Astronomer, planet hunter, quantitative literacy crusader, assistant prof. @Amherst College, mom. She/her.
Joined April 2012
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For many years, I've asked students in my intro classes to complete the following sentences on a notecard. The results have always been fascinating. 1) Astronomy is... 2) Astrology is... 3) Math is... 4) Science is... This year I used @Mentimeter so I could share with y'all 1/20
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We have to dispel the myth that people are either good at math/logic or more creative. This is not how our brains work. We are ALL capable of developing both sets of skills. Challenge these self-limiting beliefs before they become self-fulfilling!
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NEW AAS Journal Author Series Video!
Maggie Thompson @MaggieAstronomy (@ETH_ERDW) chats about her article on a meteorite: youtu.be/9l60ushD56c
This series connects authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community. #ExploreAstronomy
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Amazing image of edge-on protoplanetary disk with JWST by Marion Villenave et al.
Look at all those background galaxies in the ~40x40 arcsec field 😮
arxiv.org/pdf/2311.07668v1.p…
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Want to join the Department of Astronomy faculty at UMass Amherst and become my colleague?!?! 👋
We are hiring! **All** application encouraged!
jobregister.aas.org/ad/dc887…
Congratulations to the fabulous Cailin Plunkett for her incredible, incredible thesis and this well-deserved honor. aps.org/programs/honors/priz…
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(!!) Attention to all recent grads or soon to be PhD: I'm hiring a postdoc to work with me at @AmherstCollege and the FCAD on all sorts of brown dwarf/exoplanet/low-mass stars science, HST, and JWST! Ad will post soon. Send me an email if you're interested. Can't wait to chat!
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🚨Attention 🔭Hubble Fellowship🔭 Applicants 🚨!!!
We (current fellows) are once again providing essay feedback to current applicants; we encourage all, particular those who have historically been underrepresented in NHFP, to sign up for app review here: forms.gle/y4xrF9HjypzdY1DZ7
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🎈Congratulations🎈 to Professor Alison Coil on being appointed the inaugural chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. bit.ly/46fxO1A @ucsdastro
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A recent open-access tutorial published in @PASPJournal by @AstroKateF provides an introduction to high contrast differential imaging of exoplanets and disks. This fantastic tutorial comes with a companion Jupyter notebook! iopscience.iop.org/article/1…. -JGM
ALT Population of known exoplanets discovered with high-contrast imaging (red) as compared to those found with indirect methods: transits (green), radial velocity (blue), and microlensing (orange) as of 2023 February per the NASA Exoplanet Archive. From Follette (2023).
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All the congratulations should go to my amazing collaborators and mentors over the years, including the #datamammoths, my group of fantastic undergraduate research&learning students . acdmammoths.github.io.
#undergradinthelab #datascience
Congratulations to Matteo Riondato (@teorionda), associate professor of computer science, who received a prestigious CAREER award from @NSF!
The award supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
ALT Matteo Riondato, associate professor of computer science, and his research group, the Amherst College Data Mammoths, pose outside the Science Center for a silly group photo, with most folks doing a peace sign as they smile.
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I think this might be my last post on here, but at least I'll go out doing what I love: yelling into the void about how academic institutions need to change
Astronomers call on the @IAU_org and other institutions to rename galaxies and facilities bearing the name of Ferdinand Magellan, a colonial explorer who enslaved and murdered Indigenous people. Read more in this Opinion by @MiaDoesAstro. physics.aps.org/articles/v16…
Hey #astrotwitter! The AAS Early Career Engagement Task Force wants to hear your opinions about AAS services and how to improve them. Please take 5-10min to complete our survey and spread the word to others, especially EC folks who may not be AAS members. bit.ly/AAS_ECETF
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My first first-author paper has been accepted for publication! We use a stacking analysis to quantify the total stellar mass and total star formation within Planck-selected galaxy protoclusters, including the contribution from faint, undetected galaxies. arxiv.org/abs/2308.00745
🎉🎉Paper day 🎉🎉
Ever been confused by all the direct imaging terms and acronyms? Wanna know how it works and why you should care? This PASP tutorial article is a beginners guide to high-contrast imaging. I hope those new to the field find it helpful!
arxiv.org/abs/2308.01354
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As a PhD student, all I focused on was getting a PhD.
As a PhD supervisor, I focus on training students on the long-term process that leads to getting a PhD.
Here's some examples🧵
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Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields recounts her alternative career path in a new memoir about life, space and motherhood trib.al/cwmX2if
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i know Twitter is dying but I’m starting to see astro academic job ads for the upcoming cycle 🤯
so I guess, hello to whoever is still here, I’m on the job market — finishing my PhD spring 2024!
