blake matthews

@ebmatthews

Canadian evolutionary ecologist studying aquatic ecosystems (mostly in Greenland and Switzerland), focusing on stickleback, isopods, and zooplankton (copepods).

Switzerland blakematthewslab.com Joined February 2009

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blake matthews @ebmatthews Oct 22

Three new evolutionary ecology PhD positions are open in Switzerland (Eawag, and Bern) to work on Greenland lake ecosystems. We are interested in how stickleback and copepods evolve, and how their evolution affects lake ecosystem development. apply.refline.ch/673277/1403/pu…

blake matthews @ebmatthews Jan 7, 2025

I am very grateful for funding from the Swiss Polar Institute @SwissPolar and SNF @snsf_ch to support a field campaign in Southern Greenland this past summer... Here is a short field note that summarises the trip @EawagResearch

swisspolar.ch/2024/12/the-ev…

blake matthews @ebmatthews Oct 22, 2024

A Swiss call for fellowships that support early career researchers from Bulgaria just opened up: snf.ch/en/ybWTNmWVwRi… . I have hosted postdocs under this program before and they have been fantastic experiences for those involved.

www.snf.ch SCIEX: Scientific Exchanges between Switzerland and Bulgaria SCIEX is aimed at PhD students and postdocs affiliated with a Bulgarian institute, who are permanent residents in Bulgaria and who wish to do a research secondment in a non-commercial research...

blake matthews @ebmatthews Jul 6, 2024

Fieldwork season in Greenland 🇬🇱 this year has taken us to the retreating ice sheet, studying the origin of lakes and the evolutionary community assembly of their communities. Funded this year by the Swiss Polar Institute @SwissPolar and @EawagResearch and @snsf_ch

blake matthews @ebmatthews Jun 24, 2024

Posing for the cover of @eawagresearch news… Greenland aquatic research team 2024 (part 1) newly featuring phytoplankton profi @ajtnarwani (in the red hat!)