Postdoc, Friday Harbor Labs, UW. I study marine heatwaves and their impacts on marine invertebrate population dynamics. Playing in the outdoors and bluegrass music enthusiast. villesci.github.io | https://linktr.ee/villescihttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3mw7rlsqsbk2zWhen are the tides good enough for field work? Wonder no more! I built a tide app for creating calendar files of low tide work times for intertidal ecologists! Happy to hear any feedback folks may have. 01a0c633-84db-74c3-25ac-3c08d83ba41c.share.connect.posit.cloud https://01a0c633-84db-74c3-25ac-3c08d83ba41c.share.connect.posit.cloud/23 Sep 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7rlsqsbk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3mpkebbq5xs2xPhDone! Last Friday, I successfully defended my PhD in Marine Biology from the University of New Hampshire. I am so grateful to my advisor, Easton White, and my committee members for their years of mentorship and support as I worked towards this degree.01 Jul 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkebbq5xs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3mmorj444wc2mI will be defending my PhD dissertation in Marine Biology at the University of New Hampshire on Friday, June 12th from 10-11 ET! If you are interested in attending, send me a DM for the meeting link (redacted QR code b/c I don't trust the internet).25 May 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmorj444wc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3lwgyvzdoic2mMy first @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social conference was fantastic - great conversations with fellow ecologists, and many new connections and directions to look into. Great to share the experience with QMEL lab @eastonwhite.bsky.social15 Aug 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwgyvzdoic2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3lvtygvo4as2dPleased to have contributed to this special issue on #marineheatwaves - more to come! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2025 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtygvo4as2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3lra6ryk7c22tFor the past two weeks I’ve been participating in the French-American Doctoral Exchange program organized by the US Embassy of France to meet students and researchers across France and attend the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, the scientific program before the United Nations Ocean Conference10 Jun 2025 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lra6ryk7c22thttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3lpx7jorrx22lExcellent week at the Ecological Forecasting Initiative conference at Virginia Tech! EFI is a really fun and inclusive community, come join us for 2026 @ecoforecast.bsky.social24 May 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpx7jorrx22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3lmxgwiwmn22kSome atrocious proposed changes to the ESA to remove habitat modification from the definition of a 'take' of a protected species. Here is the docket: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf Submit your comments tomorrow when it is live!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxgwiwmn22khttps://bsky.app/profile/villesci.bsky.social/post/3llygmnaz3c2uDefinitely time to download whatever data you think you need from NOAA 😡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:4dat7wt4dwpdpjabqkhfpj4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3llygmnaz3c2u