Assistant Professor @JMUCSM. Evolutionary ecology, macroevolution, mutualism. Opinions my own. He/him. #BLM @DavidHembry@ecoevo.social
Harrisonburg, VA, USA
Joined December 2014
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I'm recruiting 2 MSc students to join my lab @JMUCSM in Fall 2025/26, supported by an NSF BRC-BIO grant. All projects focus on the evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. Ad is here: hembrylab.com/openings/ Happy to answer informal questions/chat on Zoom in advance.
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A fond farewell today to post-bac student and NSF GRFP recipient Sarai Badillo, who is leaving to start a PhD at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center! Congratulations and best of luck on your next scientific adventure, Sarai!
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First time attending Virtual Evolution @Evol_mtg and am enjoying it a ton. Thanks to all the great presenters and @eseb_org @sse_evolution @AsnAmNat @systbiol for putting this on! #Evol2024
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Innovation vs diversification
"Stability hypothesis: selection against phenotypic novelty enhances species diversifcation by strengthening dispersal limitation.
Novelty hypothesis: selection for phenotypic novelty impedes species diversifcation by weakening dispersal limitation."
New paper out today with @yichaozeng44 in @JEvBio modeling the effects of coevolution on diversification--hopefully the first step toward a predictive theory on this massive, complicated, and likely important evolutionary process. academic.oup.com/jeb/advance…
New paper out today with @yichaozeng44 in @JEvBio modeling the effects of coevolution on diversification--hopefully the first step toward a predictive theory on this massive, complicated, and likely important evolutionary process. academic.oup.com/jeb/advance…
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"Novelty or familiarity" may be a daily dilemma many face. In this @JEvBio paper, @DavidHembry and I show how, in coevolutionary diversification of clades, a similar dilemma exists and can play out differently depending on the (in)dependence of the clade. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae069
Postbac student in my lab Sarai Badillo is a new NSF GRFP recipient, interested in doing research on the influence of the parental microbiome on fetal development and its long-term consequences for disease and health. Any recommended departments/PIs that would be a good fit?
My former graduate advisee @ChheangPisal is looking to do a PhD in the US, on using remote sensing/modeling to assess wildfire impacts in Cambodian tropical dry forests. Any recommendations for departments/universities/advisors that would be a good fit for his interests?
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Thank you so much @scottpegan and Egan lab members for such an awesome seminar visit to #RiceEEB last week. Super fun to talk science and to meet y'all!
Thanks to Dr. @DavidHembry from @utpb for a wonderful seminar visit yesterday #RiceEEB @RiceUniversity
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Out today: Defining the roles of local precipitation and anthropogenic water sources in driving the abundance of Aedes aegypti, an emerging disease vector in urban, arid landscapes link.springer.com/article/10…
Back from a very fun and enjoyable seminar at Angelo State University yesterday (at 131 miles campus-to-campus, the closest university to UTPB). Really great discussion with students after my talk. Many thanks to Greg Krukonis and the Department of Biology for hosting me!
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📢📢📢 Call for PhD positions! Join us @iiserbhopal Application deadline is 16th October 2023.
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I'm recruiting 3 MSc students to join my lab in Fall 2024/25, supported by an NSF BRC-BIO grant. All projects focus on the evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. Ad is here: hembrylab.com/openings/ I'm very happy to answer informal questions/chat on Zoom in advance.
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Hi All, I'm recruiting a new grad student to join my lab at UWyoming in Fall 2024. Broadly speaking, we work on speciation and adaptation in birds. More info about the opportunity is here: carlinglab.com/people/
Thanks for spreading the word.
ALT Picture of the Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park
Many congratulations to undergrad researcher in the lab Jose Zapata, who has accepted a research technician job at the University of Iowa Medical School in @tfischer78 laboratory. This was Jose's host lab in summer 2022 at @NSF REU @uiowabiology. We're so excited for you Jose!
I had a wonderful seminar visit earlier this week at the University of Texas at Austin. Many highlights, one of which was a visit to the brand-new Hill Country field station along the Pedernales River. Many thanks to Alex Wild for the invitation!
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We're excited to announce the lab has received an NSF REPS supplement to support Sarai Badillo as a postbac student in the lab for one year. Sarai was an undergraduate researcher in the lab, and will be working on leafflower moth caterpillar microbiomes in Texas. Congrats Sarai!
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