Thread by @realscientists

So I want to introduce you all to Kyle Reid!! He is a PhD student and part of the #blackmamfam I asked him what he wanted to share with y'all and this is what he said! #weouthere #blackmammalogists

I'm Kyle Reid, I'm a 3rd Year Ph.D. student born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. I'm doing research to help conservation scientists protect endangered bat species. I'm working on projects on pallid bats in Baja California, Jamaican Flower Bats in Jamacia, and

and Little Brown Bats In Chicago. I am mentored by Dr. Winifred Frick mentioned in the article at UC:Santa Cruz

Jamaican bats -

Little brown bats in Chicago - chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/…

I also worked recently as a teacher with Project Exploration and SCA here in Chicago, My work with the
SCA's CRED program is one of my proudest. (if you, like me, are wondering what this is...here's a link!) thesca.org/connect/blog/g…

That's why UCSC was great because I get to work with Dr.WInifred Frick and Dr.Erika Zavaleta. Dr. Zavaleta is an amazing researcher and educator. I am a graduate mentor for both her CAMINO and Doris Duke Conservation Scholars programs at UCSC. These programs give undergraduates

a chance to earn money and experience performing summer research, opening up new possibilities for who can be a scientist (conservationscholars.ucsc.edu/about/)

There are 1400 different species of bats and almost all of them help us, They eat crop pests so we have food, pollinate flowers and even bring seeds to islands! We know so little about these awesome species that do so much for us while we sleep. #blackmamfam #blackmammalogists

To find out more about his work visit his website! reidaboutbats.wordpress.com

And his twitter is @ReidAboutBats