Benjamin Lane

Recently minted doctor from @MIT_Physics, @LIGO group, policy geek, and (nearly) all around nerd. Let's talk quantum or policy (or quantum policy)

[Council of Graduate Schools @CGSGradEd]

🚨CGS invites you to join the GRAD Coalition either virtually or in DC on October 19 for a congressional staffer briefing to discuss the importance of good graduate student mentorship. This is an essential conversation - don't miss out!

Register: https://t.co/v7anpjprcT

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

Am I the only one annoyed that the MIT logo says "MiT"?

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

Go work with Nancy, she's great

[Nancy Aggarwal @aggarwalnancy]

I have started a faculty job at UC Davis and am now searching for postdocs and PhD students. Please reach out if you or anyone you know are interested. Our research spans building gravitational wave and dark matter experiments and data analyses for new physics signatures.

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

We @GSC_EAB worked hard with @WaysMeansCmte a few years back to get the tax code amended to allow fellows to contribute to IRAs the same as TAs/RAs, take advantage of it!

[Krysta M Svore @krystasvore]

I encourage you to review the report from our National Quantum Advisory Committee (NQIAC) meeting in May. Recommendations include: Renew the NQI Act, expand R&D in Quantum Information Science & Technology (QIST), and develop domestic and foreign talent. https://t.co/95TcIJFgwZ

[Divyansh Kaushik @dkaushik96]

🚨 The race for global tech supremacy is ON, and the US is on track to fall behind!

With China laser-focused on S&T & the U.S. high-tech trade deficit passing $200bn in 2022, it's time to step up our game, not slow down.

From me and @MattHourihan today.
https://t.co/deFM9zuB2z

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

"If you dissuade him from pursuing quantum gravity, you'll have done humanity and him a great service" -an anonymous MIT Physics prof hahaha

[Divyansh Kaushik @dkaushik96]

📢 Today in @Forbes, I highlight how Congress can (and should) address #ArtificialIntelligence's growing impact on society.

@SenSchumer recently announced plans for crafting bipartisan AI governance legislation. So how can Congress regulate #AI?🧵
https://t.co/qevPYV3pfH

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

I literally can’t think of a more pointless profession than being a scientist

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

IRA PURPOSES". Clearly there is a disagreement between the legislative and the executive branches on this, and I think Congress got it right a few years ago.

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

The @NLRB decision excluding fellows from bargaining is disappointing and narrow. They argue the work of fellows is not compensated while in the SECURE Act of 2019, Congress had a section "CERTAIN TAXABLE NON-TUITION FELLOWSHIP AND STIPEND PAYMENTS TREATED AS COMPENSATION FOR...

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

@SerenaLBooth @GSC_EAB @CommerceGov @WHOSTP @housescience @EdWorkforceCmte @JudiciaryGOP @SenWarren @SenMarkey @WhipKClark @RepPressley Across the 10 of us that are going. I'm still getting my steps in though

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

On the way to DC with @GSC_EAB! Looking forward to meeting with @CommerceGov, @WHOSTP, @housescience, @EdWorkforceCmte, @JudiciaryGOP, @SenWarren, @SenMarkey, @WhipKClark, @RepPressley and many many others (over 60 meetings!) to discuss the priorities of graduate researchers.

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

A lot of great recommendations in here, worth a read if you care about making STEM inclusive and broadening the talent pool (and if you don't care, well you better come see me because I have some strong words for you).

[Floor Broekgaarden 💫 @FloorAstro]

there's a powerful paper on mentoring underrepresented minorities in STEM on ArXiv today: https://t.co/aW7GMXHtty, by a team including the incredible @CapricePhillips and @jfaherty

Incl. 4 key recommendations:
1. Institutionalize mentorship education across the STEM ecosystem

[Divyansh Kaushik @dkaushik96]

US research encourages open dialogue but we must protect against hostile actors. We can strike a balance b/w fostering an open environment & protecting IP from theft and we can do so without shutting the door on global talent.

New from me in @Forbes.
https://t.co/vzolUKl8lr

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Written by two Republican governors:

“The US became prosperous because many immigrants saw our beacon and seized the freedoms and opportunities offered here. That formula has not changed. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies had been founded by an immigrant or the child of one.”

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

@Scatter_Cushion Also fair. I definitely agree the faculty side isn't really talked about, so glad you're starting that conversation. Even from a purely pragmatic student perspective, I want my advisor to be happy and healthy so they can better, well, advise.

[Benjamin Lane @ThatBBLane]

Glad to see discussing mental health being desigmatized at all levels. I wouldn't exactly call the challenges students face "well documented", particularly root causes of the grad mental health crisis are severly understudied (hence the amendment we got into CHIPS+Science)

[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

Great perspective from @hholdenthorp
Time to fix trainee salaries https://t.co/6GDekIb385

[Martijn Rasser @MartijnRasser]

An overhaul of high-skilled immigration policies is essential for long-term U.S. competitiveness.

Estimate: tens of thousands laid off

Foreign-born workers...account for nearly one-quarter of all workers in STEM...up from 16% in 2000. https://t.co/Tl3rM1FcxO via @WSJ