she/her, currently: @AAAS_STPF fellow, founder @WomenDoingSci, @caltech & @ucsantabarbara alumna, #scicomm/#scipol/#sciart nerd, avid consumer of cookies 🍪
Santa Barbara, CA
Joined December 2018
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My mom at 29; Me at 29 💕
ALT Dr Susan Phillips is seen pipetting at the NIH in the late 1980's
ALT Dr Alex Phillips is seen pipetting at UCSB
Great way to kick off @theAGU day one! Thanks @liz_landau for inviting me to be a part of your #AGU2024 workshop on science policy engagement 🏛️
ALT Alex presenting a workshop at the AGU 2024 conference in a classroom
Dr Alexandra A Phillips retweeted
New #TREE paper motivated by my brilliant colleague, Ruth Oliver @BrenUCSB! @Trends_Ecol_Evo
"Animal tracking data provide unprecedented detail about how and why populations change"
doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.…
That feeling when you vote for the first female president 🥹 Can’t wait to see what you do for our climate and our country @KamalaHarris! 🎉 #IVotedEarly
Dr Alexandra A Phillips retweeted
Very proud of this work and the wonderful people involved!
We introduce the idea of an isotope-exchange 'clock' that estimates the in situ residence time of acetate via Orbitrap MS and identify an active carbon cycle in the continental subsurface.
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
I love to see so many new teaching faculty jobs opening up at @ucsantabarbara! 🍎
Another great opportunity at the intersection of #datascience and the environment. Apply by November 22. recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02860
Job alert! @BrenUCSB is hiring an environmental economist & data scientist 💵 🌏📊
Applications are due 11/25. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about Bren, UCSB, or the position.
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02842
Job alert! 🚨 Looks like a great position opening up at
@UCRiverside to be an assistant teaching faculty in environmental science (Happy to chat more or share materials with anyone interested in teaching faculty roles) aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01980
Working on slides for my graduate environmental writing class and realized that nobody ever really taught me the steps for writing an academic paper, so here is my process some dozen or so manuscripts later.
ALT Infographic highlighting the steps of writing an academic paper from 1) choosing a journal 2) finishing tables and figures 3) rough outline 4) methods 5) results 6) intro/discussion 7) abstract 8) title
13 years ago I was picking up my campus card to start my first year of college - now I’m back at @ucsantabarbara to start my first year as faculty 🥹💙
Dr Alexandra A Phillips retweeted
Dive into @alexploring's fellowship year...via social! As STPF's first Legislative Branch Fellow in #climate science, Alex said she "really wanted to...work on legislation that would help the climate crisis in a way that I felt like my research was doing." bit.ly/4dv2csC
At the airport on my way back to California, reflecting on an incredible year as the @AAAS_STPF congressional fellow in climate science. Thanks for this sweet story 💙I already miss Team Padilla! aaas.org/news/meet-alexandra…
45 memos, 10 letters, 5 bills, and 1 selfie later - my year as a fellow with @SenAlexPadilla has flown by! So grateful to have worked in this office. California, you are in great hands! (Pictured with the @MIT/@Caltech connection: the beaver! 🦫)
So lovely to finally get to see @teamkorie in person rather than on zoom! We worked together for years on @WomenDoingSci and now are reunited as @AAAS_STPF fellows 💙
Dr Alexandra A Phillips retweeted
What Kamala Harris’s historic bid for the US presidency means for science. We scientists are optimistic!! nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
My last site visit as a @AAAS_STPF fellow for @SenAlexPadilla! It was an honor to chat with @YosemiteNPS about their approaches to equitable park access and managing sequoias under climate change 🏞️ (rockin’ the socks and sandals look ofc!)
ALT Three people standing in front of the roots of a giant fallen sequoia tree
ALT A path through giant sequoias in Yosemite national park
Dr Alexandra A Phillips retweeted
1/2 Honored to share my journey as a first-gen scientist with @metricausa in @NatureMethods! Highlights:
• The power of diversity in STEM
• How perseverance overcomes doubts
• The impact of mentorship & support
Let's keep pushing for inclusive science! #DiversityInSTEM
What if academic culture started over from scratch... What practices would be kept and what would change?
This thought experiment was the subject of our new paper out today! We offer 14 ways academia could operate in this alternate reality + a survey to hear your thoughts!
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Some of these will be impossible and others we could start tomorrow.
I hope you share your reactions in our survey - we hope this will spark some interesting discussions in academic spaces. Which traditions are serving us and what should we reconsider?
uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/j…
Shout out to coauthors Preston Kemeny and Dan Johnson! It was fun to work on a paper where universal agreement on ideas was not the main goal. Let me tell you, we had the most entertaining Zoom calls! Thanks too to @ucsb_nceas for supporting me while I was working on this one.