Shawan Chowdhury

Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers.

👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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I wanted to thank everyone for sharing the PhD opportunity in animal migration. I received ~100 applications from all over the world and have found someone with the skills I was looking for. There were so many talented students with similar skills, and it was extremely challenging to choose one.

MERGE - Master of Global Change Ecology

We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!

Less than a week left to apply for this PhD position.

If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.

Could you add me to the starter package, please? Thanks, Brooke.

Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...

Ongoing academic position lecturer in terrestrial animal ecology at JCU Australia. Deadline 8th August 2025. careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

"...the rate of research on the Antarctic and Southern Ocean is falling at exactly the time when it should be increasing. Moreover, research leadership is changing, with China taking the lead for the first time."

- Elizabeth Leane @utas.edu.au and Keith Larson @umeauniversitet.bsky.social ⬇️

Come and be our colleague at Monash, there can’t be any better place! ;)

Two ecologists: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

One genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter

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We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter

🚨 Behold a second impressive paper from @kerrys189.bsky.social to celebrate her just-finished PhD. A rising 🌟!

This study examines AVONET data to show how even threat abatement leaves large areas of avian functional diversity at risk, and in need of targeted management.

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An amazing place to work..

Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests The USDA announced it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest system.

There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

What an amazing session, organised by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social et al. @scboceania.org @conbiology.bsky.social #iccb2025

Shawan Chowdhury Lab School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

#OneHealthOpportunity
The Shawan Chowdhury is hiring domestic and international PhD students to work on citizen science and insect migration or insect conservation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

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#OneHealth #OneHealthResources #Ecology

If you are attending #iccb2025 and interested in insect migration or conservation, feel free to drop by poster board 21.

FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation FISHGLOB brings together experts in and users of fish monitoring data to support biodiversity research and conservation across oceans.

in 2023 we published a high-impact data paper for the world's open-source bottom trawl surveys.

A. Maureaud, @zoejean88.bsky.social, & the rest of us wrote in @conservationsp.bsky.social about the community and social and technical infrastructure that made it possible: doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Prescribed fire, it's a very 🔥 topic! What do we know though?

Find out today! Plaza Level Meeting Room P3, 11:06 am. #ICCB2025

#ICCB2025 is full on!

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

Peer review is a central part of scientific discussion. Reviewers should seek improving both the manuscript and the research behind it & authors should consider fair suggestions as a kind contribution to their work. Under the guidance of good editors, this improves the quality of published science 🧪

What reviewers wish you knew! Overall, I have reviewed > 100 papers from ~50 journals and review 2-3 manuscripts monthly. Two things that surprise me the most are: Over 95% of authors – don’t know how to respond …

Most rejections happen not because the science is bad, but because authors handle reviewer comments poorly.

A good response is easy to follow and shows a willingness to improve.

Worth a read? 👇
shawanchowdhury.com/2025/06/14/w...

#AcademicChatter #PeerReview #PhDChat #WritingTips

Why I returned the Faraday prize to the Royal Society Andrea Sella explains how inaction over Elon Musk's membership motivated him to act

Now I've had a chance to read Andrea Sella's article in @chemistryworld.com on why he returned his Royal Society Faraday Medal. I recommend that you read it too. It's inspiring, though inevitably also disturbing, in these troubled times.
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/why-...

Are you interested in muscle #biomechanics and looking for #postdoc opportunities?

If you have skills in (statistical) shape modelling, advanced data analyses or 3D imaging/model reconstructions, get in touch with me!

I will be at #SEB2025 (Antwerp), #CNB2025 (Helsinki), and #ISB2025 (Stockholm).

This year, at #ICCB2025, I will share our research on butterfly migration. If you are around, come and say hi! Also, feel free to reach out if you are looking for a PhD position. You can find more about our research here: shawanchowdhury.com.

Global health and climate benefits from walking and cycling infrastructure | PNAS We use a globally consistent dataset—Google Environmental Insights Explorer—to quantify how urban form and transport infrastructure affect walking ...

Global study of walking and cycling rates finds if every city matched Copenhagen’s infrastructure it could cut carbon emissions by 6% and generate $435 billion in health benefits a year

Effective ways to boost active travel:

1. Increase density

2. Redesign streets to be safer and more comfortable

The biogeography and conservation of Earth’s ‘dark’ ectomycorrhizal fungi In this review, van Galen et al. use global soil metabarcoding databases to evaluate current estimates of the total number of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungal species on Earth, outline the current state o...

Our paper shows that most ectomycorrhizal fungal species (83% of OTUs) are "dark taxa": species we detect in DNA, but can't match to known species names. We map global "darkspots" - the parts of the world most in need of more research. @spun.earth @ethz.ch www.cell.com/current-biol...

Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification - Nature Ecology & Evolution Land use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity change and ecosystem functioning. Here the authors identify thresholds of grassland plant community structure and stability in response to la...

Land use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity change and ecosystem functioning. Here Bagousse-Pinguet et al. identify thresholds of grassland plant community structure and stability in response to land use intensification www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rethinking the Scientific Career A career in science should be a long and winding adventure, not an uphill slog.

I absolutely love this piece by Emily Bernhardt, @oldenfish.bsky.social, Hallam and Palen!

Rethinking the Scientific Career.

It's an older piece, but every bit as relevant now as it was seven years ago!