Community Calls

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The LTER monthly community call provides an opportunity to hold seminars, discussions, and learning opportunities of relevance to the broad LTER research community. These may include research seminars, discussions of emerging projects and methods, or the occasional organizational update. LTER Community Calls are scheduled for every fourth Wednesday at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (10 a.m. MT / 11 a.m. CT / Noon ET)

Next Event

LTER Community Call: Federal Careers Forum - May 22, 2024 - 12:00 pm-2:00 pm -

Preparing to enter the work force after completing a graduate degree, and building a fulfilling and successful career outside of academia can be daunting and full of uncertainty. There is no ‘one path fits all’ that will lead to your career goals, but one of the best ways to prepare is to learn from others’ experiences.

If you are interested in pursuing a career working for a federal agency, join us on May 22^nd from 3:00-5:00 EST/12:00-2:00 PST to meet federal scientists working around the United States and learn about their career paths, work challenges and benefits, ‘a day in their life,’ and advice they wish they would have known as early career scientists.

Individual, prerecorded interviews with each of the 15 panelists will be played for the first hour of the forum, and interviews will be available to watch on this webpage a week before the forum occurs.

A “watch party” of prerecorded interviews with 13 federal scientists will start at Noon PT (3 pm ET), with the full panel discussion beginning at 1 pm PT (4 pm ET). After a brief interview with a federal careers coach, the panelists will spend the second hour of the forum in discussion with and answering questions from the attendees.

Recorded interviews will also be available for asynchronous viewing online, starting in early May. Return here or visit our YouTube Channel for the link.

Bring your questions and join in the lively discussion. If you have any questions before the event, please contact Paige Kleindl at pklei007@fiu.edu.

Panelists:

Kevin Cunniff
kevinc@miccosukeetribe.com
M.S., new FCE LTER Miccosukee connection

Sarah Spaulding
sspaulding@usgs.gov
Aquatic Ecologist
US Geological Survey / INSTAAR Fellow, University of Colorado and McMurdo LTER
Spaulding CV

Paul Julian
PJulian@evergladesfoundation.org|
Ph.D., Everglades Foundation NPO
Julian_Bio

Andrew Christopher Oishi
Andrew.c.oishi@usda.gov
Forest Ecology
Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service and Coweeta LTER

Alison Ainsworth
Alison_Ainsworth@nps.gov
Plant Community Ecology
CESU Science Advisor / Ecologist; National Park Service
Faces of Adaptation: Meet Alison Ainsworth (uw.edu)
Pacific RISCC March Webinar – High Elevation Hawaiian Plant Communities: Implications for Conservation Under Climate Change – Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Center

Chuck Rhoades
charles.c.rhoades@usda.gov
Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service and Experimental Forest
Website: Charles C. Rhoades | US Forest Service Research and Development (usda.gov)

Gina Ralph
Gina.P.Ralph@usace.army.mil
Ph.D., Planning and Policy Division, Jacksonville, FL; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CESU
Gina Paduano Ralph Bio