Ben R Lee, PhD
Assistant Prof of Forest Ecology in southern Appalachia. Interested in climate change effects on forest plants, especially phenology, ecophys, and species interactions. He/him
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDIn case anyone wants a little break, here are a few of my favorite facts that I learned in 2025, in no particular order. Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDOur 2025 Annual Report is here! Below, excerpts from the report including a Letter from our Director, @theresacrimmins.bsky.social, and highlights of #phenology accomplishments made possible by our partners and observers! Read the full 2025 Annual Report at www.usanpn.org/files/npn/re...
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- When I forget to add a fill to my half-eye plot in R
- Torn between going to BSA or ESA this year. Might also try to attend the Natural Areas conference in October since it's just up the road in Asheville.
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDSo if not extra time, then what? Students clearly need SOMETHING—but we’ve leaned on this single accommodation for decades, which means other scalable options haven’t gotten much attention. Genuinely asking: Instructors + students with disabilities: what’s actually worked for you?
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- I've never been at the center of one of these before. Gonna be fun
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDNot a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDUndergrads: strengthen your research skills with a summer at the Arboretum! Gain the guidance of staff scientists through the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at The Morton Arboretum. Apps due Jan. 31! bit.ly/49t9pZD #SummerInternship #TreeScience #STEM
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhD🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org Please share!
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- Fog finally burned off to allow us a glimpse of the last sunset of the year over the Olympics. Here's to a brighter year ahead! #NewYear #2026
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDPlease repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐 Applications due Feb 5 Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDNSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
- Go dawgs
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDHere's an opportunity to lead research at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station (northern Finland, but close to the border with Norway and Sweden). An amazing place and job. Please forward to Arctic-focused folk. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDI'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th! Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDThe UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDUniversity of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDThe @mortonarboretum.bsky.social NSF REU program is open for summer 2026! $7500 stipend + housing / travel. Apply by 31 Jan 2026 and share with your networks! Details at https://mortonarb.org/science/opportunities-in-science/research-experiences-for-undergraduates-program/
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- Invasion impacts in terrestrial ecosystems: Global patterns and predictors #bioinvasions 🌎🌐🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- If you're cold, they're cold - bring them inside
- Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions Communities can act as functional sources and sustain rare ecological roles across space. We reveal patterns of functional vulnerability for plants and birds Check out our Perspective in Ecol Lett 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌐🌍🦤🪴🍁🧪
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[Not loaded yet] - Got hired to go on day hikes and count tree seedlings up on Mt. Rainier as an undergrad and distinctly remember having the thought: "how long can I get away with being paid to do this?" Answer: 15 years and counting
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDI am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDWe are recruiting field technicians to contribute to a field study of adaptation to climate in Chamaecrista fasciculata in Raleigh/Chapel Hill, NC. My collaborators at UGA will soon post similar positions in Ithaca, NY and Archbold Biological Station, FL. Please share jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDHi, it's me again I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders. Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them Get one at Squidfacts.net!
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDScience People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDIn the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDSEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDThis year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓 The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺 The facts are so good 🥺 Eels are so cool 🥺 Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
- Bad: I've got a cold Also bad: Seattle sports teams are out of playoffs x3 this month Immensely good: all of my students applying to the GRFP this year got their ref letters in yesterday and are prepared to submit their (really good!) propsals this weekend! I'll take that tradeoff any day
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- One of my students is having trouble submitting her GRFP because the submission site is not recognizing her Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts sub-headings. Has anyone else run into this problem and found a solution? It doesn't seem to be a font face issue.
- Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
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- I'm taking applications for a PhD student to work in my lab for just shy of two more weeks! Happy to talk to interested candidates about potential projects.
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDThe amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
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- Super excited to have three students present posters at the SOCON Undergraduate Research Forum this past weekend at Wofford College. One of them (Sidney Booher) even won second place in the poster competition! Incredibly proud of them all! #Research #Ecology #Botany
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDyou don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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- Made it onto the local news this evening talking about #FallColors #Phenology www.wbir.com/video/news/s...
- Would be happy to work with interested students to develop a fellowship proposal centered around phenology and ecophysiology! 🌿🌳🌎 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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- Saturday site visit today at Abram's Falls with @ryanbstephens.bsky.social, beautiful fall weather, and the onset of fall colors in southern Appalachia 🍁🍂
- Being a Seattle sports fan on the east coast is brutal for my sleep schedule. But go Ms
- Reposted by Ben R Lee, PhDRobin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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