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Adriana, PhD

4 years

Logo of my lab (i.e. Romero-Olivares lab) => Soil microbiology + global change + ecosystem ecology 🤩 Starting August 2020 🥳 Designed by

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

The very first presentation I gave as a masters student, I was humilliated by a senior professor -a woman- in front of all my peers and other professors (~100 people). She told me my project was stupid & that I would never succeed in science because my ideas were ridiculous 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I will never understand why people feel the need to humilliate and be rude to people giving presentations and proudly showing their work. Providing feedback in a constructive way is not the same as humilliating and being rude 4/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I'm not into perpetuating toxic behaviors in academia. If I have a criticism of someone's work I will say it politely and kindly. I will not offend them and I will not humilliate them; that's just so deeply unkind. It's also very rude and gross 6/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Next time some asks me why we don't buy a house, I swear I will 💣🔥🚨⚠️☠️. How disconnected these people are from the reality of many academics. I have no savings, no generational wealth, and no steady migratory status in this country. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BUY A HOUSE? 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

My Science Working Life piece has been read 120 times in the last few hours, I've gotten a lot of full text requests and recommendations from scholars from many dif countries 🥰 So happy this has reached so many people around the world! Is there a conference happening somewhere?

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

As I was transitioning from postdoc to PI one of my mentors told me that being a professor was a very lonely yet rewarding experience. Even as an introvert, I'm shocked by how extremely lonely this is 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Sadly impressed with the variety of insults people get in academia: "impressed by lack of curiosity", "poorly thought out science", "surprised by the intellectual flaws" Seems like toxic people put a lot time in finding fancy words to insult. You can call me ❄️ I don't care 9/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I was also fortunate to have a junior professor -also a woman- approached me the folllowing day to check in. She told me what the other professor did was wrong and that the way she acted was very unprofessional... it helped somehow 7/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

This was 13 years ago, I was doing soil community analyses using a clone library (nothing new in microbial ecology). For her, a traditional taxonomist, this was unthinkable. If anything, I feel sorry that she wasn't able to keep up with new methods. She lacked vision 8/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Plus, have you ever thought how ridiculous people are when they get upset about 1) a method 2) a result or 3) a conclusion... ?? I feel secondhand embarassment. Like, relax 5/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I kept it together, addressed her questions, and then quitely left the big conference room and went to a private corner and cried. Someone saw me and they told her. Later that day, she approached me and told me again, that I would never succeed in science bc I was weak 2/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

She told me that science was very toxic and that if I couldn't stand her words, I wouldn't be able to stand reviewers' and peers' criticism. I haven't cried ever since when I get criticized but also, I've never experience that level of humilliation again 3/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Happy and excited and also terrified 😂 #NewMexico here I go! 🥳 I'll start my lab on soil microbiology 🦠🧫🍄👩🏽‍🔬🔬🧬🧪 on August 2020 in the Department of Biology at @nmsu in the 💜 of the #Chihuahuan #Desert 🔆🙌🏽 #postdoc #bye #WomenInSTEM

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

5 years

I keep seeing papers of American and European researchers using sites and biodiversity specimens from Mexico. None of them have Mexican co-authors. How the authors get those specimens, take them out of the country, and publish without any acknowledgment is beyond my understanding

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I think it's difficult for some non-Hispanic people to understand Hispanic family dynamics, like how close we are and how moving away to "live our life" is extremely stressful and in many cases, not possible (i.e., many of us have to help our families and we can't afford it).

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Buying "hiking apparel" is so frustrating. It's like they don't make these types of clothes for people with hips 😭😭 I bought a pair of shorts two size bigger than I would usually buy and they won't go past my hips. This is why I'm probably the only ecologist who hates @REI 😡

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I'm having a baby in a few more weeks 🥰 First one 🐣 For academic moms, what was the hardest thing you had to do to adjust to your new life as mom and professor (I'm a TT assistant professor)? What were the biggest challenges? How has it been? @Momademia 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

1 year

Dealing with two very mean students this semester. Can't understand why some students are so deeply unkind. Trying to instead focus on the rest of the awesome students and treasuring these types of comments 🥹 @Momademia #WomenInSTEM

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Now that everyone is organizing 'listening' sessions to discuss racism in #academia , think about how your POC colleagues will feel sharing their vulnerabilities. I was invited to one today. I am not going.

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

10 months

Looking for #PhD #students to join my lab at @nmsu in Fall 2024 to work with #fungi and #climate #change Please share! 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

Some people are condescending when they find out I'm active on #AcademicTwitter ; they say things like "I wish I had time for that" or "How do you have time for that". Truth is it's been a valuable resource in my career, has opened many doors, and I've made wonderful connections

Melissa B Korman, MSc

@melkorman

2 years

Just discovered that Twitter is a thing in Academia… 1 day after reviving my account, I’ve learned about relevant grant opportunities and identified a journal to submit to. Now I’m wondering why setting up an account isn’t part of grad school orientation?! @PhDVoice #gradschool

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

8 months

I have two openings for Research Assistants in my lab at @nmsu Please apply by Sept 28 #microbes #mycology #fungi Please share 😊 @nmsu_arts_sci

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

We're looking for a #Geneticist and an #Ecologist in my department (Biology) at @nmsu_arts_sci 😊 @ESA_org @GeneticsGSA Both are broad searches (i.e., we're mostly looking for nice people to work with us 😋) You can live here and eat this too! 🤩

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

5 years

I shared my working life story with @sciencemagazine and a few thoughts on how to #review with care. I suggest 3 principles for providing constructive reviews you think an article is poorly written Please pay attention #reviewer2

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

Earlier this year I went to a friend's house. She gave me the news she was pregnant. I hugged her and congratulated her. And then told her, guess what... I am too 💞😋 By far, one of the best memories of 2021. Babies were born a couple of weeks apart 💜🐣🥰 I'm a mom now 🤱🏽🥲

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I'm not a "native English speaker" so certain words are not gendered in my mind even though they are gendered in English (e.g., guys). Please bare with me and try to understand that I am doing my best 👍🏾

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I would've not come to the US to get my PhD if I would've had to renew my visa every 2 years. Even a small chance of knowing it could be denied mid-PhD would've made me think twice about coming here. That's prob what they want. They don't want international students in the US.

Inside Higher Ed

@insidehighered

4 years

Trump admin proposes major overhaul to student visas

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

5 years

As a native Spanish speaker it took me a few years to feel like myself when speaking in English. I felt I had one personality when speaking in Eng which was different from my true self. Anyone else felt this? Now I'm the same person in either language😂 @GeoLatinas #bilingual #ESL

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

So sad to learn that all Global South scientists and who were going to present at #ESA2022 "Symp 17: the state of ecosystems across the Global South" were not able to make it due to lack of funding. How can we broaden the perspective of our field with this lack of representation?

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Alcohol in conferences talk is showing 1)alcoholism and prob other substance abuse is normalized in academia 2)total lack of empathy for peers w/alcohol related trauma 3)drinking alcohol is more important than your peers safety or religious beliefs💔Sad day for #AcademicTwitter 🙄

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

🙈it's me! in @TheScientistLLC in their section Scientists to Watch😊

Adriana L. Romero-Olivares Tracks Fungi’s Response to Climate Change

The New Mexico State University soil microbiologist uses molecular tools to understand how fungi are adapting to a warming world and what that might mean for global nutrient cycles.

www.the-scientist.com

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

@Baldscientist I agree, and I think it's a very toxic approach to "teaching", like "I will be mean because others were mean to me and that'll show them". Who on Earth thinks that will somehow work?

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Any other assistant professors felt/feel like this during their first few years? 5/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Compulsive @TOMS purchase for my unborn baby 😅😬 #mushrooms #FungalFashion They're size 5. Any idea when children use this size? 😅

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

omg please clap! 👏🏾I just submitted my very first federal grant proposal as a PI 🙌🏾🤞🏾

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Just finished reviewing the best paper I've read all year 🙌🏾🌟Can't wait to see this published! I will def not be reviewer #2 bc my review will be along the lines of: thank you for this, can I get your autograph? 👌🏾🥲

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I *hate it* when my cultures get contaminated but I always enjoy seeing what strategies #fungi come up with to survive. Look at that aerial hyphae trying to get away from that mold underneath 🤩

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

My lab is hiring a research assistant/lab manager! Come work with me in @nmsu in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert🌞 🧑🏾‍🔬🧬🧫🍄🦠Please RT

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

🌟💃🏾🙆🏾🤳🏾

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Personally, these good things happened to me in 2020: 1) a loved one got clean and has stayed sober 🙏🏾 2) I started my lab which was a dream of mine for many years 🍄 3) husband and I are living in the same home after 3 years of long distance 💞 #gratitude #bye2020

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Lion's mane mushroom 🍄💜🤩

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Rough weekend. Our house was broken into. We're ok. They stole my most precious possession: my collection of jewelry. Most have no value to anyone else but me. They were gifts from friends and loved ones from all over the world, made of seashells, beads, seeds, and wood💔1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I am reviewing 1 more paper from global north authors doing field work in the global south & not having any co-authors from the sites they extracted samples from. Here, at least they acknowledged the local government and a bunch of people for help in field work and id'ing plants

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

11 months

📢📢Looking for a PhD student to join my lab at NMSU!🌄🍄💜 @nmsu @nmsugradschool @CoresNmsu @ESAMicrobe PS. See comments for links 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

*before people start jumping in saying I should be grateful and no one's forcing me to stay, yeah that's true. I'm grateful and I'm here bc I want to, but that's not what this is about => we should all be able to live comfortable not only those with generational wealth 👍🏾

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

As a child I didn't know what scientists were, and even when I was in college studying Biology, never in a million years I thought I would become one, let alone a professor. So grateful for all the opportunities I've had thanks to my career 🥲

Latino Community Stage

@lcs_inspires

3 years

“The Unplanned Science Journey of a Latina Professor.” Dr. Romero-Olivares shares her academic journey that led her to become a scientist! Full story at

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

"Living people eat dead #mushrooms . Living mushrooms eat dead people." 😬 #decomposition #CarbonCycle

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I am too excited about this event! Please register and join! Check out the organization and registration link here: #EcoUnderground2020 #Ecology #Belowground #Microbes #Roots #Soil Please RT

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@fungi_lover

3 years

As final research project for my climate adaptation class my students had to research a climate change issue and how it affects marginalized communities. Many told me they had no idea about the inequalities of climate change. Awareness is the first step. My job here is done 🌟 ✅

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I'm looking for a master's student in #microbialecology #soilmicrobiology to start Fall 2022 at the Biology Department at @nmsu @nmsu_arts_sci . See add below and in lab's website . Please RT 🙌🏾

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@fungi_lover

5 years

It bothers me that people assume I'm "young" because I'm a #postdoc . Even assistant professors who are younger than me assume I'm this young person in their late 20s. I'm not THAT young you know. Some of us didn't go straight to grad school after college. Gheez 🙄😓

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

#NewProfilePic

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I don't like interrupting but it seems like a crucial skill to have in big working groups. I never get to say anything bc there's never a second of silence 😳 Tips? I have ideas and things to say I just never get to say them bs I don't like to interrupt 😅

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Very few things in life are as frustrating as having an important part of your life depend on the politics of a country where you do not have the right to vote 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

FYI, these issues are not only for F1 student visas, but to F1 OPT, FI OPT STEM, H1B, J1s and basically all visas associated to higher education. Today is the F1 visas... two weeks ago was the H1B visas... which one's next 😢😣 #StudentBan

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

My husband sometimes complains about having "too much" #mushroom stuff around our home. Yesterday I got home & found this 😂 He's an enabler 🍄🤭 PS. Still waiting for our living room furniture. Been sitting on beach chairs for a while. Our sofa is nowhere close to delivery 😭

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

5 years

In August I will start my new appointment at @UofNH as a Diversity and Innovations Scholar. I am very excited to continue my work on microbial volatiles in response to climate change induced environmental stressors with @seritafrey and collaborating with @Riikka_Rinnan

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I want! #FungalFriday 🍄🤩

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

My husband and I are college sweethearts. We're in our mid-30s now. Today 5 years ago we got married. We were both mid-PhD so he had to go to the lab right after😬Our honeymoon was in AK.. ok, I was doing field work and he went with me😂 We wanted it this way, so it was perfect💝

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

5 years

I probably used like 2 pairs of gloves for my entire masters degree 😂 gloves are expensive in Mexico 🇲🇽💖 and this was my to go technique 👌🏽 I still reuse as much as I can in the USA and I'm constantly surprised on how wasteful people are. They just throw them out for nothing!

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I've been moving on average once per year for the past 15 years. Sometimes within the same city, sometimes across the country, and one time across countries. Every time I have to pay for those moves out of pocket. They are very expensive 2/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

Is this a good excuse to not finish my Monday lecture? 🤣

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

I am a candidate for the Member of the Governing Board of @ESA_org . I believe that I can provide a valuable perspective as an early career researcher #ECR , a woman of color #WoCinEEB , a citizen of the #GlobalSouth , and a #mother ! Help me help shape the future of the society😊1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I couldn't resist this pattern @ravelry I made a sofa for my guinea pigs 🤭😹🤩🤪🥰😌 I used so many yarn scraps so this is one of the most satisying projects ever #crochet #GuineaPigFan

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@fungi_lover

3 years

@DrMarinaHarris @itatiVCS People just making comments about my biological clock and assuming that I prioritized my career over having children as if my career was the sole reason I haven't had children. My husband and I have done the exact same thing, career wise, and no one says anything to him

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Even though you're engaged in collaborative work, and busy ALL DAY LONG, it's still lonely 3/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

For the front door of my future lab 🤩

Pedro Pablo Parra

@ppparra5888

4 years

#WeBelieve

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

The future is fungal: why the 'megascience' of mycology is on the rise

The study of fungi has long been overshadowed by more glamorous scientific quests. But biologist Merlin Sheldrake is on a mission to change that

www.theguardian.com

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Muting because annoying people are creeping in with their "BuT NaTIve EnGlisH sPeAkErS ArE JuSt BeTTeR" and "We'Re sAcRiFiCiNg GoOd ScIEnCE WrItInG" and other nonsense so better to 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫 This piece has been out for 1.5 years and sadly the convo always moves that way 😑🙄

Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

My Science Working Life piece has been read 120 times in the last few hours, I've gotten a lot of full text requests and recommendations from scholars from many dif countries 🥰 So happy this has reached so many people around the world! Is there a conference happening somewhere?

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@fungi_lover

3 years

Our new paper! Helicopter research aka as parachute research is an aspect of #DEIJ that we don't discuss in #academia as much as we should. Hope #scientists and #editors alike will consider our advice 🙌🏾 @dhaelewa

Ten simple rules for Global North researchers to stop perpetuating helicopter research in the...

journals.plos.org

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@fungi_lover

3 years

I'm sure this is exacerbated by the pandemic, but there's aspects of it that won't be changing at all when this is over. I think this very important detail of being a professor needs to be said more often 2/n

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@fungi_lover

2 years

We're on our way to San Diego. We stopped by a food mart in Yuma. I'm in line to pay for snacks. Guy in front of me turns and gives me a lottery scratcher and tells me "hope you win" and leaves. I say thanks, smile, pay my snacks, go back to my car and scratch. I won $250! 🥳🌟🍀

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@fungi_lover

4 years

After a few weeks of moving not 1, but 2 apartments (i.e. NH and NYC) and driving 3,900 km in the middle of a pandemic, we've made it to New Mexico! 🙌🏽 PS. moving in mid-Manhattan, from a 5th floor apartment with no elevator, was traumatic to say the least so no time for pics 😂

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@fungi_lover

3 years

Love this molecular #knitting club 🤩👌🏾

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6 months

This one took a while 😰, but so happy it's out: "Tracking fungal species-level responses in soil environments exposed to long-term warming and associated drying"

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@fungi_lover

3 years

Very honored to be part of this very first cohort! 🌟 Looking forward to connecting with the other awardees 💜 and organizing fun stuff at @ESA_org at the intersection of ecology and DEIJ. Thank you! 🙏🏽

Ecological Society

@ESA_org

3 years

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the recipients of the first cohort of the ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholars! Dr. Na’Taki Osborne Jelks Dr. Theresa Wei Ying Ong Dr. Adriana Lucia Romero-Olivares Dr. Erika S. Zavaleta

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2 years

My baby is 6 months today! 🍄💜🥰 #mushroom #baby

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Had low pay as a grad student and postdoc. That's been the last 10 years of my life. I am now an assistant professor and let me tell you, my salary is not much higher as what I was making as a postdoc. 3/n

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I didn't feel like being a grad students and postdoc wasn't lonely, so I thought I was.prepared for what my mentor told me... But nope. And by lonely I don't mean that I want to socialize more... Again it's difficult to explain 4/n

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Finally, we live pay check to pay check. It's tough. We haven't had a chance to catch up bc academia doesn't offer livable wages for students, postdocs or even assistant professors. If you have a family that can support you, that's great. I've been on my own this entire time 7/n

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Things are unfair for grad students, and it doesn't get much better when you move up. A least not the first few years. Can't speak about what happens later. But at my level, it's still unfair. It's still pretty tough. In conclusion: we cannot afford to buy a home! Stop asking!😅

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@fungi_lover

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@DrMarinaHarris It's gotten worse as I get closer to 40. And new moms are a special kind of annoying. They always say things like "I was like you but now I'm so happy, I'm a better person bc of my child." No, you're not like me, no you're not a better person bc you gave birth. Ugh 🙄🙄

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Are there any other #scientists with uninspiring "how did you become interested in science" story? 😳 As a #firstgen , from a low income background, with very little access to nature, and no role models around, I think it's almost a fluke that I became a scientist 1/n

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3 years

I have debt that I've generated in the past decade from moving, from paying for visas, for having to buy basic stuff because in the past 10 years, every time I move long distance, I've just had a couple of bags with me, that's it. No furniture, no beds, nothing. 4/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Hi @theAGU , I'm not a "native English speaker" but I'm fully proficient in English. I also speak and write better English than many "native English speakers". There's a lot of scientists like me out there. Having this on your website shows a lot of ignorance on your side😳

Benjamin Sulman

@BenjaminSulman

3 years

Note @theAGU : Publish With Us page encourages authors to "seek assistance from a colleague who is a native English speaker." As @fungi_lover has written, "native English speaker" is not synonymous with "good writer."

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

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I don't like to be that one reviewer that fixates on one sentence, but: "mycorrhizae are the most influential members of the soil microorganism family." 🤨🤔😬Me and all free-living saprotrophs looking at that sentence like:

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

2 years

Talking about biodiversity and conservation without talking about sociopolitical unrest and how to better serve marginalized communities is just outdated 🤷🏽‍♀️ #ESA2022 As an #earlycareer ecologist I do not care about ecology that doesn't centers inequality in the conversation.

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

The #diversity committee of @MSAFungi has a few bumper stickers "There's no mycology without diversity" left. They're $10 USD each (shipping included to the US). DM me if interested (will be shipping early August). Funds go to the Diversity Travel Award #MSAfungi20 #mushrooms 🍄

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

A tiring aspect of academia is having to constantly fight to get credit for the work I did. And then getting shamed by "colleagues" because of it. Glad some of you have the privilege to work for no credit, but as a WOC in academia, that's not something I can afford to do 1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

@bibhutwitts I don't like to perpetuate toxicity in academia so no, I will not stay calm. It is not true that all academics go through this. Academics from wealthy backgrounds do not go through this. The idea that we're all on the same boat is a huge lie.

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

In an incredibly unexpected turn of events, the burglar was caught. He has my laptop and my husband's bike. Don't know anything about my jewelery yet, or the other stuff he stole, but will be going to the police station in the next few days to see what else they found 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

Rough weekend. Our house was broken into. We're ok. They stole my most precious possession: my collection of jewelry. Most have no value to anyone else but me. They were gifts from friends and loved ones from all over the world, made of seashells, beads, seeds, and wood💔1/n

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

"Linking Genes to Traits in Fungi" 🧬🍄 This was part of my postdoc work with @seritafrey at @UofNH !! 🙌🏾 Thanks to our collaborators @ewmorr and Anne Pringle 😊 1/n

Linking Genes to Traits in Fungi

Microbial Ecology - Fungi are mediators of the nitrogen and carbon cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. Examining how nitrogen uptake and organic matter decomposition potential differs in fungi can...

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

5 years

For example, this day was really fun! My PhD advisor @KKTreseder from the USA, collaborating with my master's advisor Meritxell Riquelme from Mexico with @LinhAnhCat , @metmorgan , and @FungalRain . Cool publication here: 🙌🏽 also notice all #WomenInSTEM 🥳

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

I got a small NIH developmental grant proposal accepted. Regardless, you still have to address reviewers comments😩 What should I reply to this "feedback"? => Citations and papers as first author are good/solid but not exceptional for her career level. I'm sorry?? LOL😆

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

Microagression of the day logged ✅ Person: what's your name? Me: Adriana L. Romero-Olivares P: student or staff? Me: faculty P: oh Me: 😬 Takeaway: even in Hispanic serving institutions they aren't used to Hispanic faculty. Sad 💔

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

My lab! 🥰 We saw each other without masks for the first time. It was funny and awkward. Diego and Marcos, two amazing undergrads majoring in Microbiology and Biochemistry (left) 🌟 Andrea is my awesome lab manager (right) 🙌🏾 And Prof. Jovani is my 'right-hand' aka husband 😅

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

After 2 months in Las Cruces, today I finally took the time to enjoy the beautiful Chihuahuan desert. Ocotillos are one of my favorite plants! 🤩 and they're related to Cirios (i.e., Fouquieria columnaris) which are one of the most fantastic plants I've ever seen in my life 💜🙌🏾

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

3 years

My baby hasn't been born yet and he already has a forced theme in his life 😬😅 These are some of the gifts and baby shower stuff friends and family have made for us 🙈 We're so lucky for so much love and appreciation! 🥰🤩🌟 #mushrooms #fungi

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Adriana, PhD

@fungi_lover

4 years

I experienced #microagressions from the people in that group before. I'm also one of the handful of POC in that group. I feel very uncomfortable to say the least. I truly hope the session is insightful to them and that they learn something.

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