Kate Follette

Astronomer, planet hunter, quantitative literacy crusader, assistant prof. @Amherst College, mom. She/her.

[Kate Follette @AstroKateF]

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

[Dr. Dakotah Tyler @DrStarkid_]

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!

[Kate Follette @AstroKateF]

@ohdearz It was a great talk! Thank you for giving it.

[American Astronomical Society (AAS) @AAS_Office]

NEW AAS Journal Author Series Video!

Maggie Thompson @MaggieAstronomy (@ETH_ERDW) chats about her article on a meteorite: https://t.co/nhA3IWQvRv

This series connects authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community. #ExploreAstronomy

[Sebastián Pérez @sebanube]

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 😮
https://t.co/1WAoEawIQ8

[Kate Whitaker @astrowhit]

Want to join the Department of Astronomy faculty at UMass Amherst and become my colleague?!?! 👋

We are hiring! **All** application encouraged!

https://t.co/M7t9cE3n6J

[Kate Follette @AstroKateF]

Congratulations to the fabulous Cailin Plunkett for her incredible, incredible thesis and this well-deserved honor. https://t.co/7S0kFSfFcv

[Dr. Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi @astro_daniella]

(!!) 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!

[Calvin Leung @CalvinLeung12]

🚨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: https://t.co/XLFdSqPcwC

[UC San Diego School of Physical Sciences @UCSDPhySci]

🎈Congratulations🎈 to Professor Alison Coil on being appointed the inaugural chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. https://t.co/r11xeUjO9H @ucsdastro

[Publications of the Astron Society of the Pacific @PASPJournal]

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! https://t.co/gfCrLoMdIk. -JGM

[Matteo Riondato (@[email protected]) @teorionda]

🦣💜💾

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 . https://t.co/TNReD483zA.

#undergradinthelab #datascience

[Dr. Mia de los Reyes @MiaDoesAstro]

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

[Kate Follette @AstroKateF]

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. https://t.co/wEfdI9PiHq

[Kate Follette @AstroKateF]

This. Wholeheartedly, this. ❤️❤️

[emily may @emilykmay]

When my daughter got her autism diagnosis almost three years ago, they told me that she had high support needs and that she may never speak.

And when I told people that, they automatically redirected me to “success stories.” /1

[Roxana Popescu @AstroRoxana]

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. https://t.co/pGYPeYZyVs

[Kate Follette @AstroKateF]

🎉🎉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!

https://t.co/F4saE0Tls6

[Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith @LNivisonSmith]

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🧵

[Scientific American @sciam]

Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields recounts her alternative career path in a new memoir about life, space and motherhood https://t.co/WXf68ubWVG

[dr briley lewis @briles_34]

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 @AstroKateF]

Disgustingly proud to introduce the newly-minted Dr Sarah Betti!! 🎉🎉