It’s reference letter season again and as always these rankings are awful. Please please please stop requiring them!!!

I can’t believe this needs to be said but I’m taking time off for the holidays and you should, too! I always took time off in grad school and I’m still a professor… Go spend time doing things you love with people you love!

Second this! Jay is an awesome grad student and this is some seriously cool data!

Check out our new paper! This was fun to be a part of. You never know when you’re going to find a huge stellar flare in your data 🤪

Excited to be part of this 😎

The weather was looking better so we made a last minute decision to head to my in-laws in Ohio and hope to catch totality. Our pup is trying out the eclipse glasses to make sure we’re ready for the big event! WeRateDogs 😎

Four Johns Hopkins experts held a virtual briefing on Friday to discuss the science of eclipses and what viewers should look for during the upcoming celestial event. Read the key takeaways at bit.ly/3U9HdVe.

OMG its’s starting - and still clear in Ohio! 🤞

Both dogs getting in on the eclipse action now!

IT WAS CLEAR AND THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER!!!

Annual request to please respond with any post-bacc positions in astronomy you know of! Grad admissions was rough this year, and there are lots of awesome undergrads now looking for research positions to help prepare them to apply again.

And that’s a wrap on the semester! Taught my last class of ISM and Fluid Dynamics this morning, and now I can say that I’ve officially been at Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences for a whole academic year! 🎉

Rescued this fluff ball exactly one year ago and now she is living her best doggo life ❤️

Save the Date! We’re hosting a community workshop May 5-7, 2025 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC to discuss the future of infrared astrophysics and synergies across the spectrum going into the next decadal survey.

My very first PhD student just passed her defense - Congrats Dr. Kiana Burton! 🎉 Feels pretty surreal to now have graduated my own student. Guess I'm a real professor now! 🙃

Congratulations @astroxicana! So excited to have the chance to work with you at Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences starting this fall!