Emilio M Bruna
@brunalab.bsky.social
Professor of Tropical Ecology & Latin American Studies @UF. Past-Pres of @theATBC, @ESA_org Secretary, AAAS Fellow. Thunderbird, Triton, Aggie. #TeamHeliconia
PPS One more thing...
Citizens of any country may apply!
(However, UF PhD grads and current UF postdocs are not eligible.)
Citizens of any country may apply!
(However, UF PhD grads and current UF postdocs are not eligible.)
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
PPS One more thing...
Citizens of any country may apply!
(However, UF PhD grads and current UF postdocs are not eligible.)
Citizens of any country may apply!
(However, UF PhD grads and current UF postdocs are not eligible.)
PS I say "let's develop a proposal" because "Successful applications will be based on partnership between the applicant and mentor that builds on the strengths of both. Evidence of joint development of the proposal is key."
Co-mentorship welcome and I'm happy to help ID partners. Let's go!
Co-mentorship welcome and I'm happy to help ID partners. Let's go!
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
PS I say "let's develop a proposal" because "Successful applications will be based on partnership between the applicant and mentor that builds on the strengths of both. Evidence of joint development of the proposal is key."
Co-mentorship welcome and I'm happy to help ID partners. Let's go!
Co-mentorship welcome and I'm happy to help ID partners. Let's go!
- 2-year fellowship
- annual stipend of $70,000
- annual allowance of $20,000 for health insurance, research, professional development, & travel.
- annual stipend of $70,000
- annual allowance of $20,000 for health insurance, research, professional development, & travel.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
- 2-year fellowship
- annual stipend of $70,000
- annual allowance of $20,000 for health insurance, research, professional development, & travel.
- annual stipend of $70,000
- annual allowance of $20,000 for health insurance, research, professional development, & travel.
Are you looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal for the University of Florida's "Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecology and Environmental Science in the Tropics and Subtropics". Applications due January 11, 2026.
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs - University of Florida
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Are you looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal for the University of Florida's "Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecology and Environmental Science in the Tropics and Subtropics". Applications due January 11, 2026.
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
For context, this is more than DOUBLE the salary of any School Director at UF.
It’s more than any College Dean but one makes (Schools are under Colleges).
It’s more than any Center Director makes (Centers are campus wide).
If I were a school director…
(NB: w/ exception of med school/uf hlth)
It’s more than any College Dean but one makes (Schools are under Colleges).
It’s more than any Center Director makes (Centers are campus wide).
If I were a school director…
(NB: w/ exception of med school/uf hlth)
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
For context, this is more than DOUBLE the salary of any School Director at UF.
It’s more than any College Dean but one makes (Schools are under Colleges).
It’s more than any Center Director makes (Centers are campus wide).
If I were a school director…
(NB: w/ exception of med school/uf hlth)
It’s more than any College Dean but one makes (Schools are under Colleges).
It’s more than any Center Director makes (Centers are campus wide).
If I were a school director…
(NB: w/ exception of med school/uf hlth)
AYFKM
“Charles T. Canady, the next director of UF’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, will earn a $500,000 salary”
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
“Charles T. Canady, the next director of UF’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, will earn a $500,000 salary”
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
Newly appointed Hamilton School director to be paid $500,000 - The Independent Florida Alligator
As director, Canady will earn $500,000 — nearly double what he was making as a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.
www.alligator.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
AYFKM
“Charles T. Canady, the next director of UF’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, will earn a $500,000 salary”
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
“Charles T. Canady, the next director of UF’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, will earn a $500,000 salary”
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
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How dare you minimize the liberation of Granada
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
How dare you minimize the liberation of Granada
Brett Stephens grew up in Mexico City but I’m guessing he missed school the day they covered Chapultepec. And El Salvador. Also Chile. Maybe Honduras too. Poor dude was sick a LOT.
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Brett Stephens grew up in Mexico City but I’m guessing he missed school the day they covered Chapultepec. And El Salvador. Also Chile. Maybe Honduras too. Poor dude was sick a LOT.
One thing we know about the US overthrowing Latin American governments is that it always works out super-well with zero unintended negative consequences.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One thing we know about the US overthrowing Latin American governments is that it always works out super-well with zero unintended negative consequences.
Ana Lúcia Tourinho: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
scholar.google.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Ana Lúcia Tourinho: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
UF researchers coauthor more papers with authors based in China than with those based in any other other country in the world. This policy would wreck US science.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
UF researchers coauthor more papers with authors based in China than with those based in any other other country in the world. This policy would wreck US science.
Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was domesticated in Mexico.
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was domesticated in Mexico.
(yes Corey Hart released it in 1983…don’t @ me or revoke my GenX card)
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
(yes Corey Hart released it in 1983…don’t @ me or revoke my GenX card)
🎶 God wears his sunglaaaasses to smite… 🎶
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🎶 God wears his sunglaaaasses to smite… 🎶
Reposted by Emilio M Bruna
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Reposted by Emilio M Bruna
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10 New Insights in Climate Science report is out now just ahead of #cop30
Out now: the 2025/2026 10 New Insights in Climate Science.
A global science synthesis with new findings on extreme warming, ocean heat, disease risks, and the state of carbon markets.
Read the full report: 10insightsclimate.science
#10ClimateInsights
A global science synthesis with new findings on extreme warming, ocean heat, disease risks, and the state of carbon markets.
Read the full report: 10insightsclimate.science
#10ClimateInsights
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Same. See readme of tropicos.netlify.app repo for some scripts that can help with migration from wowchemy to quarto. This tutorial also helpful esp for quarto hosting in netlify. jadeyryan.com/blog/2024-02...
data whiskeRs | A beginner’s guide to building a simple website with Quarto & Netlify
Learn how to create a simple website without any technical knowledge using Quarto’s visual editor and deploy it effortlessly with Netlify’s drag and drop tool.
jadeyryan.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Same. See readme of tropicos.netlify.app repo for some scripts that can help with migration from wowchemy to quarto. This tutorial also helpful esp for quarto hosting in netlify. jadeyryan.com/blog/2024-02...
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"The pupils do not learn the scribal craft" is the new "the midterm average was 62%"
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"The pupils do not learn the scribal craft" is the new "the midterm average was 62%"
Reposted by Emilio M Bruna
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
If it were earlier in career maybe but there is a new generation that needs the opportunity more than I need another few grants.
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If it were earlier in career maybe but there is a new generation that needs the opportunity more than I need another few grants.
Jobs for two people at places that work for both in cities where its affordable to live reasonably well, for kids to graduate, for funds to fly back and forth to care for elderly parents, and for the desire to actually pick up and leave.
November 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Jobs for two people at places that work for both in cities where its affordable to live reasonably well, for kids to graduate, for funds to fly back and forth to care for elderly parents, and for the desire to actually pick up and leave.