Astrophysicist, educator, and #AcademicMama who likes to play outside. Associate Professor of Physics @UConn. Views my own.
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4 Jun 2019
Ever wonder why you get so sleepy during conference talks? Turns out lots of conference venues aren't well-ventilated, causing CO2 to rise to levels that cause drowsiness (>1000ppm). Data from @keflavich shows this steady rise over the first 50min of a conference session.
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Dr./Prof. Cara Battersby retweeted
The PRIMA team is excited to announce the release of a special issue in the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS), Volume 11 Issue 03! This issue was edited by Naseem Rangwala and Matt Griffin. tinyurl.com/35vbb86u
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19 May 2025
We've had an exciting few months at the Milky Way Lab at UConn! The 3D CMZ paper series is live (centralmolecularzone.github.…) 🥳🍾 and our 3D molecular cloud work was highlighted at a AAS press conference. I'll be posting updates here now: bsky.app/profile/battersbot.…
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Dr./Prof. Cara Battersby retweeted
The PRIMA team is pleased to share the news that NASA has selected our concept for phase-A study. We are grateful for all the community effort that has brought us this far, and we are excited to continue to grow the PRIMA community going forward! nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-e…
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19 Apr 2023
What what, ya girl got tenure! 🎉🎉🎉
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22 Apr 2023
Thanks so much everyone for the congratulations, wowzers! Feeling the love 💕 Long week but finally time to celebrate
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Dr./Prof. Cara Battersby retweeted
I've been seeing a lot of great posters with amazing styles and sometimes art, but this one speaks to my heart...if Daria's on twitter can someone please RT and tag?
#ppvii
ALT Comic style poster on magnetic fields inside-out
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11 Apr 2023
We all LOVE to do lip service for better maternity leave policies in academia (and yes, let's work on that) but as a professor and mom of two, I can confidently state there's more to it.
Research doesn't take a pause during leave and we all need to STEP UP to support each other.
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11 Apr 2023
3. MEETINGS. just, like, any expectation that i can reliably attend regular meetings when I return from leave, because let’s be honest, when babe is so tiny I am still caring for them tons and working when I can between that, not when my calendar says so.
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11 Apr 2023
How about other folks? Academia is not like other jobs in a lot of ways, how can we help to support each other better?
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Dr./Prof. Cara Battersby retweeted
The latest and greatest factsheets are now available to help you brainstorm the science you can do with PRIMA spectroscopy (FIRESS) and imaging (PRIMAger) observations! prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/…
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Dr./Prof. Cara Battersby retweeted
First of 5 example science cases now being presented at the PRIMA community workshop by Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez @Enloro : cosmic magnetic fields!
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16 Mar 2023
Inspired by this ridiculous/ awesome exchange, I spent some time getting to know GPT-4 today. It helped write a decent homework question for a graduate astrophysics class, gave me advice on baby sleep and home renovations, and wrote these gems (below) I thought you might enjoy.
15 Mar 2023
I gave GPT-4 a budget of $100 and told it to make as much money as possible.
I'm acting as its human liaison, buying anything it says to.
Do you think it'll be able to make smart investments and build an online business?
Follow along 👀
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16 Mar 2023
I asked permission to share these and they agreed and suggested the following for proper attribution: Check out this cool science fact from @ChatGPTNFTs
Excuse me while I 🤯🤯🤯
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