Natalie Allen

astronomy grad student @JohnsHopkins + @nsf graduate research fellow studying exoplanet atmospheres | per aspera ad astra 💫🔭 she/her

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

@DrMikiNakajima @nespinozap aw thanks Miki :]

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

could not be more excited that @nespinozap and I’s proposal was accepted for JWST cycle 3!! 130 hours over the next 2 cycles to try to find an atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 e, using TRAPPIST-1 b as a model independent stellar contamination proxy

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

@Astro_journey @nespinozap thank you!

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

@Yollevoreloj @nespinozap thank you!! :]

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

@AgolEric thank you, and thanks for your help on the proposal!!

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

i can’t believe it

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@PlanetaryGao thank you!!

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i seriously cannot believe I have my own JWST proposal i’m dizzy

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

me and my @LettersPreSci pen pal have the same favorite video game 🥹 (it’s outer wilds and if you haven’t played it before, especially as someone who loves space, you’re doing yourself a disservice. probably my favorite experience with media ever.)

[Ryan MacDonald @MartianColonist]

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 '𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲'.

The 1st JWST analysis for the planet K2-18b is out.

But many exoplanet scientists are pretty sceptical about these claims - THREAD (1/N)

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

@FloorAstro @astrobites @JHUPhysicsAstro @JohnsHopkins congrats + welcome to the dept!!

[astrobites @astrobites]

From Guest: When harassers coauthor papers, the community suffers, but nobody is more affected than the Early Career Researchers within those groups. This is how we, the ECRs within the California Planet Search, have tackled the recent authorship debacle.

https://t.co/EFW4tKR0bO

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

for context, it was a talk that John Mather gave to a group of “future science and technology leaders” that I was invited to for doing well on some standardized test or something. I got to meet him a few years and tell him he inspired me that day, which was pretty special

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

giving a talk about my path through science today and while prepping found this — I took these pictures when I was 17, on the exact day I decided I would pursue my passion and try to become an astronomer. it’s nice to think high school me would be pretty proud of what I do now :]

[Peter Gao @PlanetaryGao]

So this article came out last week to (as far as I can tell) little fanfare, but it's probably the first and only "official" update to the GM RV paper fiasco since it happened in April

https://t.co/gS4CuMBbSZ

[nature @Nature]

Researchers are much more likely than the general population to experience depression and anxiety. And recent studies suggest that scientists’ mental-health struggles are a direct result of a toxic research culture https://t.co/u8jGixSH1z

[Isa Rebollido @Yollevoreloj]

IT'S HAPPENING!
@stsci 's 2023 Spring Symposium is starting tomorrow!
Looking forward to all the amazing talks and people visiting Baltimore this week!
Stay tuned to our hashtag #STScISS23 for cool results on planet formation/exoplanets/solar system and astrobiology!

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

@astrobalmer @astro_daniella so proud of you!! you’re killing it as always

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5 successful Co-I proposals to be excited about though!

[Natalie Allen @astronatalie_]

all 3 of my PI proposals got second quintile 🥲 trying to be positive because I know this means at least my ideas weren’t terrible but man the rejection is hitting hard