I am thrilled to be starting my own lab in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. My lab at the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center will continue many of the research themes that I explored throughout my PhD and postdoc, including social behavior, physiology, climate change, coral reef fish ecology, and parasitology. This department is full of amazing scientists working on a range of exciting research and I am looking forward to to learning new things from them. Where I am based in southern Florida is also a literal treasure trove of exciting marine systems and I can´t wait to jump in to see them all. Please touch base if you are student looking for a new project or a researcher interested in collaborating! 

I have just arrived back to Norway from an amazing week in Ottawa, Canada for the International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (ICCPB). The scientific program was stellar and I learned a ton from hearing about the exciting, interdisciplinary science from international researchers in the field. Many thanks to Professor Nadia Aubin-Horth (Univ Laval) for inviting me to speak in the session "Studying the evolution of host-parasite interactions: Advantages of combining mechanistics and evolutionary approaches" on my postdoctoral work examining how host physiology and behavior shift following infection by manipulative parasites. I thoroughly enjoyed all of our discussions throughout the conference. I am looking forward to the next ICCPB in 2023!

Many thanks to Michael Frisk from the University of Oslo for coming speaking at the second session of the NMBU Academic Writing Club for research students. He gave heaps of super handy tips and tricks for making effective figures for publication. 

Many thanks to Sjannie Lefevre for inviting me to speak in the University of Oslo seminar series today, where I talked about my work on how manipulative parasites alter the behavior and physiology of their intermediate and final hosts. 

Our first meeting of the NMBU Academic Writing Club for graduate students was a success! I am organizing this new initiative on campus to provide additional opportunities for graduate students to learn tips and tricks for improve success in scientific writing. I am bringing in a new speaker each month to speak on a different topic related to academic writing and facilitating weekly peer editing among students. So far, the students are really enthusiastic and excited about the club! Many thanks to Hedvig from the Writing Center for kicking things with off with tips for making an outline before writing. Looking forward to next month´s talk on making effective figures for publication!