#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 16 - It's a battle of the tiny as bright green #paddlewheelite goes up against jet black #mannardite. Both are small yet mighty minerals, but only one can win! Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2026. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Crocheted a geode, like you do 🧶 #crochet

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

We had so much fun teaching students about meteorites, planetary magnetic fields, and impact cratering today! #Purdue #PhysicsInsideOut #Outreach

Explored some more of Indiana's hiking trails today ☺️

The president's budget request for NSF FY26 is also out. It zeroes out the NSF astronomy & astrophysics and NSF MPS ASCEND postdoc fellowships. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island had a massive eruption yesterday

Are you a geophycisist/petrologist with a taste for numerical modeling and transdisciplinary collaboration? Apply now, and until June 10, for our vacant PhD position on Hadean Paleogeography, in context of the Origins Center's PRELIFE project! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

The arboretum at Como Zoo was also fantastic!

Actual photo of me after 1 week at the Institute for Rock Magnetism.

So excited to be visiting the IRM at University of Minnesota to do some lab work! 🧲🔬

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

I’m so glad USA Today covered adenomyosis. I struggled with this “silent disease” for decades. It caused my infertility and because I had go on hormonal birth control (which contributed to my DVTs) it nearly killed me. We need better treatments, even as Trump/DOGE is killing uterine health research.

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions. Authors, search your name here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Congratulations to UF Geology Assistant Prof. Courtney Sprain on her prestigious 2025 Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship!!! @sloanfoundation.bsky.social #SloanFellow ⚒️🧪

GeoSPACE is the only accessible for-credit geology field course in the US and we need your help! Help us keep this camp financially accessible for students by donating at the link below through 2/20 and typing "geospace" in the text box at the bottom of the form. givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

Absolutely thrilled to find out that I was selected for an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship! ✨☄️

Putting on a helmet to watch the news

To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

I've really been missing astrophotography lately! Here are some lunar closeups I took with my phone + dobsonian. Can't wait for it to warm up a little bit so I can get back out there!

Diversity makes your science better, pass it on.

Proud advisor week! PhD student Moe Mijjum had her first, first-author paper published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, and she's got another accepted paper that should be out soon!

Getting settled in Indiana and decided to try to find some rocks! Ended up finding some absolutely gorgeous unconformities in sandstone 😍

PhD officially done! Thank you to everyone who helped me get here. It truly takes a village and I'm so grateful for all the support, guidance, and camaraderie these past 4.5 years.

These two photos were taken 6 years apart. Both at AGU in D.C. and in the same shirt. From baby undergrad to incoming postdoc!

Coolest #AGU24 ever! I won the drawing for the purple Brunton!! 💜🧭🧲

Day 3 of #AGU24 !

#AGU24 talk pro tip: Don't put your mouth directly on the microphone when you're speaking!

Day 2 of #AGU24!

Geoscientists with disabilities at #AGU24 - come say hello at Pod 5 at 1:30 pm every afternoon this week. Hope to see you there!

Day 1 of #AGU24!

In case no one told you: @agu.org session numbers actually mean something! First letter(s) = Discipline First number = Day (1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc.) Second number = Timeslot (1, 2 = morning; 3, 4 = afternoon; 5 = evening) Last letter = Concurrent session

Goodbye PhD office! 👋 Officially all moved out 🥲

My #AGU24 FOMO is intense, so I made not one but 2! feeds to keep up next week. 1 week of #AGU24 #AGU2024 tags, plus @agu.org AGU 2024 - chronological bsky.app/profile/did:... What's Hot AGU24 - new! with algorithmic HN sort to bring hot topics to the top bsky.app/profile/did:... Pin to follow!

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Defense ✅ Dissertation accepted ✅ Commencement 🔜 Is it too early to change my display name to Dr. Bristol? 😵‍💫 This all feels so surreal.

I successfully defended my PhD dissertation! ✅ I'm so grateful for the experience and for the support from my committee, collaborators, many others who helped me get here. Thank you to everyone who came to listen to me talk about rocks, magnets, and rock magnets!🪨🧲⛏️