@megrua.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Wright State University. Microbial ecologist, LatinX, runner and toddler mom, in no particular order.
At #ESA2025 and interested in an #AltAc career?
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DM me if you want to chat about either of these positions
- Urban ecologist (PI / research scientist position)
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- Forest health postdoc
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Promo poster
Are you heading to the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social meeting in Baltimore this week? Check out talks by Rua lab members Madeline Greene and @mariahslaughter.bsky.social this week!
09.08.2025 16:25 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Student presenting in front of a PowerPoint
Today for WSU BioLunch we welcome #RuaLab MSc student Anthony McLaughlin who is giving an update on his research examining soil virus responses to soil P and pH
15.11.2023 18:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Student standing in front of a PowerPoint
Today for Wright State BioLunch we hear from #RuaLab PhD student Madeline Greene who is giving folks a preview of her plans for the second and third chapters of her dissertation examining the plant microbiome of Monterey pine in its native and introduced ranges
08.11.2023 18:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Student presenting in front of a classroom
Today for our WSU BioLunch I am excited to introduce ES PhD student and #RuaLab member Mariah Slaughter who is sharing research from our NSF funded project exploring changing root traits and microbial communities following long term changes in soil pH and P
01.11.2023 17:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of zoom meeting with student presenting
Excited to see #RuaLab alum Aaron Onufrak defend his PhD today! Aarons current research examines the microbial community of eastern black walnut trees infected with Geosmithia morbida. Aaron was an MSc in the lab 2016-2018 where he was co-advised by Dr Katie Hossler.
30.10.2023 13:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Student standing in front of a research poster.
Student standing in front of a research poster.
Student standing in front of a research poster.
Great showing by the #RuaLab at yesterday's Wright State University university wide celebration of research. PhD students Madeline Greene and Mariah Slaughter and MSc student Anthony McLaughlin all presented poster's on their research.
Now back to my sabbatical hiding place...
Submitted a manuscript from one of my former honors undergrads today! Slow progress on my sabbatical goals but getting there! 🥳
13.10.2023 20:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Work on Symbioses? Consider submitting to a new special collection in #ScientificReports!
The Collection welcomes submissions of original research , including multidisciplinary studies with a focus on symbiosis and the various forms it can take at any scale.
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Sunrise over Kalamazoo Michigan
I had a lovely time visiting Western Michigan University for my seminar in Biological Sciences last week! Thanks for hosting my visit Dr Kathryn Docherty and great to hear about all of the wonderful science being done in the department.
25.09.2023 14:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A figure showing the proportion of women at assistant, associate, and full professor rank among grant submissions at NSF. Men are way overrepresented and the disparity grows at each career stage.
Sure, women are growing in representation among undergrads and grad students. But then there's this. Fig by Rissler et al 2020.
The research by social scientists has shown that this isn't a passive filter. It's caused by harassment, discrimination, and overt bias.
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Excited to see this article from #RuaLab undergraduate research alums Maureen Roddy and Will Viney out in press! “The use of dredged sediments as a soil amendment for improving plant responses in prairie restorations” doi.org/10.3368/er.4...
12.09.2023 16:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fungi; picture by Dr. Anika Lehmann.
Let's stop writing 'microbial' when you just mean bacteria. 🦠
10.09.2023 18:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
People with balloon clappers
Plane flyover
New traditions that involve making noise, you know Wright State biological sciences will be there! Great time at this mornings Wright State new Student clap in and BBQ. Complete with flyover
25.08.2023 16:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Speaker in front of a slide
Starting off the new semester at the Wright State Teaching for Student Success Symposium. Excited to hear from our plenary speaker Dr Tia Brown McNair from the American Association Colleges and Universities on becoming a student led university
24.08.2023 16:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First pumpkin spice latte of the year brought to you by the storm that woke us at 430 this morning when a large branch hit the roof above our bed (roof is fine)
24.08.2023 12:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Window view of neighborhood with laptop and external monitor
I’m on sabbatical for the 2023-24 academic year. Lots of adventures to come but for now I get to work from home which is such a nice change from being in my office!
First up, working my way through the backlog of manuscripts that piled up during the pandemic & the birth of my kiddo
