Christine M. Cornish, PhD

Students learning to electrofish in a small stream in the woods.

June 11 -27, 2026, I'm teaching a 16-day field course on stream ecology. It's heavily focused on independent research projects, so they get some exposure to field research. Open to students from any institution. DM with your email if you want a poster to send your students. #Ecology #PUI #insects

New paper on winter limnology of Lake Ontario now out- “Unique thermal mixing patterns in Lake Ontario revealed by novel year-round observations of thermal stratification”

Open access link at aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Isn’t this a fantastic pumpkin? It looks like it is covered with chemical structures!

Submit your proposal for workshops and special sessions for the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting relating to the theme “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other related emerging topics. Deadline: October 15th, 2025. (1/2)

A yellow butterfly with green eyes and some red accents around the face and legs and edges of their wings, standing in some grass

Hey. It’s Friday. Have a nice bug.

Such a good feeling, congrats!!

Where does the carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to plastics under solar exposure Plastic pollution is a major and global threat to ecosystems and human health, resulting from the spreading and breakdown of plastic litter in the environment. In an aquatic environment, the first cau...

Where does the #carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to #plastics under solar exposure

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Black and brown dog staring up at a camera while standing on a hiking trail in the mountains.

Don't worry, the puppers also got her hikes in.

Rocky Mountains from the peak of Mt. Shavano at 14,230 feet elevation.

Woman standing on the top of Mt. Shavano giving two thumbs up after summiting.

Waterfall in the mountains surrounded by trees with vibrant fall colored leaves.

Mountain range covered in vibrant Aspen trees reflecting off a small, calm pond.

The perfect mental reset = morning hikes + afternoon coffee and writing surrounded by vibrant Aspens and crisp air. I also completed my third 14er in 7.5 hrs, Mt. Shavano @ 14,230 ft. My love for the Rockies run deep 🖤

I always have this book within reach when writing! You wouldn't think reading about writing would keep your attention, but this guide is beyond helpful and very clearly simplifies scientific writing. 10/10 recommend!

Black and brown dog in a sweater sitting in a field in Colorado. There are bushes, trees, and a large mountain in the background.

She's perfect and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise 🥹

Woman sitting in a stream in waders with a bucket of mussels at her feet and large mussels held in her hands.

Holy mussels!! Grubbing at an oil spill site and surveying buckets of mapleleaf mussels!

This is great to keep in mind! I also try to remember the objectives of the project and if my comments/edits are aligned with those or just me adding my personal preferences.

Image of title page for the article "Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice", available from the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Hot off the press! 🧑‍🔬🧪

"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"

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🧵1/5

Wundergrad sampling gas from bubble traps over the side of a boat.

Quadrat on the water with two floating chambers inside for gas flux sampling

Lake Assessment Lab wundergrad gas sampling and loving it (you can tell by the focus)! We sampled headspace for dissolved gasses, chambers for flux, and bubble traps for ebullition -- the greenhouse gas trifecta!!

Mentor Registration Form — GRFP Workshop Are you interested in helping students write a stronger NSF GRFP application? We hope you will join us as a mentor in this BSA-organized GRFP workshop, where you will work with 4-6 applicants to help ...

🌱 Calling all mentors!
The BSA Early Career Committee is bringing back the NSF GRFP Workshop. Sign up to be a mentor if you are a:

✅ Grad student who already received a GRFP or
✅ PI, postdoc, senior researcher

Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/sQUwhVryYHJK...

#NSFGRFP #botany

Basic + Awesome Broccoli Cheese Soup This Broccoli Cheese Soup is easy, creamy, and a perfect cozy classic. A silky-smooth soup base, little bites of just-right broccoli and carrots, and some sharp creamy cheddar cheese to finish it off.

I'm obsessed with most of her recipes, but there is a particularly yummy list of soups (probably because she's in MN lol)

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

BIOL 311 Sci Comm Fall 2025 - Interview Sign up! Please fill out this form to be interviewed as part of BIOL 311's students project for the second half of the semester. One form per one participant is preferred, so if you have post-docs or graduate ...

Hi everyone! I am looking for any #scientists (including grad students, post docs) that’d be willing to be interviewed about their research by my #SciComm students in October. Here is the form to fill out if interested! Our time zone is Alaska, FYI. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...

New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.

This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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Microbiology professor, want to join a slack for microbiology professors, any career stage, diverse career types (pure teaching, med school, R1, community college, pure research fed PIs, ...)

Message me for an invite link if you are interested.

No imposter syndrome, if you are 1% micro, join!

Yeess! Of course! And macrophytes ❤️

Two men and a woman standing thigh high in a stream preparing to electrofish

The ghostbusters took a side gig 😎

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Woman in chest waders standing on a pile of downed trees against a bridge on a stream

High frequency buoy floating on a large reservoir

Woman standing in a river picking macroinvertebrates and holding a small crayfish

Aquatic quadrat sitting on the edge of a boat on a reservoir with a tree line in the background

What a start!! 🚣🏻‍♀️ I could not be more excited to announce my new position as Associate Researcher at the Kansas Biological Survey. You'll find me playing in reservoirs, streams, with macroinvertebrates, GHGs, and more!

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026 Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪

Love to hear this!! Nice work!

Quote by Agustín Fuentes from Princeton University stating, "To do better science ... the scientific community needs to build an environment that welcomes and supports all." The text is white on a black background.

"To retreat from [diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts] is to close the door to possibilities for better science and a better future. This is not the time to step back. It’s unquestionably the time to step forward," writes Agustín Fuentes in a new #ScienceExpertVoices article. scim.ag/4kS8ZQi

The Cornell Atkinson Center is now accepting applications for our 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Sustainability at Cornell Atkinson!

Reach out if you’re interested & read more details below 👇

www.atkinson.cornell.edu/cornell-atki...