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HER SCIENCE

- Alis Propriis Volat -

Her Science blog is a collection of my experiences, adventures, and inspirations as a woman in science. Beginning with my formative years as a girl who liked to count ants to a Marie Curie Research Fellow and avid lover of science. Grab a hot beverage and journey through remote jungles of the Amazon, into the microscopic world of a pollen grain, share my scientific inspirations and eureka moments as I delve into my newest research on fire in the Amazon, and reminisce my favorite scientific experiences.

A day in the office. Alter do Chão, Brazil.

Jamaica Frontiers: Cave Deposits and Past Climate

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Aug 18, 2019
2 min

Jamaica Frontiers: Cave Deposits and Past Climate

"Now I know there is beauty in darkness." -Persophone There are over 1000 documented caves in Jamaica. In my year exploring these caves, led by cave experts Jan Paule and Stefan Stewart of the Jamaica Cave Organization, I visited less that 0.004% of them. Caves hav

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Jamaica Frontiers: Archaeologists Don't Dig Dinosaurs!

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Aug 11, 2019
2 min

Jamaica Frontiers: Archaeologists Don't Dig Dinosaurs!

Before I found my way to the wonderful world of Palaeoecology, I spent a considerable amount of time studying Archaeology, obtaining both my Bachelors and Masters degrees in Archaeology. I have participated in archaeological excavations in Jordan, Spain, Italy, Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, and America. Although many people have heard of Archaeology, it is always surprising to me the misconceptions that surround the discipline. One of the most ingrained notions is that Archaeo

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S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jul 2, 2019
1 min

Jamaica Frontiers: The Dendro Lab

I am happy to announce that after a rather "challenging" logistics day, complete with a car break down, missing power plug for our new microscope source, double VAT on import duties for our new scope, and our new belt sander getting stolen after Amazon delivered it on the porch, our UWI Dendro Lab is officially up and running! Additionally, our Team Archaeologists Dr Mark Robinson and Dr Sarah Elliott have arrived from the UK safe and sound. After a Team de-brief this morning

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Jamaica Frontiers: But they rested on the Sabbath

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jun 29, 2019
1 min

Jamaica Frontiers: But they rested on the Sabbath

"Then they went home and prepared tree cores and scans. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment..." Luke 23:56--kind of. After a productive week setting up our new Dendrochronology Lab and collecting, mounting and sanding over 30 tree cores, we are taking a day off in nod to developing a better ECR work-life balance. A bit of site seeing, fresh seafood and beach sunsets is just what the Doctors ordered. Thanks for all your great work Team JamFront! Enj

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S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jun 28, 2019
1 min

Jamaica Frontiers: A Dendro Dream Team

#insidenatgeo #jamaicafrontiers #yoshi_maezumi #uwimona #Busithetreecorer #CERG #womeninstem #tropicaldendro #dendrodreamteam Day 3: The maiden voyage of Busi the tree corer (short for Busera simaruba) went off with a bang! Our team headed to the woods in Clarendon to collect our first tree cores. It was a very productive day with a total of 32 tree cores. Busi worked like a dream. Special thanks to our Dendrochronologist, Dr Adam Csank for his help and expert knowledge in t

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Jamaica Frontiers : Dendrochronology in the Tropics

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jun 27, 2019
2 min

Jamaica Frontiers : Dendrochronology in the Tropics

#insidenatgeo #jamaicafrontiers #yoshi_maezumi #uwimona #Busithetreecorer #CERG #womeninstem Have you ever seen the inside of a piece of wood and noticed the little round circles in the middle? These layers are growth rings, also known as tree rings. In areas like North America, which has distinct seasons, the growth rings form lighter rings early in the season when it is warm and wet and darker rings later in the year when it is cold and dry. We can use these growth rings t

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Jamaica Frontiers Field Blog Day 1. Murphy's Law: things will go wrong if you give them a chance.

S. Yoshi Maezumi

Jun 27, 2019
2 min

Jamaica Frontiers Field Blog Day 1. Murphy's Law: things will go wrong if you give them a chance.

As a budding ECR completely in love with my work, I am going to wager, I am not the only perfectionist out there. Now mind you, I am talking the kind of perfectionist who cries when they get an A- in grad school. And yes, this is a true story, it happened in Climatology Fall Semester 2010. My sister still teases me about it. So, you can imagine the anxiety I have had the past few weeks over the beginning of my very first project as PI. The study site selected, the grant awar

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