Tom Williams

Star Boi. Astronomer and occasional musician. Postdoc @ Oxford, formerly MPIA, thinking mainly about stars and dust. Opinions (mostly) my own

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

hi all our phangs-jwst data processing paper is out on arxiv (under review). take home messages:

1) you can download the data from https://t.co/EVbqsNXVtc
2) our pipeline is easily python-installable: pip install pjpipe
3) paper: https://t.co/u0tWZCVgKI

(1/12)

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@realMikeBusch @TheNRAO @GreenBankObserv congrats! extremely well deserved :)

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@AstroJake arm and hammer was founded by armand hammer. armie hammer is his great grandson

armie hammer is also now working as a bell boy in the cayman islands hilton, last i knew, following allegations that he was a cannibal. wild family

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

4/28 co-I, 0/2 PI on #JWSTCycle4. disappointed

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@NVIDIAGeForceUK #GeForceRTX50

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

accidentally referring to a diaeresis as a diuretic and bringing on the scorn of my peers

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@AstroJake Mine's gone up to £3 now 🙃

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@David_desJ @AstroJake @AlexHeffron20 1) Clearly they've already had this if they've led research during undergrad
2) this is also available to postdocs! It's not like suddenly you work in a bubble with nothing available to you post PhD

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@David_desJ @AstroJake @AlexHeffron20 Does that make the PhD certificate more valuable? All these things are really just a never ending series of worthless pieces of paper, why go through the rigamarole if you've already proved your worth before you start?

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@David_desJ @AstroJake @AlexHeffron20 The idea that postdocs are totally independent is nonsense, I work a lot more collaboratively (and learn a lot from that!) then I did as a PhD student. I'd be happy to hear the argument that a PhD gives you a better chance to build up a collaborative network than undergrad, tho

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@David_desJ @AstroJake @AlexHeffron20 Agree with Jake here, a PhD should be awarded as a measure that someone has performed original research. If they have a/multiple first author papers then that's been met. Let them tape it into a thesis, do a viva and then get into the postdoc market

[Captain It's Wednesday @CptItsWednesday]

Merry Christmas everyone (:

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@timdavisastro @USPS 👀👀👀

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

they're putting my name on the stamps!! nobody dare reject my fellowship application for a "lack of international profile" again!! im travelling the world while staying in the corner!!

[Dr Janice Lee @janiceleeastro]

wow✨
@PHANGSteam @NASAWebb imaging of NGC628 is being turned into a US POSTAGE STAMP✉️!!
The imaging has truly taken a life of its own. Grateful for the amazing village of collaborators, comms folks, @USPS for bringing the universe to people's doorsteps. https://t.co/aihdC1gXEl

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

urf rejection to finish up the day

[Tom Williams @InappTom]

@timdavisastro @AstroMikeMerri I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in my personal statement a million years ago for my Nottingham application!