Well i guess this is really happening… looking forward to reconnecting with community of #PlantEcology, #PlantEvolution, and #Conservation folks on this new platform. Already seeing some familiar faces!
I am a plant ecologist based at #SmithCollege focused on questions around plant conservation and #ClimateChange, with some developing projects exploring #CarnivorousPlants as well as #mycorrhizae. My lab involves mostly undergraduates #PUI and often collaborates w/ #SmithCollegeBotanicGarden.

I am looking for all my #science #journalism peeps and scientists to follow! Please speak up if you are a #sciencejournalist or a scientist who doesn't mind talking to journalists! #noxp

A few #project posts, as an #introduction
I've had a long association with the International Plant Names Index https://www.ipni.org firstly in a technical role, now in analysis.
IPNI is a longterm project. Kew received a legacy from #Darwin to create #IndexKewensis - a list of scientific names & place of publication, to avoid repeated lookup of primary literature.
Darwin saw the coming #DataDeluge & supported a text mining project to address it
1st output published 1893 & we continue today

When male physicians tell patients to call them by their first name, they don't suffer role incredulity. They are still seen as a physician. Yet for women physicians, many patients untitle them even when told to their name is Dr. So-and-So.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984533

Okay, here's my Mastodon #introduction --
* Spent 10 years as an environmental policy reporter in DC.
* Last 14 years as a science writer for a university. Wrote a book on #scicomm for research institutions: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo18768107.html
* Freelance writer and editor on everything from health to tech to food.
* I periodically write about random stuff on Medium. Such as this: https://medium.com/@shiplives/how-hank-williams-and-robert-johnson-tricked-me-into-thinking-trains-are-from-the-south-e35f21e443f3