Forests, fungi, biogeochemistry Postdoc at UTK he/ they https://www.edwardsecology.org/https://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3mtwbffwsrs2iStarted my own mutualism this weekend25 Aug 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwbffwsrs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3mmeqwqanss2lNew preprint! We used global observations and ML-informed niche modeling to understand the drivers of mycorrhizal fungal distributions and predict their sensitivity to climate change, finding big differences between guilds. Many people to thank! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.18.725971v121 May 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeqwqanss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3m3ng5nmcjc2tBefore / after 2 years in the ground for these root & fungal ingrowth cores20 Oct 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ng5nmcjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3m2wpzl2uys23They aren’t fun emails to receive, but I deeply appreciate it when a job I applied for lets me know I’m not being considered anymore. It’s so crazy to me this only happens maybe 10% of the time.11 Oct 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wpzl2uys23https://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3lxmtsj5uls2wFeels so good when a new(ish) paper gets its first citation :)30 Aug 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxmtsj5uls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3lusca5lhxk26Got a grant rejection today with some very valuable feedback. Apparently 3 months after a disturbance is too late to start sampling, but anything before a year is too early. I’ll keep that in mind for next time!25 Jul 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusca5lhxk26https://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3lse7fodxx22cLabeling chambers are up and running so these dual-mycorrhizal plants are incorporating 13-CO2 to measure how much they give their fungal mutualists24 Jun 2025 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lse7fodxx22chttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3lnqnuenop22pFungal endophytes may not be a reliable way to improve plant resilience to global change. Warmer temperatures disrupt symbiosis between plants and fungal endophytes by reducing fungal colonization and diversity in plant tissues, with stronger effects in leaves than roots. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.7020726 Apr 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqnuenop22phttps://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3lqqrqd2lzs26Acomplished a meaningless goal in my dumb game and now all the serotonin is gone04 Jun 2025 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqqrqd2lzs26https://bsky.app/profile/joeedwards.bsky.social/post/3loqjqvtdsk2qFriendly reminder that it’s very, very cool to not use AI art as a journal cover [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:d4ilm2bg77bbbcrpm4lmnydn/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqjqvtdsk2q