Public Affairs Committee
The Committee shall promote the programs and interests of the Society, consistent with the Society mission, to the public. The Committee shall also conduct programs and workshops for Society members in order to develop skills and provide information regarding public affairs. The Committee shall work with the Program Officer to broadly advertise the program of the Annual Meeting of the Society. The Program Officer and the Communications Editor shall be ex officio members of the Committee.
-SICB Bylaws, Article XV, Section 10
SICB Student Journalist Articles
Members
Click here to view committee members.
Current Student Journalists
Frances Hunter – Utah State University – kate.hunter@usu.edu
Lisa Mesrop – University of California, Santa Barbara – lmesrop@ucsb.edu
Rachel Prokopius – Florida International University – rprok002@fiu.edu
Mateo Rull – University of Massachusetts, Lowell – Mateo_Rull@student.uml.edu
Social Media Ambassadors
Etti Cooper – Bates College
Brent Foster – Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida
Ryan Koch – Oklahoma State University
Lauren Kunselman – University of Florida
Social Media
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Anyone going to @SICB_ 2025 who has interfaced with policy at any organizational/government level and is willing to sit on a panel? The Public Affairs Committee is seeking volunteers! Help your fellow scientists navigate how research and policy can combine. @SICB_SPDAC
Fine #Art Friday!
This vibrant seahorse skeleton has been donated for use on our @FineArtAmerica student fund account:
by the author of
Terrestrial Capabilities of Invasive #Fishes and Their Management Implications
@NoahwithFish
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac023
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lined-seahorse-noah-bressman.html?newartwork=true
4-year postdoc job now advertised in my lab to study the 3D neck motions in salamander feeding!#biomechanics #XROMM #vertebrae – see job link and thread below for details
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DJJ517/postdoctoral-research-associate
Applications close 27 September. Please contact me with any questions!
I really appreciate @SICB_ & @ICB_journal drawing attention to neurodivergence in academia with Gracey's article.
Side note - isn't Gracey a fantastic writer?? I really think she has a future in writing! She is a former undergrad of @ConorTaff & @MarenVitousek from @CornellBirds
JOB ALERT 🚨 Come join the Bio Department at Providence College! Great colleagues and fantastic students at a liberal arts college 🙂
SICB Member Update: July 2024
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 @SICB_ conference in Atlanta, Georgia from 3–7 January! The abstract deadline is 28 August.
Abstract portal: https://tinyurl.com/bdf8nbd3
Don't miss @OceanExplauren #SharkWeek episode:
https://www.dgepress.com/natgeo/shows/shark-attack-360/episodes/blood-in-the-water/photos/
& co authored
Getting Nosy: #olfactory rosette #morphology & lamellar #microstructure of two #chondrichthyan species
Simonitis, Clark, Barskaya, Castillo, @MarianneEPorter , Meredith
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae103
A bit about ICB author @jhancsalazar
“Even in the darkest nights, there’s always something we can teach and learn. I enjoy teaching in a classroom, but teaching in the field, surrounded by nature, is something I love.” -Salazar
#science #phd #PhD #biology #academia #scientist
Now in advanced !
Burrowing Constrains the #Phenotypic Diversity of #Fossorial #Crayfish

Emmy M Delekta, & @KolmannMA
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae067
& be sure to follow m. e. e. n. fishes_lab on Insta
#science #phd #academia #biologists
Publications
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Who’s dam busy? -
By Jacey Van Wert -
Cooperative cuttlefish share their secrets of depth perception. -
By Ben Burford -
Sending the bat signal – through pee. -
By Victoria Farrar
