Who and Why

The idea behind this blog is to share my experiences as a field biologist. I was inspired to start this blog by the number of incidental encounters with cool creatures and plants while doing fieldwork for various projects. Once I started setting it up, I realized it might be useful for people just discovering the joys of biology (especially salamanders) because I sure didn't realize you could do this sort of thing for a living! And with that, I hope you enjoy my little discoveries.

If any fellow field biologists would like to share some of their fun or exciting field stories, contact me! It would be great to have more perspectives. *Note: only overall positive stories please. I know sometimes things go wrong in fieldwork, but that is not the purpose of this blog.* Thanks!

Biography
Hi! My name is Kira and I am Visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity University in Texas. I received my PhD from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in 2018. I received my Bachelor of Arts with honors from Southwestern University (in Georgetown, TX) in 2013. While an undergraduate, I double majored in biology and environmental studies and minored in studio art. I conducted research on the Georgetown Salamander (Eurycea naufragia) throughout my undergraduate career. For my PhD I continued to work with salamander ecology, though on different species, in the Nantahala National Forest in the southern Appalachian mountains. Now I am setting up my own lab and my students and I are researching Texas Horned Lizards, Ribbon Snakes, and Toads, though I hope to return to salamanders one day!