Dr. Riley Pizza
@rileypizza.bsky.social
Postdoc at Arizona State University || Equitable teaching practices & Restoration Seed Sourcing|| PhD Michigan State University || M.S University of Minnesota Duluth || 🏳️⚧️They/Them🏳️⚧️
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Dr. Riley Pizza
@rileypizza.bsky.social
· Mar 10
I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted a postdoc offer to work with Dr. Sara Brownell at Arizona State University on a project to understand the challenges faculty face when implementing accommodations for students with disabilities. Excited to dig deeper into Biology Education research!🧪🏫♿
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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Our timely study set in western India, which utilizes #indigenous traditional literature dating back to 750yrs, provides 1 such line of evidence. Contradicting t popular notion of a forested-past, historical nature descriptions revealed a major% of plants typical of savannas. 5/n
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Our timely study set in western India, which utilizes #indigenous traditional literature dating back to 750yrs, provides 1 such line of evidence. Contradicting t popular notion of a forested-past, historical nature descriptions revealed a major% of plants typical of savannas. 5/n
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🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
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Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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Have you seen the ecosystems here? Have you noticed the plants and wildlife and the microbial communities that call Earth home? The intricate and complicated web of life that has been knitted over billions of years, evolved for these specific planetary conditions?
I wouldn't leave that for anything
I wouldn't leave that for anything
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Have you seen the ecosystems here? Have you noticed the plants and wildlife and the microbial communities that call Earth home? The intricate and complicated web of life that has been knitted over billions of years, evolved for these specific planetary conditions?
I wouldn't leave that for anything
I wouldn't leave that for anything
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White House hits road block in effort to get top colleges to sign deal as 6 of 9 reject the compact by today's deadline
White House hits road block in effort to get top colleges to sign deal
Six of nine universities that were asked to sign an agreement in exchange for funding advantages have rejected the offer ahead of Monday’s deadline for responses
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
White House hits road block in effort to get top colleges to sign deal as 6 of 9 reject the compact by today's deadline
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notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
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Check out our new preprint on monkeyflower salt spray adaptation, with coauthors @pcdurant.bsky.social, Katherine Egeler, and @davidlowry.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Check out our new preprint on monkeyflower salt spray adaptation, with coauthors @pcdurant.bsky.social, Katherine Egeler, and @davidlowry.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Never accuse someone of being lazy when you've observed their mistakes and not their effort. That’s not constructive. It’s unkind, ableist, and biased.
Signed, an author with ADHD whose three typo-eque errors got a whole manuscript deemed “careless.”
Signed, an author with ADHD whose three typo-eque errors got a whole manuscript deemed “careless.”
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Never accuse someone of being lazy when you've observed their mistakes and not their effort. That’s not constructive. It’s unkind, ableist, and biased.
Signed, an author with ADHD whose three typo-eque errors got a whole manuscript deemed “careless.”
Signed, an author with ADHD whose three typo-eque errors got a whole manuscript deemed “careless.”
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I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Evolutionary Genomics
The postdoctoral researcher will work in Dr. Michael Grillo’s plant evolutionary genetics lab. The goal of this research project is to understand the genomic basis of plant-microbiome variation in leg...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word.
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Seed vernalization and gibberellic acid interact to affect life cycle type in facultative winter annual Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680458v1
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Seed vernalization and gibberellic acid interact to affect life cycle type in facultative winter annual Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680458v1
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Holy shit, this is a huge deal
Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
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September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Holy shit, this is a huge deal
Grad school is HARD. Feels like everyone else has it together—but newsflash: everyone struggles, even your PI! These faculty interviews discussing their grad school struggles made me feel less alone. Share these with your cohort and be nicer to yourself 🧪🌿🎓
risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
Fail Safe Science | RISE Center
risecenter.asu.edu
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Grad school is HARD. Feels like everyone else has it together—but newsflash: everyone struggles, even your PI! These faculty interviews discussing their grad school struggles made me feel less alone. Share these with your cohort and be nicer to yourself 🧪🌿🎓
risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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We know diversity = more ideas, novelty, advancement and desirable outcomes but how do we recruit and retain diversity? In our paper, me and other LGBTQ+ restoration ecologists outline issues and solutions to retaining and supporting queer ecologists
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Inclusive restoration: ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science
Scientists who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or members of other marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+) face serious disparities compared to their n...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We know diversity = more ideas, novelty, advancement and desirable outcomes but how do we recruit and retain diversity? In our paper, me and other LGBTQ+ restoration ecologists outline issues and solutions to retaining and supporting queer ecologists
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Almost 6 years ago I submitted my first manuscript--it took me about a year and a half to go from cleaned data to finished draft. Today, I finished a manuscript draft in a new-to-me system in under 4 months. Progress is wild y'all--motivation for anyone struggling to write for the first time🧪🌱
August 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Almost 6 years ago I submitted my first manuscript--it took me about a year and a half to go from cleaned data to finished draft. Today, I finished a manuscript draft in a new-to-me system in under 4 months. Progress is wild y'all--motivation for anyone struggling to write for the first time🧪🌱
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Emotion cemented Jepsen as a niche star and was acclaimed for its sense of drama and unabashed schmaltz. It's also a trove of songs about one particular emotion less associated with her cutesy image.
10 years later, it's still a joy to fall into Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Emotion'
Emotion cemented Jepsen as a niche star and was acclaimed for its sense of drama and unabashed schmaltz. It's also a trove of songs about one particular emotion less associated with her cutesy image.
n.pr
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Emotion cemented Jepsen as a niche star and was acclaimed for its sense of drama and unabashed schmaltz. It's also a trove of songs about one particular emotion less associated with her cutesy image.
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I'm giving a talk on Monday at #ESA2025, in the OOS about #phenology "Beyond Budburst" (3:30-5:00pm), organized by Luke McCormack & Christy Rollinson. There's a great list of speakers. I'm presenting at 4:30pm.
Room: Hilton Key 8
🚨 NOTE: Individual talk times within the session were updated today!
Room: Hilton Key 8
🚨 NOTE: Individual talk times within the session were updated today!
August 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm giving a talk on Monday at #ESA2025, in the OOS about #phenology "Beyond Budburst" (3:30-5:00pm), organized by Luke McCormack & Christy Rollinson. There's a great list of speakers. I'm presenting at 4:30pm.
Room: Hilton Key 8
🚨 NOTE: Individual talk times within the session were updated today!
Room: Hilton Key 8
🚨 NOTE: Individual talk times within the session were updated today!
I'm heading to #esa2025 and I am on the job market! Looking for academic positions at SLACs and PUI's broadly where I could share my love of restoration ecology with undergrads in the classroom and in the lab! Send me your leads, or learn more about me from my website
rpizza94.github.io/RileyPizza/
rpizza94.github.io/RileyPizza/
August 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm heading to #esa2025 and I am on the job market! Looking for academic positions at SLACs and PUI's broadly where I could share my love of restoration ecology with undergrads in the classroom and in the lab! Send me your leads, or learn more about me from my website
rpizza94.github.io/RileyPizza/
rpizza94.github.io/RileyPizza/
Update, i got moved to Thursday afternoon 😭 come see me anyway though!
Not me getting the optimal time to present at ESA this year (First day in the afternoon)!!!
a woman stands in front of a crowd with the words this is what dreams are made of
ALT: a woman stands in front of a crowd with the words this is what dreams are made of
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August 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Update, i got moved to Thursday afternoon 😭 come see me anyway though!
Okay, I'll ACTUALLY be done with MSU once I do one last set of field surveys! follower question: What do y'all think is the best prairie grass? ((fyi there is only one correct answer))
July 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Okay, I'll ACTUALLY be done with MSU once I do one last set of field surveys! follower question: What do y'all think is the best prairie grass? ((fyi there is only one correct answer))
And that's a wrap! It's been an amazing 5yrs at MSU. I've been so lucky to have had an amazing advisor in @lars-brudvig.bsky.social, a super supportive lab, and an abundance of beautiful prairies. Not goodbye, just see you later! Go green!💚🤍
June 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And that's a wrap! It's been an amazing 5yrs at MSU. I've been so lucky to have had an amazing advisor in @lars-brudvig.bsky.social, a super supportive lab, and an abundance of beautiful prairies. Not goodbye, just see you later! Go green!💚🤍
Not me getting the optimal time to present at ESA this year (First day in the afternoon)!!!
a woman stands in front of a crowd with the words this is what dreams are made of
ALT: a woman stands in front of a crowd with the words this is what dreams are made of
media.tenor.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Not me getting the optimal time to present at ESA this year (First day in the afternoon)!!!
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Hey, Miles' @milesroberts.bsky.social beautiful paper showing that sequence diversity missed by standard methods contributes to Lewontin's paradox is officially published in @evolletters.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
k-mer-based diversity scales with population size proxies more than nucleotide diversity in a meta-analysis of 98 plant species
Abstract. A key prediction of neutral theory is that the level of genetic diversity in a population should scale with population size. However, as was note
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June 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hey, Miles' @milesroberts.bsky.social beautiful paper showing that sequence diversity missed by standard methods contributes to Lewontin's paradox is officially published in @evolletters.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
My name is Riley (they/them), and I'm a tall grass prairie restoration ecologist and STEM Ed researcher! My random fact is that I currently live in Lansing michigan, and it's the furthest I've ever lived from a great lake!
June 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My name is Riley (they/them), and I'm a tall grass prairie restoration ecologist and STEM Ed researcher! My random fact is that I currently live in Lansing michigan, and it's the furthest I've ever lived from a great lake!