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Victoria Chraibi

@limnovic.bsky.social
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Diatoms, algae, paleolimnology, limnology, freshwater ecology 💧🔬| Field stations, science education, educational board games | Associate Professor and E&O Director of field station in Texas | Travel 🗺, cross stitch 🪡, highland dance and clogging 🩰 she/her

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James Hitchcock @jameshitchcock.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The UTS Freshwater and Estuarine Research Group are recruiting multiple PhD/Masters candidates for four projects on: environmental flows and food webs; cold water pollution; macrophytes; and algal blooms. Scholarships available. jameshitchcock.net/phdopportuni... #phdpositions #academicsky
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Celebrating the graduation of two of my long-term undergraduate researchers is the best way to end the academic year. I'm excited to see what they accomplish next. Connecting with students is the best part of the job!
Two women wearing graduation regalia stand in front of a statue of a class ring. The science academic building is in the background.Two women wearing graduation regalia stand in front of a statue of a class ring. The science academic building is in the background.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#PhycologyFriday
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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Awesome Master’s degree level #Phycology job at UC Berkeley! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05258?fbc...
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Assistant/Associate Specialist - Phycological Specialist - University and Jepson Herbaria
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Associate Professor in Palaeoclimatology – University of Bergen Permanent faculty position in geosciences, with a focus on Quaternary geology & palaeoclimate reconstruction 📅 Deadline: 11 Feb 2026 🔗 higherjobz.com/associate-pr... #AcademicJobs #Geoscience #ClimateResearch @unibergen.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Palaeoclimatology – Norway | HigherJobz
Associate Professor in Quaternary geology and palaeoclimatology at University of Bergen, Norway. Permanent geoscience faculty role.
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MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
One single protein, one big decision: how brown algae know when to reproduce. New press release on how researchers in the Department of Algae Development and Evolution have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental control in brown algae. Read on here: tinyurl.com/3taptpba
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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We are seeking applications for an Endowed Research Chair in Watershed and/or Aquatic Sciences — Full-time, tenure/tenure-track faculty position our department. Assistant or Associate Professor level & expected to start Sept 1, 2026. Apps due March 1, 2026: unbc.njoyn.com/CL/xweb/xweb...
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
2025 was a wild year to be president of a professional society focused on science and environmental management, but I'm so lucky to work with these folks. I am in awe of the commitment and enthusiasm of everyone in the lake community who volunteers their time and expertise for @nalms.bsky.social.
Conference agenda, mug, and name badge with ribbons next to a gavel.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In 2019, a house finch with a malformed beak became a regular in our garden. Didn't see it again after that spring. Now in 2026, it seems to be back?! #birds #birding
House finch, a small red and brown bird, with a malformed beak perched on a garden arch in 2019House finch, a small red and brown bird, with a malformed beak perched at a feeder in 2019
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I guess it's time to end my alumna donations and put my regalia hood in storage. Why remain associated with a university that wants nothing to do with the expertise it trained me in? Good luck with the tornadoes and droughts, Nebraska - your flagship university won't be able to help you anymore.
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · 05/12/2025
ASLO is accepting applications from undergraduate students for the NSF funded 2026 Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange and Mentoring Experience (#LOREX) program! 📅 Deadline: Jan 15, 2026 📍Orientation: May 12, 2026 in Montreal 🔗 Apply here: www.aslo.org/lorex/lorex-...
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Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This is a really cool PhD position (with Nordic salary) between University of Copenhagen and us at the MFRI in Iceland. Come work with us and feel free to dm me with any questions about life in Iceland, moving here, etc. employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
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PhD fellowship in Diversity, Ecology and Effects of Toxigenic Marine Microalgae
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Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New vacancy - Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physiology of Calcification in phytoplankton More information and apply:
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Job Details
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Martin Genner @mgenner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
A UK chalk stream with the water crowfoot in flow, and hemlock water dropwort on the bank.One of the ERC REFRESH experiments underway. Experimental mesocosms are being used to study the biological responses to different forms of dissolved organic matter.UK freshwater streams are rich in biological diversity, including damselflies such as this beautiful demoiselle
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Fully funded 4-year PhD position at Uppsala University to study marine endosymbiosis in Meringosphaera. Applicants should have relevant expertise and skills. Apply by Dec 10, 2025: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8751… #phd
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PhD student in systematic biology
PhD student in systematic biology
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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🌿🌊Annals of Botany invites submissions to a new Special Issue on "Macroalgae and ecosystem services", edited by AoB editors Mick Hanley and Kira Krumhansl and guest editor Louise Firth. (1/3) @louisefirth.bsky.social
Flyer for the Annals of Botany Special Issue titled 'Macroalgae and Ecosystem Services'. It features the names of editors Mick Hanley, Kira Krumhansl, and guest editor Louise Firth. The submission deadline is July 31, 2025. The background is teal on the left, with a close-up image of golden-brown macroalgae on the right.
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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 30/09/2025
The Univ. of Nebraska’s Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has established a webpage soliciting the community’s help in saving their program. Their hearing in front of campus admin is next Friday, Oct 10th. Please consider sharing why they’re essential! eas.unl.edu/save-earth-a...
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Save Earth and Atmospheric Sciences! | Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proposing to close the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) as part of its budget reduction plan. We strongly oppose this plan. EAS conducts research ...
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I earned my PhD in this program. This is an excellent department with an outsized level of productivity. They train professionals for careers as experts in severe weather, drought, climatology, hydrogeology, petroleum, and paleontology. This would be a big loss for UNL. I hope they reconsider.
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) @nalms.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Save the date for NALMS’ first webinar series for early career professionals! "Uncharted Waters: Communication & Advocacy Skills for Uncertain Times" is a FREE 2-part webinar series focused on science communication skills & their application in policymaking, advocacy, & media 💧 tinyurl.com/nhhu5x2j
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) @nalms.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
NALMS and our Board of Directors are excited to invite you to join us at the beach for #NALMS2025 – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina! November 4-7, 2025. Early bird registration closes September 12th! 🐥 Field trip and workshop add-ons are also open for registrations! www.nalms.org/nalms2025/
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Corina Brussaard @brussaard7.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The last PhD position within the PHYVIR project -- on modeling phytoplankton host - virus interactions! Check it out! 😃 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD Models of Phytoplankton-Virus Interactions
Are you intrigued by how tiny marine microbes impact global carbon cycling? Are you interested in virus-host interactions? Do you enjoy thinking about how to describe ecological processes with mathema...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Apply now: #PhD #position “Advancing environmental DNA (#eDNA) approaches to future-proof #environmental #monitoring of #aquatic #ecosystems” 🧬 🔎 🦐 🧪 🐟 (4 years position) ➡️ apply.refline.ch/673277/1268/... Thanks for sharing to suitable candidates! @eawag.bsky.social
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
MLitt Scholarship in Palaeolimnology at University of Galway, Galway, Ireland Apply for a fully funded MLitt position in Palaeolimnology at the University of Galway, Ireland. The CORE project focuses on climate reconstruction in Western Ireland. Eligible candidates should have a background in…
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MLitt Scholarship in Palaeolimnology at University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
Apply for a fully funded MLitt position in Palaeolimnology at the University of Galway, Ireland. The CORE project focuses on climate reconstruction in Western Ireland. Eligible candidates should have a background in Geography or Natural Sciences. Start date: 1 September 2025. Deadline: 30 June 2025, 17:00 IST.
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Young ISDR @youngisdr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Have you ever wondered about the fascinating world of diatom sexual reproduction? Here’s your chance to dive in! Join us for the lecture "Sex and the Diatoms," presented by Prof. David G. Mann, organised by the Algolog. and Bot. Student Scient. Association "Chloris" on July 1st at 4 PM CEST.
Algological and Botanical Student Scientific Association Chloris and Department of Algology and Mycology from the University of Lodz, Free online Lecture: Sex and the Diatom by David G. Mann. Tuesday, July 1st 2025 4 PM CEST
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) @nalms.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
NALMS and our Board of Directors are pleased to invite you to join us at the beach for #NALMS2025 – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina! November 4-7, 2025. Early bird registration closes September 12th! Field trip and workshop add-ons are also open for registrations 💧 www.nalms.org/nalms2025/
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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪
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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) @nalms.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
NALMS is currently accepting applications for two internships: 1) NALMS JEDI Program; and 2) NALMS Lake Science Education, Communications, and Outreach 🌱 Applications for these two opportunities (remote, paid, flexible schedule) are due by May 15. www.nalms.org/internship-o...
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) @nalms.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy #EarthDay from NALMS 🌎 We hope you visit a lake/get outside today! Remind your people of the purpose of today, share your knowledge & joy of nature with your community, & call your representatives to encourage them to uphold the laws & continue the funding needed to protect our natural spaces.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The best kind of class day
Three kayaks on a lake
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) @nalms.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The #NALMS2025 Call for Abstracts is open! We encourage all to submit abstracts for our symposium in Myrtle Beach, SC, November 4-7, 2025. This year's theme is "Navigating Change Together: Enhancing Lake, Reservoir, and Watershed Resilience." The deadline is April 11th! 🌊 www.nalms.org/nalms2025/
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Diatom model-making in lab this #PhycologyFriday. Look at these cuties!
3D models of different diatoms rendered in white air-dry clay
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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Job: Come work with me! Please repost! We're seeking a faculty colleague whose research, teaching, and outreach focuses on water quality and freshwater ecosystems in the context of climate change. Review of applications will begin April 15, 2025. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
An image of a tree-lined lake with the text, "We are hiring. Assistant Professor: Water Quality and Impacts of Climate Change. Visit careers.msu.edu. Job No. 1023203. Michigan State University."
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Happy weird duck season!
Hooded MerganserPied-billed GrebeAmerican WigeonNorthern Shoveler in the foreground, Gadwalls in the background. Everybody has their heads "ducked" underwater to forage.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Beach-combing phycotourism near San Francisco for #PhycologyFriday. Would love some IDs!
Dark green seaweed with flat blades with split ends washed up on the sand. Fucus, known as bladderwrack or rockweed.Dark reddish-purple, delicately branched algae hanging onto a kelp.Large golden-brown kelp with a bulbous air bladder at the tip of the stipe with several blades attached. About 10 more feet of stipe laying nearby, but no holdfast. Nereocystis, bull kelp.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I'm excited for this next year! As the 2025 president of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), I look forward to working with lake stewards across the continent to grow membership, connectivity, and activism. See you at our fall meeting in Myrtle Beach?
A conference schedule booklet with a cover photo of Lake Tahoe for NALMS 2024 annual meeting in Tahoe. A conference name badge and lanyard is draped above the booklet. A wooden gavel rests on top of the booklet.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Show me your pet and what they were named for
Three guinea pigs looking expectantly at the person holding the camera.Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra smoking and laughing
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
One of my favorite Roatan memories will be watching a baby agouti explore the world by the bungalow. Mama and baby emerged at the same time every day to forage and run zoomies. The Roatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica) is endemic to the island.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Sunset on the Dock #crossstitch #xstitch
Cross stitch of a lake view from the dock at sunset. Main colors are pink, orange, yellow, and tral.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
@mindymorales.bsky.social yay, Mindy! A phyco-friend!
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Peaceful sunset on Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe shoreline from the water with the moon in the darkening sky.Lake Tahoe shoreline from the water. The sun has descended behind the mountains, giving the water a yellow glow. Forested shoreline of Lake Tahoe. The lake is clear, calm,  and dark blue.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
The Mobile Discovery Lab is back from its retrofit by the Science Mill, and it is looking fabulous! Can't wait to hit the road in the big purple truck for STEM outreach 🌱🔬🪲🗺⛅️
A purple truck pulling a 44-foot trailer wrapped with graphic design of STEM topics and branded with Tarleton State University, Science Mill, and Texas Pioneer Foundation logos.Trailer interior with colorful museum signage and interactive exhibits on soil health, topography, weather, insects, microorganisms, and aquaponics.
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
Happy World Algae Day! To celebrate, Algae Foundation announces the launch of Phycoverse, its first educational algae game. I had so much fun working with Joe and the team to design this game. The art and graphic design are beautiful. We hope you enjoy it!
A board game box cover composed of multi-colored algae pressings against a blue background created with cyanobacteria pigments. The title reads "Phycoverse: a game of algae adventures."
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Victoria Chraibi @limnovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Timberlake Field Station has been awarded NSF funding to construct a research lab! 🥳
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