Assistant Professor @JMUCSM. Evolutionary ecology, macroevolution, mutualism. Opinions my own. He/him. #BLM @DavidHembry@ecoevo.social
Harrisonburg, VA, USA
Joined December 2014
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I'm recruiting 2 MSc students to join my lab @JMUCSM in Fall 2025/26, supported by an NSF BRC-BIO grant. All projects focus on the evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. Ad is here: hembrylab.com/openings/ Happy to answer informal questions/chat on Zoom in advance.
A fond farewell today to post-bac student and NSF GRFP recipient Sarai Badillo, who is leaving to start a PhD at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center! Congratulations and best of luck on your next scientific adventure, Sarai!
First time attending Virtual Evolution @Evol_mtg and am enjoying it a ton. Thanks to all the great presenters and @eseb_org @sse_evolution @AsnAmNat @systbiol for putting this on! #Evol2024
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Innovation vs diversification
"Stability hypothesis: selection against phenotypic novelty enhances species diversifcation by strengthening dispersal limitation.
Novelty hypothesis: selection for phenotypic novelty impedes species diversifcation by weakening dispersal limitation."
New paper out today with @yichaozeng44 in @JEvBio modeling the effects of coevolution on diversification--hopefully the first step toward a predictive theory on this massive, complicated, and likely important evolutionary process. academic.oup.com/jeb/advance…
New paper out today with @yichaozeng44 in @JEvBio modeling the effects of coevolution on diversification--hopefully the first step toward a predictive theory on this massive, complicated, and likely important evolutionary process. academic.oup.com/jeb/advance…
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"Novelty or familiarity" may be a daily dilemma many face. In this @JEvBio paper, @DavidHembry and I show how, in coevolutionary diversification of clades, a similar dilemma exists and can play out differently depending on the (in)dependence of the clade. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae069
Postbac student in my lab Sarai Badillo is a new NSF GRFP recipient, interested in doing research on the influence of the parental microbiome on fetal development and its long-term consequences for disease and health. Any recommended departments/PIs that would be a good fit?
My former graduate advisee @ChheangPisal is looking to do a PhD in the US, on using remote sensing/modeling to assess wildfire impacts in Cambodian tropical dry forests. Any recommendations for departments/universities/advisors that would be a good fit for his interests?
Thank you so much @scottpegan and Egan lab members for such an awesome seminar visit to #RiceEEB last week. Super fun to talk science and to meet y'all!
Thanks to Dr. @DavidHembry from @utpb for a wonderful seminar visit yesterday #RiceEEB @RiceUniversity
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Out today: Defining the roles of local precipitation and anthropogenic water sources in driving the abundance of Aedes aegypti, an emerging disease vector in urban, arid landscapes link.springer.com/article/10…
Back from a very fun and enjoyable seminar at Angelo State University yesterday (at 131 miles campus-to-campus, the closest university to UTPB). Really great discussion with students after my talk. Many thanks to Greg Krukonis and the Department of Biology for hosting me!
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I'm recruiting 3 MSc students to join my lab in Fall 2024/25, supported by an NSF BRC-BIO grant. All projects focus on the evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. Ad is here: hembrylab.com/openings/ I'm very happy to answer informal questions/chat on Zoom in advance.
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Hi All, I'm recruiting a new grad student to join my lab at UWyoming in Fall 2024. Broadly speaking, we work on speciation and adaptation in birds. More info about the opportunity is here: carlinglab.com/people/
Thanks for spreading the word.
ALT Picture of the Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park
Many congratulations to undergrad researcher in the lab Jose Zapata, who has accepted a research technician job at the University of Iowa Medical School in @tfischer78 laboratory. This was Jose's host lab in summer 2022 at @NSF REU @uiowabiology. We're so excited for you Jose!
I had a wonderful seminar visit earlier this week at the University of Texas at Austin. Many highlights, one of which was a visit to the brand-new Hill Country field station along the Pedernales River. Many thanks to Alex Wild for the invitation!
We're excited to announce the lab has received an NSF REPS supplement to support Sarai Badillo as a postbac student in the lab for one year. Sarai was an undergraduate researcher in the lab, and will be working on leafflower moth caterpillar microbiomes in Texas. Congrats Sarai!