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Michael Hickerson

@hickerlab.bsky.social

professor at CCNY/CUNY/EEB (population genetics+community ecology) 🍄foraging 🪕

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We are seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Comparative Genomics (loosely defined). I'd be happy to answer any questions (like teaching load etc) - feel free to DM me. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

28.10.2025 17:42 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Estimating waiting distances between genealogy changes under a Multi-Species Extension of the Sequentially Markov Coalescent Abstract. Genomes are composed of a mosaic of segments inherited from different ancestors, each separated by past recombination events. Consequently, genea

super excited to share this big project with @daeaton.bsky.social out now in Systematic Biology! We derived distributions for -- given an arbitrary species tree model -- how far you have to move along a genome before observing a change in the underlying genealogy: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

11.09.2025 19:36 — 👍 38    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 1
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Employment | New York Botanical Garden Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

www.nybg.org/about/work-w...

29.08.2025 20:00 — 👍 28    🔁 16    💬 1    📌 2
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Perils of Using Range Maps in Macroecological Models of Species Richness Aim As range maps do not imply the continuous presence of species across their extents—and are commonly developed with species conservation in mind—their underlying assumptions unsurprisingly lead t...

The third chapter of my dissertation is out now in the Journal of Biogeography!

For this work, we examined the implications of using range maps to extract species richness for use in macroecological models.

DM me if you don't have access & want a copy! :)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

16.12.2024 17:47 — 👍 37    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0
A new way of looking at the shells of arcellinid amoebae – It Came from the Pond

Netzelia corona is an amoeba with teeth. Can a model proposed by Kenneth Dumack and colleagues explain that? A brief blog post.

www.itcamefromthepond.com/2024/12/16/a...

#Protists #Amoebae #ProtistsOnSky @dumack.bsky.social

16.12.2024 13:03 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Jobs | City University of New York

We are seeking a Quantitative Ecologist (tenure-track). I'd be happy to answer any questions (like teaching load etc) - feel free to DM me.
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

21.11.2024 20:05 — 👍 11    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 1

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