Victoria Kaspi

Astrophysicist, for science and rational thought. Director, McGill Space Institute, Physics prof, mom. Rarely tweet, but when I do, I mean it.

[The SETI Institute @SETIInstitute]

ONLINE EVENT: https://t.co/VBFpWVF7Bp
On Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 2022 at 7 pm PST, Dr. @VictoriaKaspi ( @mcgillu ) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled: “The Fast Radio Sky: A New Window on the Violent Universe", live on YouTube: https://t.co/COnELzZRFa

[McGill Science @McGillScience]

The McGill Space Research Conference takes place on May 3 and 4!

Join @mcgillu astronauts and the world’s top academic researchers, business pioneers, and government leaders in space and aerospace for two days of cross-industry exchange.

For more: https://t.co/Ha1fMtCelG

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

Today's MSI Seminar speaker is Erin May from
@JHUAPL! Tune in now to watch "Spitzer’s Exoplanet Legacy: Population Trends from Phase Curve Observations": https://t.co/qWdwltrcS1

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

A huge congratulations to MSI prof Eve Lee on getting the 2022 Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy from the AAS! 🤩🤩

[Canadian Space Agency @csa_asc]

On this day, 30 years ago, Dr. @RobertaBondar became Canada’s first female astronaut and the world’s first neurologist in space when she launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Her ability to inspire, motivate and educate is truly stellar! #OTD

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

#meetMSIpostdocs! Next up is Dr. Thomas Navarro! who's been an MSI postdoc fellow in @EPS_McGill since Fall 2019. He works on simulating the atmospheres of terrestrial planets (such as Mars, Venus) or exoplanets by developing and running state-of-the-art numerical models. 1/

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

Congratulations to MSI prof Robert Brandenberger on winning the 2021 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics from @CAPhys!!

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

We’re thrilled to kick off “Meet our MSI postdocs”! Every week we’ll be spotlighting some of the postdoctoral fellows who call the MSI their intellectual home.

[McGill University @mcgillu]

The #CHIME team, which discovered more than 500 new #FRBs in the first year of the detector’s operations, will receive the 2022 Lancelot M. Berkeley − New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. 🌌🔭🇨🇦

https://t.co/NnP0MoCaEm

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

There's still time to register for tomorrow's @McGillUPhysics grad program virtual info session! Nov. 19, 3-5pm EST. Register to get the zoom link:
https://t.co/Ks6aLemi6w

[McGill Physics @McGillUPhysics]

Are you interested in this cool intersection of particle physics and astrophysics? If so, you’re in luck! Prof. @Katelinsaurus’ is looking to recruit new people this year! Postdocs should apply to @CITA_ICAT National Fellow (Nov 8) and @McGillMSI Fellow opportunities (Dec 1)

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[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

Check out MSI grad student Alice Curtin's newest piece for @astrobites!

[AstroMcGill @AstroMcGill]

Our next public lecture is next Tuesday, 7pm! Come and learn about fast radio bursts, these bright flashes of light from distant galaxies that have captured the world of astronomy over the last decade! 🤩🌟🔭

More info here: https://t.co/01Ssvd05JI

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

It's #WorldSpaceWeek! This year's theme is #WomeninSpace & we hope you'll tune in to our virtual panel tonight at 7:30pm ET! Our panelists are 3 Canadian astronomers who'll be using @NASAWebb, the next great space telescope, during its 1st year!
Link: https://t.co/AvtETHFESB

[McGill University @mcgillu]

Maclean's ranks #McGill as the #1 medical/doctoral university in Canada for the 17th year in a row! 🥇🇨🇦🎉

@macleans

https://t.co/9FyypEdYvr

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

We're live with An Evening with Webb! Tune in now to ask our panelists your questions! #womeninspacewsw #WorldSpaceWeek
Link: https://t.co/AvtETHFESB

[Trottier Space Institute at McGill @TSIMcGill]

Meet our newest doctor! 🙌🎉Congrats to Dr. Emilie Parent on successfully defending her PhD thesis "Discovery and study of radio pulsars and fast transients with the Arecibo and Green Bank telescopes", supervised by @VictoriaKaspi. 1/2

[LIGO @LIGO]

Since the first #GravitationalWaves discovery we've clocked up 50 confident detections : 48 binary #BlackHole mergers and 2 binary #NeutronStar collisions. Now we've added two #NSBH mergers! (Thanks, @ARC_OzGRav's Carl Knox for this nice graphic) https://t.co/ND7W8aLIgp

[McGill Physics @McGillUPhysics]

Congratulations to the #CHIMETelescope team members at @McGillUPhysics @McGillMSI as well as their colleagues @DunlapInstitute @UofTAstro @WestVirginiaU @Yale @Perimeter @MIT_Physics @TheNRAO @NRC_CNRC on this wonderful accomplishment!