Astronomer, planet hunter, quantitative literacy crusader, assistant prof. @Amherst College, mom. She/her.
Joined April 2012
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Kate Follette retweeted
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
Kate Follette retweeted
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…
Kate Follette retweeted
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…
Kate Follette retweeted
(!!) 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!
Kate Follette retweeted
🚨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
Kate Follette retweeted
🎈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).
Kate Follette retweeted
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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.
Kate Follette retweeted
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…
Kate Follette retweeted
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
Kate Follette retweeted
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🧵
Kate Follette retweeted
Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields recounts her alternative career path in a new memoir about life, space and motherhood trib.al/cwmX2if
Kate Follette retweeted
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!
Kate Follette retweeted
it's happening!!!!!!
ALT Cropped screenshot of Mia's Twitter profile. The first line of the bio reads "Astronomy professor at Amherst College." Three red exclamation points have been hand-drawn next to this sentence.
Kate Follette retweeted
Tune in to @GMA on Saturday 7-9am ET and Morning Joe on @MSNBC Monday 7/10, 6-10am ET!! I'll be talking my book (out on Tuesday 7/11). Check your local listings to see when the shows will air in your particular time zone. #nooneway #lifeonotherplanets
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Kate Follette retweeted
Interested in an industry internship while in a physics or astronomy PhD? @Opaco450 wrote (and I edited) a guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1…! We hope this makes the industry internship hunting process during the PhD less mysterious and gives you some ideas if you're interested.
Kate Follette retweeted
Welcome to our new #UndergradInTheLab followers who are starting their first summer-intensive experience. Whether you're completely new to the lab or have done some research during the semester, this is for you 👇
undergradinthelab.com/node/5…
Kate Follette retweeted
#Sagan2023 is only 7 weeks away and in-person registration spots are filling up!
(But don't worry -- it's a hybrid workshop so you could still attend online.)
Registration is free for all attendees, but you must register! nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/…
Kate Follette retweeted
Article out today in Journal of Chemical Education about a faculty-student-staff partnership model for antiracist departmental efforts: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… With @jacob_olshansky, Ji Chung, and Alberto Lopez!
