Rachel Pilla

What will the future hold for the aquatic sciences? Let's chat about this at next year's ASLO-SIL Joint Meeting in Canada!

How can we expand our science by using remote sensing 🛰️, data science 💾, machine learning 🤖, modeling 📈, and/or open science 🫶 - creative approaches for impactful research! 🧪

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on...

New paper alert!! Our viewpoint piece uses data from the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment + Landsat to see how differing definitions of trophic state can skew and enhance our understanding of lake ecosystems! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on....

It takes patience to have a conversation about definitions as a collaboration begins... but it is important!
"Trophic state" in lakes is one of those concepts! It really makes a difference which definition we use... @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The day has come 💫 I will soon open up a 4-year PhD position @biodiversosurjc.bsky.social .

We'll be studying how global change impacts high-mountain lake food webs ⛰️. Details to follow. DM me if you're interested, and please share!

#PhDPosition #Ecology #ClimateChange #Limnology

Come join the MU Limnology Lab as the new field manager! To apply for this position, please visit the MU web site at hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/s... and look for job opening ID 56749.

Input from new study (This is from Wisconsin-team!!!!)

Holly S. Embke et al. 2025. Bright spots for advancing ecological understanding and conservation decision-making. Conservation Biology

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🚨Happening next week!🚨Still time to register and join the week of workshops, presentations, panels, and networking!

I was a little surprised to see something less studied than winter limnology! But there it is! Great to work with this team led by Faith Ferrato and the @sapnasharma.bsky.social team

So happy to share the news that we’re hosting the FIFTH iteration of Hacking Limnology/DSOS this summer! It will be a fest!

I'm very excited to share that Hacking Limno + DSOS are coming back for the FIFTH time 21-25 July! If you're interested in #machinelearning #remotesensing #modeling #limnology #oceanography, this is for YOU! Registration is FREE + open to ALL! #DSOS25 aquaticdatasciopensci.github.io/registration/

One‐Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research We formulated 100 questions to progress primary research methods of lake ice research: in situ, satellite remote sensing, and modeling We described avenues to integrate the primary methods and in...

Wondering what kind of #research questions are being asked about the present & future of #limnology during the #winter? Curious about the overlap of sampling, #remotesensing, or #modeling?

We ask 100 questions of the future of #lake #ice research.

Find it here: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024...

YouTube video by Benjamin Kraemer The shape of waterbodies

Can a lake’s shape tell its story? Video #2 in my Aquatic Ecology mini-lecture series is now live! This one explores how the curves, contours, and complexity of waterbodies can reveal their origin, function, and fate. Watch here and let me know what you think: youtu.be/mFXD1F00lHs

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

Happy new year!

Thrilled to announce Women Advancing River Research (WARR) 2025, featuring inspiring women on water research from around the world.

11 am, US eastern, 3rd Thursday every month.

Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Recordings 2021- 2024: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...

My first first-author paper is officially published! 🎉🎉 This was a team effort and could not have been possible without my wonderful coauthors! The article can be accessed at this link: rdcu.be/d20BA and it will be part of Hydrobiologia's upcoming Special Issue "Zooplankton Under Multiple Stressors"