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Junellie Perez

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PhD Candidate in Earth & Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University 🌌🛰️ Astrobites writer ✍🏼 She/her/ella 💕 Views are my own

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · Oct 29

Hi world! Just wanted to reintroduce myself here on BlueSky 💖

You may have known me as Junellie Gonzalez Quiles but from this month onwards, my name is Junellie Perez 💁🏻‍♀️💍

Stay tuned for my upcoming paper on carbon cycling on the TRAPPIST-1 planets as Perez et al! 🌍🔭✨️💖

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 7d

#exoplanets

Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 10d

This week (!) is the 30th anniversary of the announcement of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet found orbiting a star like our Sun - since then, we've found over 6,000!

To celebrate, @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com collected some astronomers' favourite planets:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.

www.nature.com

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Science Magazine @science.org · 15d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · 15d

CONGRATULATIONS DOCTOR!!!! SO happy for you!!! 🎉🎉💖💖

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🪐Ashley 🔭 Lindalía☄️ @that-astro-chic.bsky.social · 18d

Idk why but every time I hear about Cecilia Payne - Gaposchkin's defense, I think about Dr. Jamila Peagues who became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Astronomy (2021) as well Dr. Osase Omoruyi the second Black woman who earned her PhD from Harvard this past summer nearly 100 years later.

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 19d

Wait a minute.

Why aren't we celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's dissertation.

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 19d

This is such a cool result!

TOI-561 b is basically the worst possible place to go looking for an atmosphere: too hot, too small, and too old.

But it looks like someone forgot to tell the planet that. Because it has air, anyways 🧪🔭

Me for @sciam.bsky.social:

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · 24d

This panel yesterday was so incredibly encouraging and illuminating 💖 Grateful to hear first hand from amazing women about their journeys and words of wisdom for post-doc season! ✨️

LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · 25d

Today's the day! Join us this afternoon at 5pm ET for a panel discussion with postdoctoral fellows from the 51 Pegasi b, NASA Sagan, and NASA Hubble programs. Open to LUMA, @blackinastro.bsky.social, and @VanguardSTEM members!

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Caltech IPAC @caltechipac.bsky.social · 24d

The official number of exoplanets has surpassed 6,000! And you can access data on all 6,007 of them right here at IPAC 📈 🪐

Watch the video & read all about the center of the exoplanet universe (also known as NExScI!) here:
www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/the-nas...

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Philip Mocz @philipmocz.bsky.social · 27d

We're hiring Flatiron Research Fellows & Software Fellows at the @flatironinstitute.org CCA. These independent postdoc positions offer outstanding opportunities for collaboration, computation, and scientific growth in NYC: apply.interfolio.com/173402 apply.interfolio.com/173403

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 28d

From Erica Sawczynec @ericasawczynec.bsky.social : In today’s bite we discuss the use of inclusive teaching practices in physics classrooms and why physics professors are unlikely to implement more even though they help all students learn more effectively! 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/09/13/i...

Inclusive teaching practices help all students learn, but physicists are reluctant to change the way they teach

In today's bite we discuss the use of inclusive teaching practices in physics classrooms and why physics professors are unlikely to implement more even though they help all students learn more effecti...

astrobites.org

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · 29d

Can't believe I was denied the COVID Vaccine at Walgreens even though I am 100% eligible (and also it shouldn't be denied in general). What the hell is happening? Anyone was able to successfully get the booster in Maryland?

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Matthew Kenworthy @mattkenworthy.bsky.social · Sep 12

My periodic reminder for #astrosci #astrodon #exoplanets Early Career Researchers to please, please, please have a simple web site with your current email address on it - rationale here: kenworthy.space/advice/

A pen sketch of a web page for an astronomer, showing name, email, optional phone number, and professional contact details, with a one sentence summary of their research and an ADS link.

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Johanna Teske @johannateske.bsky.social · Sep 4

The advertisement for Carnegie EPL's 2026 postdoctoral fellowship is out! aas.org/jobregister/... We are also happy to host external fellowships like NHFP, NSF, and 51 Peg b (the latter is due Oct 3rd, one month away!). Please feel free to reach out if you have questions. (1/2)

aas.org

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Dr./Prof. Meredith MacGregor @mmacgreg.bsky.social · Sep 4

Super excited that these results are finally out! This is the highest resolution ALMA image of Fomalhaut ever, and we can learn new things about the structure of the disk and the planet that is likely shaping it. Press release here: public.nrao.edu/news/neighbo...

Neighboring Star’s Warped Ring Shaped by Evolving Planets - National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the highest resolution image to date, revealing new insights...

public.nrao.edu

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · Aug 31

Did you know LUMA was founded 10 years ago by Prof. Catherine Espaillat? We celebrated our 10th anniversary at AAS this January 🎉 . Learn more about LUMA at our website

LUMA

The League of Underrepresented Minoritized Astronomers (LUMA) is a peer mentoring community for Black/Indigenous/Latinx womxn who are graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and…

www.lumamentoring.com

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · Aug 21

I was SO confused when I woke up to this like ?????

Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · Aug 12

Every time I'm thinking of coming more frequently to Olin, something comes up that keeps me away 😭 last time was the mice, now there's mold?? 😭

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 20

Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book!

I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky

www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART: Letters to Activists in Crisis, Edited by Kelly Hayes

image of a person with long hair in a pond, surrounded by trees and the night sky

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · Jul 9

Postdoc in #stellarastro at the ICCUB in Barcelona ☄️

Everyone I know from the astro community in Barcelona is lovely, so I can highly recommend it!

Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨 #MSCA Postdoc Fellowship in Stellar Physics at #ICCUB!

✨Join cutting-edge research on star formation, evolution & exoplanet habitability

🗓️ Deadline: Aug 20, 2025
📩 Apply: [email protected]

🔗https://icc.ub.edu/node/1151639
#Astrophysics #MSCA #PostdocJobs #StellarPhysics #WomenInScience #Barcelona

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · Jul 1

If you don't know about mosquito dunks, you should!

They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching.

They're inexpensive and highly effective.

Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.

Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hey y’all - heads up that mosquito-borne viral diseases in the US are off to an *early* start this summer. Make sure to cover/bugspray up and reduce standing water around your home (or treat with products like Mosquito Dunks that kill developing larvae!)

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · Jul 1

In the midst of so much chaos, uncertainty and stress, I turn to my own family and community for uplifting 🩷

Today is my baby boy's 7th birthday! He has dealt with so many medical situations in his life, but he is the most resilient and sweetest boy there is 🥹🐶 happy birthday Westin! 🥹💖🎉

Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · Jun 30

Writing a scientific paper as a first author for the first time is so so daunting, intimidating, terrifying 🥺

But it doesn't have to be this way.

What are some tools, support, encouraging frameworks that professors, mentors and advisors share with their students to write their first papers? ✍️🏼🙏🏼🔭

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · Jun 10

Come say hi and get some Astrobites merch at #AAS246 by visiting our booth in the main Exhibit Hall 9:00-10:00am or 5:30-6:30pm throughout the week! 🔭✨☄️

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · Jun 10

OH MY GOSH CONGRATULATIONS!! 🥹🥹💖💖 So happy for you!!

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · May 24

Knowing how to take a break and recharge your batteries takes time and reflection. Our upcoming workshop series with Jessica Harris will take you step-by-step through building a self-care plan that works for YOU ✍️

Let's Talk
🗓️ 3 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

Radical Self-Care
🗓️ 10 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

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Junellie Perez @spacejunellie.bsky.social · May 22

Got back from medical leave this week (I'm doing better now and have recovered!) and trying to decide if I go in person to either of my offices this week but my two options are campus with a potential measles case and building with mice infestation 🫠 so I guess working from home for the week? 😖