep running through it until it’s memorized. I know that’s unfeasible. At this point, I’m […]

I’m relieved that (for me) I didn’t have the added stress of having to have this together for lab lunch, but it wasn’t until the meeting that I realized it was just for my advisers. That would have taken even more pressure off. I’m glad to get it together and practice it, and get feedback. […]

Tomorrow, I give a practice exit seminar. The anxiety is ramping up.

I’m lucky that I already gave 2 chapter’s worth of this talk for my interview, and that I have the added confidence of getting a job out of it! That really helps to feel like the content and organization is good, and also like I’ve run through this before in a high-pressure setting. It was […]