Graduate School to What’s Next

During my PhD at the University of Florida, I was featured by the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE), where I reflected on my journey in the Interdisciplinary Ecology program, shared highlights from my graduate experience, and offered advice for current and future students.
You can read the full text here: Graduate School to What's Next: Isadora Fluck Essig - School of Natural Resources and Environment 

Exit Seminar Presentation

As part of completing my PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology at the University of Florida, I presented my exit seminar, "From Individuals to Assemblages: The Importance of Population-Level Intraspecific Trait Variation for Biodiversity Patterns."

The seminar brought together the main findings of my dissertation, exploring how variation among individuals within populations influences biodiversity patterns across spatial scales. By combining large-scale datasets, computational approaches, and ecological theory, my research highlights the importance of incorporating intraspecific trait variation into macroecological studies to better understand how biodiversity is structured across environmental gradients.

BeetlePalooza

BeetlePalooza is a public outreach event celebrating the incredible diversity and ecological importance of beetles. In this short video, I share how computer vision and large-scale biodiversity data can help us study these remarkable insects, making ecological research more efficient while expanding opportunities for conservation and discovery.