Just started my postdoc in Sweden! 🇦🇺->🇸🇪 Weather? Like a different planet. Universities? Somehow the same. Red Bull truly works miracles

Job alert: 2.75 -3 yr postdoc in Mathematical ecology/epidemiology or Decision Sci at the University of Queensland on the value of information for decisions with @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social Katriona Shea & myself #MathSky 🌍 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... please share

This picture is such an accurate representation of me trying to make sense of my own research. Thanks for hosting me @uq-cbcs.bsky.social, I had a blast!

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A big thank you to QUT PhD candidate Sarah Vollert for presenting at our seminar yesterday. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Very excited to share my most recent paper on calibrating models of ecosystem networks. Featuring: @sarahvollert.bsky.social, Malyon Bimler, Chris Baker, Maude Vernet, Stefano Canessa, Chris Drovandi, @matthew-p-adams.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

EEMtoolbox: A user‐friendly R package for flexible ensemble ecosystem modelling

Forecasting ecosystem changes due to disturbances or conservation interventions is essential to improve ecosystem management and anticipate unintended consequences of conservation decisions. Mathe...

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Really interesting talk by @taces.bsky.social on how we should be selecting protected areas knowing that our environment is changing #anziam2025 Disclosure: I love any talk with penguin pics 🐧

Thanks @matthholden.bsky.social! The good thing about being the first talk of a conference is that everyone thinks it’s the best talk so far #anziam2025

Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈@matthholden.bsky.social · 2y ago

In a great talk @sarahvollert.bsky.social shows us how to use approximate Bayesian computation to calibrate and fit models when there is limited or no raw data and expert elicitation #anziam2025

100 years with the Lotka-Volterra equation... let's celebrate!

Math enviro conferences are wild because one minute you’ll chat with someone about how Nemo comically misrepresented the East Australian Current, and the next you’re learning that hot showers are killing the planet (hot water systems make up 10% of Australia’s energy consumption!)

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Our new paper shows that generalised ecosystem population models are tragically bad at predicting conservation outcomes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @cailanjs.bsky.social Did we miss something? Is this impossible to predict? What does this mean for conservation planning?

Calibrated Ecosystem Models Cannot Predict the Consequences of Conservation Management Decisions

This study evaluates ecosystem models calibrated to time series data from experimental microcosms. Although multiple parameter sets fit the data well, the models fail to predict future dynamics, resp...

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We're hosting our fourth annual 'Environmental Modelling for Better Predictions and Decisions' symposium at QUT on 20-21 January. It's in-person only, always fun, and free! We focus on ECR/student presentations, networking, and panels. I always learn heaps and meet lots of researchers. Register now

2025 AMEG Symposium: Environmental modelling for better predictions and decisions

Dates: January 20-21, 2025 (optional HDR workshop on January 22) Location: In person at QUT Gardens Point campus Cost: FREE (food included) Contact us at: AMEGsymposium@gmail.com The QUT Applied Math...

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New #BulletinMathBio paper by Sarah A. Vollert, Christopher Drovandi, and Matthew P. Adams on Ecosystem Knowledge Should Replace Coexistence and Stability Assumptions in Ecological Network Modelling. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

Ecosystem Knowledge Should Replace Coexistence and Stability Assumptions in Ecological Network Modelling - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Quantitative population modelling is an invaluable tool for identifying the cascading effects of conservation on an ecosystem. When population data from monitoring programs is not available, determini...

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In true academic style, I'm finishing my new years resolutions just before due date. The ideas behind this paper have been my passion project since day 1 of my PhD, and I'm pleased to announce that it's finally published! doi.org/10.1007/s115... @chris-drovandi.bsky.social

Ecosystem Knowledge Should Replace Coexistence and Stability Assumptions in Ecological Network Modelling - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Quantitative population modelling is an invaluable tool for identifying the cascading effects of conservation on an ecosystem. When population data from monitoring programs is not available, determini...

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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Starter packs

BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...

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