Mike Grillo

Happy to share some good news! March has been a big month for me. I got tenure (thanks letter writers!!) and was awarded a NSF CAREER grant to study the genetics and evolution of plant-microbiome interactions. I'll be recruiting MS students and a postdoc. www.luc.edu/cas/about/ne...

Who do you know whose work has promoted access and inclusion in ecology and evolutionary biology? Maybe it’s you! Submit your nominations for the tri-society IDEA Award by November 1: www.evolutionsociety.org/society-awar...

New paper. Heterosis in crosses between remnants of a rare species in the initial stages of a restoration. Led by former undergrad. student extraordinaire (Isabelle Turner) with a big assist by @juanrojasg.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Botany #Evolution #PlantScience

Come be my colleague! UNL has an open-rank position in Plant Metabolism. See more details in the link below. #botany #botanyjobs employment.unl.edu/postings/102...

Postdoc opp; the Katherine Esau Fellowship @UC Davis funds 2–3 years of work on plant structure and function. Curious how plant structure shapes plant-microbe interactions? Get in touch! Due Nov 1, international applicants welcome. www-plb.ucdavis.edu/about/fellow...

Come work with me! UW and ESM are a great place to work. We also have a growing and young soil science community which we can grow together! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Glad I was able to sneak out today to a remnant oak savanna in central Illinois today.

Apply by November 1 to receive funding to travel internationally to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

SSE is forming a new committee to develop guidelines and recommendations to reduce SSE’s environmental footprint and support sustainable research practices. Want to get involved? Appy by October 15! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

Medicago #seed pod morphology is highly variable, ranging from standard legume-like pods to spiral and spiny forms, and this shape variation has led to the adaptive radiation of the genus. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantScience #FreeAccess #systematics #evolution

We are hiring a tenure-track Plant Ecologist at the University of Florida! Please share with interested colleagues. explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/54...

#plantsci Assistant Professor position in Canada🇨🇦 www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-... Heard from a colleague that it is a very supportive department!

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

Rice University invites applications for multiple tenured and tenure-track positions at the senior and junior levels in #EnvironmentalHealth. Join our team! apply.interfolio.com/193813

I am hiring a Postdoc on Plant Ecophysiology to join our new group at U Nebraska. The link below has the full ad and instructions for applying. Please share widely! #botany #botanyjobs #ecophysiology #ecophysjobs #globalchange employment.unl.edu/postings/102...

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany is now taking applications and provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support a one-year research project related to medicinal plants. Deadline: January 31, 2027 Learn more here: botany.org/news/display...

The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!

💬 In the latest Evolution Exchange, SSE President Dr. Gina Baucom talks with Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield and Dr. Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos about doing a PhD or postdoc abroad. www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @dortizba.bsky.social @gbaucom.bsky.social

The SSE Education and Outreach Committee is seeking speakers for the Evolution 2027 Education and Outreach Symposium titled “Evolution in a Changing World.” Nominations are due November 1! Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508

Just a reminder that #Botany2027 Symposia and Colloquia proposals are due October 16th! Learn more here: mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Are you interested in an MS position and stream ecosystems? My lab (www.benjamintumolo.com) @bionmu.bsky.social is recruiting an MS student to join a collaborative NSF-funded project to study positive species interactions in streams. Apply by Nov 2, 2026 See here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Applications are now open for the UC President's Postdoc Fellowship Reach out if you want to submit an applicaiton focused on environmental/soil sciences, biogeochemistry, climate change, & related areas As a former fellow, this is a program I highly recommend 4 ECRs interested in academic careers

MSU is looking for the next Director of AgBioResearch! This position is an upper admin admin position and the successful candidate will report to the Associate Provost and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. wittkieffer.com/positions/a1...

The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783

Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social

Super interesting conversation.

Seems like the previous link didn't work. Here is the updated link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Looking for collections experience? Love plants? Living in the Chicago region? If YES! then be an @mortonarboretum.bsky.social short-term research technician position in the Herbarium and Forest Ecology Lab's wood collection. Msg with questions, apply today: careers.hireology.com/themortonarb...

The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hey team - it’s looking very likely that I’ll be hiring not one but two four year postdocs! We’re a fun lab with tons of theoretical and applied pop gen projects - broadly in polyploid, conservation, and human evo. Competitive salary, sunny San Diego! Do share with your about to defend grads!

Fun 'Out of Office' feature of PhD candidate Madi Chudzik's research in Chicago, by Duke Trinity Comms @madichudzik.bsky.social, in collaboration with @windycitybirdlab.org.web.brid.gy @migrationbio.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reels/DalUvF...

I'm ordering a heatsink from Dell for my lab server and this "intended product use" caught my eye. Perhaps some of my students feel that bioinformatics has caused them mass destruction??

Bald eagles nested this spring at Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago’s South Side. I visited several times starting May 17 and took these videos. Storms wrecked nearby trees, but the nest survived. On June 27 I saw a young eagle fly out of the nest.

We had a great Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop for Chicago teachers as part of my joint NSF and Walder Foundation program to provide research experiences for preservice teachers. It's been a joy hosting the Data Nuggets creators the past 5 years for this workshop.

My friend's NSF CAREER received the highest possible score (Excellent, Excellent, Excellent: High Priority) and it was rejected today. This would have been my friend's first extramural award, 5 years after starting their lab, exactly when grant $ is make or break for an Assistant Professor's career.

When in Cleveland at #Evol2026 Cheers!

My student Josh Melnick did a great job presenting his masters research at #Evol2026 on comparative population genetics between Astragalus lentiginosus and rhizobia. This was his first conference talk. He is off to Florida State for a PhD this fall.

Job ad is not out yet, but we're going to be hiring an Asst Prof at Cal State Northridge who works on either birds or mammals (area of research is broadly defined). Track down @jbyoder.org, @mutualismecology.bsky.social, or me at #Evol2026 with questions!

🎉 PUBLISHED!!!! Out now in @newphyt.bsky.social 🎉 We found positive selection on leaf shape plasticity in a Monkeyflower species. This experiment used two big field transplants, greenhouse, AND growth chamber work. It was hard, but awesome. With @ferrisifolius.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

My new postdoc Akash Datta and grad student Nick McNutt @loyolachicago.bsky.social have been busy homogenizing lots and lots of field soil for our GWAS of microbiome variation in Medicago.

Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and mountain biodiversity? I'm recruiting a #postdoc for an NSF-funded project at Yale, in collaboration with Martha Muñoz (Yale) and Maya Stokes (Florida State University). I'll be at #Evol2026 and happy to chat! Link below

Congrats to my USRE (summer undergrad research intern) student Jens on presenting his research on plant microbe interactions in a cool native legume Lespidiza. It was great having Jens in the lab! @loyolachicago.bsky.social