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Melman Neill

@scubamelman.bsky.social
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PhD Student at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute | Fish Energetics 🐠 | Coral Reef Ecology 🪸 | he/him

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
CryptoVision "Integrating deep learning, biological hierarchies, and high-resolution imagery to create a new identification tool for cryptic coral reef fishes" Reginato & Brandl 2026 @plos.org #ichthyology #OA journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Integrating deep learning, biological hierarchies, and high-resolution imagery to create a new identification tool for cryptic coral reef fishes
Life on Earth has evolved into a staggering diversity of species, most of which still remain undiscovered, unrecognized, or unmonitored. As our ocean’s richest biodiversity hotspot, coral reefs harbor...
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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Weak trophic position–body mass relationships undermine simple size-spectrum models for coral reefs 🦑🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
PhD position in fish ecology at the university of Gothenburg @naturvetenskap.bsky.social with fieldwork at Kristineberg marine station @kristinebergcenter.bsky.social Apply here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
🚨 Research Highlight | New tools—Surprising findings: A new study shows human impacts cause relatively little changes in energy flow on coral reefs 📖 Read the research highlight ➡️ buff.ly/J52H2WN 📖 Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/W98t51d
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
There is a speed that is the most cost effective for a fish to swim a given distance, but @izzylikesfish.bsky.social & co at the '23 Friday Harbor lab's Fish Swimming course discovered that pile perch prefer to swim at less efficient speeds to accompany others journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
A photo of a pile perch swimming in a tank in a laboratory. The tank is rigged up to pipes that deliver water to follow through the tank so that the fish can match its speed to the water.
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Melman Neill @scubamelman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is a super fun paper, my favorite part is that fast swimmers choose to slow down so they can swim with a friend! I was so lucky to join this crew at Friday Harbor Labs, I wouldn't trade it for the world!
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Melman Neill @scubamelman.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
So happy to finally get this out there! This was a collaborative, grad student-driven project outside the bounds of our dissertation research, but very much a passion project for each of us. Lots of tangible resources are included - check out Hannah's summary!
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Hannah Sima Rempel @hannah-rempel.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
It was a wonderful to share work on 'Developing inclusive teaching frameworks for campus and community STEAM education' by myself, @scubamelman.bsky.social @botanyberit.bsky.social + Dr. Chris Biggs, and hear about projects by other grant teams at the @CTL_UT Teaching & Learning Symposium last week!
Poster for the UT Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners showing a woman engaging in a conversation with a group.
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Melman Neill @scubamelman.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
Had an amazing time sharing preliminary results from my PhD work on Texas blennies at the 52nd Benthic Ecology Meeting this weekend! I couldn't have asked for a better lab group to travel with! #BEM2024
Mel Neill standing at a podium in front of his blenny presentation.A group photo of the Casy and Brandl labs at outside the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Charleston, SC.
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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
We're hiring! Come join us as a research tech on a collaborative and interdisciplinary project that is centered around energetic linkages among algal biofilms, invertebrates, and shorebirds in South Texas. Deadline is March 20th! 🦠🐚🐦 Ad: fishandfunctions.com/join Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc473suy
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Melman Neill @scubamelman.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
Great work going on all around, it's so exciting to be part of such a passionate group!
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Jordan Casey @jordancasey.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
🐟🧬 Research technician opportunity in marine ecology! 🦠🔬 Opening for a research technician in my lab @thecaseylab.bsky.social Full advertisement: caseylab.weebly.com/join.html Apply by December 1st. Start date in Jan/Feb 2024. Email me with any questions!
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Hannah Sima Rempel @hannah-rempel.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
We kicked off our first inclusive teaching journal club at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute today! We discussed how mixed assessment methods can improve gender parity in college bio courses (Cotner & Ballen 2017). Paper link: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Can mixed assessment methods make biology classes more equitable?
Many factors have been proposed to explain the attrition of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields, among them the lower performance of women in introductory courses resulting from ...
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John Majoris, PhD @gobywan.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
The Majoris Lab at TAMU-CC is open and recruiting a PhD student to study intra- and interspecific variation in larval dispersal traits. Full details at: www.johnmajoris.com/graduate-stu... @sicb-dedb.bsky.social
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Melman Neill @scubamelman.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Hi, my name is Mel Neill. I'm an aquarist and PhD student studying competition between adorable species of blennies at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute with @gobyone.bsky.social. Here's my most photogenic specimen yet, a crested blenny (Hypleurochilus geminatus)!
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