SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Undergraduate Affairs SRC Subcommittee co-chair Renn Schipper is a PhD student at Kent State University. He has volunteered for the UA and DEI subcommittees, moving up to co-chair. His work examines the role trace metals play as essential nutrients and how they impact carbon and nitrogen processes. 020
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Our Workshop Subcommittee co-chair is Justin Sturtz, a PhD at South Dakota State University. He studies ecosystem effects of riparian invasion across ecosystem boundaries and leverages deep learning algorithms to identify invasive species on the landscape. Thank you for your time with the SRC! 030
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Introducing the SRC Board of Directors chair @champagnee.bsky.social. She is pursuing her PhD on the effects of harmful algal blooms on the microbiomes of shellfish at the University of Memphis. Her work with SRC started with the Emerge program, and she has been very involved with the SRC for years. 150
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Join the SFS Student Resources Virtual Events Committee and Dr. Kaleb Heinrich for a virtual workshop on improving your poster, oral presentation, or lightning talk. Zoom – ua-edu.zoom.us/j/8240370513... Pre-event survey: docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... 011
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Congratulations to the 2026 inductees into the Fellows of the Society for Freshwater Science: Dr. Alonso Ramírez, Dr. Mark Gessner, and Dr. Nicholas Aumen! Learn more about their contributions to freshwater science: www.freshwater-science.org/news-item/22... 021
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Congratulations to the 2026 SFS Career Award Winners! - Hynes Award for New Investigators: Audrey Goeckner - Environmental Stewardship Award: John Jackson - Award of Excellence: Jennifer Tank Learn more about their contributions to freshwater science: www.freshwater-science.org/news-item/22... 0103
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🗳️ Voting is open for the SFS 2026 Election! Help shape the future of our Society by casting your vote for President. Members will receive an email with a link to vote. Voting closes at 8 pm PDT on May 3, 2026. Join or renew your membership now to ensure your voice is heard: freshwater-science.org 010
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 27/03/2026BIG news: the new SFS website is live! Our new website makes it easier for our community to collaborate and grow. It has information about member benefits, engagement opportunities, awards and grants, and more. Explore everything the new site has to offer today: www.freshwater-science.org 031
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 25/02/2026📆 Feb. 26, 4 pm EST, Zoom: We will be hosting a Q&A about our members' concerns on travel to and from the Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA. Raluca (Luca) Vais‑Ottosen, immigration attorney at DeWitt LLP, will be fielding questions about travel logistics and what to expect when entering/leaving the U.S. 012
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Now Accepting Applications! Are you passionate about scientific communication and policy? Do you want to expand your network internationally? Are you seeking leadership within the SFS community? This fellowship is for you! (1/2) 154
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Join the SFS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Virtual Events Committee for a fun and engaging event exploring themes in Black history and spotlighting Black scientists in freshwater science. 🎣 Come play a game, learn something new, and connect with the community! Wednesday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET 063
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Join the SFS DEI Subcommittee to unwind for the season with Cozy Connections! November 14th at 3pm PST/6pm EST 🍂 Link to Teams meeting: tinyurl.com/sfscozyconne... 021
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Are you attending the 2026 Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting? Are you interested, but unsure if it’s feasible? Take the survey below to let us know what factors are affecting your decision to attend and how we can support the #SFS community. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 031
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Don’t miss your chance — Special Sessions and Workshop submissions are closing on October 22! Proposals should be related to the meeting theme, “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other emerging topics related to freshwater science. (1/3) 210
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Submit your proposal for workshops and special sessions for the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting relating to the theme “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other related emerging topics. Deadline: October 15th, 2025. (1/2) 136
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Please consider taking this survey from the SFS Council of Underrepresented Voices for a chance to win one of ten $50 Visa gift cards. This survey will help the CUV understand where to focus their efforts to support members of the society. The survey can be found here: tinyurl.com/cuvsurvey 033
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development invites you to attend a free webinar titled, “Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems to Improve Human Health and Well-being” on June 10, 2025 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET. Link to register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 012
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 04/06/2025We would like to thank all the participants, both speakers and attendees, of the Spanish lightning talks. The response to the session was amazing and we deeply appreciate everyone that engaged with it. We would love to get any feedback or ideas you might have for the future of this session. (1/2) 131
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Looking forward to some more great events today!! In addition to those listed here, there is also an SFS queer social at 5:30 this evening at El Beer Garden + Pizza just across from the conference center!! 022
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Excited to see everyone at the live auction tonight!! Reminder that you will need to pay with cash, PayPal, or Venmo 000
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Conference events for Sunday! Look forward to a post each morning this week with the events for the day! #sfs2025 034
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 16/05/2025The annual meeting is in two days! Students, make sure you're signed up for these events that are open to all students. For the International Student Mixer, please add the event to your registration on the ASN Events website. 012
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 14/05/2025🌴May 22nd from 4-5:30 LIVE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING during the closing remarks session- any and all topics concerning SFS members and activities will be discussed. We will be using the Open Space Forum approach (www.facilitator.school/blog/open-sp...) to allow members to provide input on topics. 135
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Our next SFS Townhall is on May 14th at 7 pm EST on Zoom. This webinar will answer questions about travel to and from the Annual Meeting in San Juan, PR. Raluca (Luca) Vais‑Ottosen, immigration attorney at DeWitt LLP, will be fielding questions you may have regarding travel logistics and concerns. 133
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 18/04/20251️⃣ Wednesday, May 14, 7 pm EST: The Society for Freshwater Science is hosting a Zoom webinar that will question and answer about travel to and from the Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Thread) 400
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Mitchell first got involved with SFS as a Master’s student at the JASM Grand Rapids Conference. He has previously served as a member of the Undergrad affairs committee. His favorite part of his program is his lab mates, and his least favorite is doing winter fieldwork. 000
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Our merchandise subcommittee chair is Mitchell Liddick, a PhD at the University of Notre Dame. He researches the fate and transport of contaminants in agriculturally impacted streams, focusing on how environmental factors influence antimicrobial resistance and nutrient uptake under climate change. 100
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Our second co-chair for the virtual events committee is Hazel Quarterman, and NSF RaMP post-bac fellow at Georgia Southern University. She is investigating the effects of saltwater intrusion on leaf decomposition in freshwater wetlands on a barrier island. 110
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 29/03/2025We have Puerto Rico merch for #sfs2025! Order your shirts, hoodies, crewnecks, hats, and totes to get ready for the meeting😎 link here and in bio: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/merch 142
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 27/03/2025April YODA Event: DEI 101: Meet & Connect Before SFS 2025! 📅 Date: April 30, 2025 ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM (USA EST) 📍 Location: Zoom link 💡 Whether you’re new to DEI conversations or looking to deepen your understanding, this session is a great way to meet others before the SFS meeting! (1/2) 103
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Join us for the SRC International Subcommittee for an international student virtual meet and greet! This will be the International SC's first event. This event is a great way to network with the international freshwater science community ahead of SFS 2025 in San Juan. (1/3) 223
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The SRC needs your donations for the live auction! The proceeds for the live auction directly support student research efforts and funding student travel to the conference ✈️ 🥼 163
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Our co-chair for the virtual events subcommittee is Angelika Kurthen, a 6th year Ph.D. in Integrative Biology Department at Oregon State University. She works on developing mechanistic population models for aquatic invertebrates to describe how they respond to temperature & flow regime changes. 100
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The SFS Student Resources Committee (SRC) is now accepting self-nominations for SRC Subcommittee Chairs! Please fill out the form using the link in our bio by April 1st. Email Emma, our Elections and Governance Chair at ethrift.cahall@nd.edu or SRC at src@freshwater-science.org for any questions. 154
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 18/02/2025She first got involved with SFS through her advisor and SRC alumni, Dr. Shannon Speir. Her favorite part of the program the excitement and collaborative spirit her colleagues bring. Fun fact- Kathleen went skydiving when she went to Namibia for an environmental field course in undergrad at Rhodes! 000
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Our Live Auction subcommittee chair is Kathleen Cutting, a Master’s student at the University of Arkansas studying the spatial and temporal patterns in biogeochemistry in an intermittent agricultural stream as a part of the QuEST project. Pictured are some animals she runs into in the field! 141
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Our student-mentor mixer subcommittee chair is Emma Thrift-Cahall, a Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame. She studies the impact of agriculture and conservation practices on nutrients and other contaminants in streams. She got involved with SFS through the highly-involved Tank Lab. 130
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Dr. Shannon Speir of The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is leading the development of a water quality research agenda in the Mississippi River Basin states as a part of an EPA Cooperative Agreement. Currently, this is being addressed via two efforts: 350
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 31/01/2025She first got involved with SFS while getting her Master’s, and looks forward to attending as many meetings as possible. Her favorite parts of her program are getting to visit many different types of streams in Alabama, but her least favorite thing is the love-hate relationship with microscope work. 000
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Our student-mentor mixer subcommittee chair is @crsmith.bsky.social, a Ph. D. candidate at the University of Alabama. Her work examines how flow variability alters macroinvertebrate communities and the resulting consequences on production and community stoichiometry. 132
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 29/01/2025He got involved with SFS after realizing how special our society is at his first annual meeting in 2023. Justin was also in the active duty military for 12 years. His favorite part of his program is that the cohort of professors and students have the desire to make a difference in this world. 000
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Our student workshop subcommittee chair is Justin Sturtz, a Ph.D. in the Wildlife and Fisheries department at South Dakota State University. He studies interactions between invasive riparian plants and omnivores by developing deep learning models to identify riparian invasion. 121
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Our local arrangements subcommittee chair is Adriana Villanueva, a senior environmental science major studying the effects of glyphosate on the locomotion and morality of freshwater snails. 110
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The abstract submission deadline for #SFS2025 has been extended to February 2nd at 11:59 PM EST. Endowment award applications are still due this Sunday the 26th at 11:59 PM EST. 🎉 174
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Tori has been involved with SFS since 2018. Her favorite part of her program is how UA has a fantastic collaborative group of freshwater ecologists. In her free time, she does science-themed embroidery- including a piece auctioned at the SFS 2024 meeting! Thank you for all you do for our undergrads! 030
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Our undergraduate affairs chair is @torihebert321.bsky.social, a Ph.D. Candidate at The University of Alabama. Her dissertation research is studying light and temperature as drivers of ecosystem processes in arctic steam-springs. 140
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Her favorite part of her program is how UA has a fantastic collaborative group of freshwater ecologists, and her least favorite thing about her program is the entire town shutting down for football weekends. In her free time, she does science-themed embroidery- including one auctioned at SFS 2024! 000
SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 20/01/2025She first got involved with SFS as an undergraduate at The University of Kansas when she attended SFS 2019 in Salt Lake City. Her favorite part of her program is being able to travel for conferences and research. Here is a photo of her two cats, Dr. Meowstus and William’s Original Chili Seasoning. 021