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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · 21d

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The StarXiv ✨ podcast @starxiv.bsky.social · 26d

Michelle's second paper reports on Cloud-9, a proposed 'star free' galaxy (or reionization limited HI cloud, RELHIC). They follow it up with very deep HST imaging, but still can't find any stars there. So is it star free? Listen to learn more! arxiv.org/abs/2508.20157

Top: A color composite of our ACS/WFC1 imaging (∼100′′×202′′). The green circle (r = 8.4′′) marks the VLA
H I maximum column density, with a radius corresponding to the effective radius of a Leo T analog at the distance of M94.
Bottom: Simulated dwarf galaxies spanning a range of stellar masses, generated under the same observing conditions and
shown at the same physical scale as the ACS data. A Leo T analog (M⋆ = 100,000 solar masses) would be readily detected, but no stellar
counterpart is visible down to at least M⋆ ∼ a few thousand solar masses M⊙.

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · 21d

Do you want to make a difference to the third-sector? Here’s how to get involved in Pro Bono OR 🧪

The OR Society @theorsociety.bsky.social · Aug 28

Use your OR or analytics skills for good!

Pro Bono OR has open projects looking for volunteers to support charities and third-sector groups.

See how you can get involved here: https://f.mtr.cool/fwblhykpcm

#ProBonoOR #DataForGood #OperationalResearch #Volunteering

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Apr 1

We start off today’s @theorsociety.bsky.social Simulation Workshop day with a keynote on a fantastic urban digital twin model of the University of Bordeaux campus #SW25 #Modelling #Simulation

Image showing an operational research keynote speaker with their title slide on Urban Living Lab

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Mar 31

Great to be at @theorsociety.bsky.social Simulation Workshop #SW25 learning about simulation uses in healthcare, airline and military settings today, as well as a bespoke discrete event simulation tutorial using open source software #Modelling #Simulation

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Image showing an operational researcher speak through a slide on discrete event simulation to evaluate airline schedule robustness

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Mar 11

A recent post on the @a4e.org slack has sparked my attention to this fascinating paper on a rigorous estimate of the carbon footprint of astronomical research www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Follow up with different future scenarios: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... #Extragalactic 🧪🔭 #WomenInSTEM

Estimate of the carbon footprint of astronomical research infrastructures - Nature Astronomy

Astronomical research facilities, such as space telescopes, space probes or ground-based observatories, are the largest contributor to an astronomer’s carbon footprint, well beyond other activities su...

www.nature.com

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Feb 4

The @royalastrosoc.bsky.social NAM is opening for abstract submissions today, with a huge range of sessions on astronomy and adjacent fields. There are also sessions on the importance of astronomy technology in society, art, and much more! conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/prog... 🔭 #Extragalactic

National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025

Image credit: Durham University The Royal Astronomical Society is proud to present the next National Astronomy Meeting, NAM2025, at Durham University from Monday 7th July to Friday 11th July, 2025. It...

conference.astro.dur.ac.uk

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Feb 3

It’s Race Equality Week and this year’s theme is #EveryActionCounts Find out more about bitesized daily challenges that we can all do here: www.raceequalitymatters.com/5-day-challe...

Image that says “Race Equality Matters Race Equality Week #EveryActionCounts”

Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Jan 29

Calling all operational researchers, exciting opportunity with @theorsociety.bsky.social coming up this March 🧪 #WomenInSTEM

The OR Society @theorsociety.bsky.social · Jan 27

Join us at the 12th Simulation Workshop!

🗓️ 31 March – 2 April 2025
📍Mercure Rougemont Hotel, Exeter

Discover the latest in #modelling & #simulation with:
✨Keynote presentations and panel discussions
✨Networking opportunities
✨Exhibits of cutting-edge tools

Book now: www.theorsociety.com/sw25

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Jan 29

Awful news but not at all surprising. Guess there really is no job security in academia 😠

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

Cardiff University job cuts as 400 roles at risk

Staff say they are in shock as nursing, modern languages, and music are among degrees under threat with 400 jobs academic jobs at risk

www.walesonline.co.uk

Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Jan 15

Fully funded PhD scholarships focusing on exascale computing model development and data analysis, as well as multidisciplinary training for students in Earth system processes and applications. Application deadline is 17th February 2025. 🔭🧪⚛️ #WomenInSTEM

ExaGEO DLA @exageo-dla.bsky.social · Jan 8

📣 Six Weeks Remaining to apply for fully funded PhDs for September 2025 Entry via the ExaGEO DLA 🌍💻🧠🧑‍🎓 www.exageo.org

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Jan 11

Great new blog by Voices of Academia 🧪🔭⚛️

Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · Jan 11

Latest Voices of Academia blog 📝

It’s Also Okay Not to Talk About Your Mental Health by Anonymous

"The lying about being fine became so exhausting on top of everything else ...the unintended effect was that I became even more isolated."

#AcademicMentalHealth

voicesofacademia.com/2025/01/10/i...

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy new year all!

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 21

If you’re a student between 16-19 years in the UK (Y12 or S5/S6), In2STEM is an opportunity for exploring what a career in STEM could look like.
Application information is here: in2scienceuk.org/our-programm...
Information on how to introduce this to your school: in2scienceuk.org/our-programm... 🧪👩🏾‍🔬

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janice @janiceleeastro.bsky.social · Dec 18

surreal 🔭🧪
#PHANGS-JWST NCG628 imaging is being turned into a US POSTAGE STAMP ✉️ !!
✨The imaging has truly taken a life of its own. Grateful for the amazing village of collaborators, comms folks, USPS for bringing the universe to people's doorsteps.✨ #extragalactic
www.space.com/usps-james-w...

Webb mail: US Priority Mail stamps to again star deep space images in 2025

For the second year in a row, the USPS is giving priority status to James Webb Space Telescope images.

www.space.com

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Sophie Gilbert @sophielgilbert.bsky.social · Dec 14

For any PhDs thinking of transitioning out of traditional academia where the beans that get counted are high-impact, numerous pubs... just know that you have so many other skills that are highly valuable in other spaces! 🧪

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 14

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have released a new 2025 calendar, showcasing another year of images and discoveries 🧪 🔭 👩🏾‍🔬 ⚛️

Download here: ow.ly/UG3F50UqCLm

📷 ESA - European Space Agency/Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/James Webb Space Telescope

An image of the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud where the young star cluster NGC 602 lies. The image is titled “Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope - The Latest Spectacular Images from the Cosmos 2025”

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 13

The Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund applications are open! This provides funding for current/prospective PhD students from underrepresented groups in #Physics ⚛️ & Astronomy 🔭 🧪Application deadline is 20th Jan 2025.

FAQs: www.iop.org/about/suppor...

#WomenInSTEM: www.iop.org/about/suppor...

Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund

Apply now to the innovative fund instigated by leading physicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Institute of Physics to encourage greater diversity in physics.

www.iop.org

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks 🙂

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thank you! 🙂

Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hello Bluesky 🙂 it’s my one-year viva-versary! And thought I’d take this occasion to share my astrophysics PhD thesis on interstellar dust and gas in the Andromeda galaxy: arxiv.org/abs/2403.19798 🔭⚛️ #extragalactic

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 7

I’m an astrophysicist. Please could I be added to the physicists list? orcid.org/0000-0002-73...

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 7

I’m an astrophysicist (post-PhD) and I’d like to share Astro related info to this feed 🙂

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 7

Yes

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Dr Gayathri Eknath @drgeoxymorons.bsky.social · Dec 7

@bot.astronomy.blue signup 🙂

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janice @janiceleeastro.bsky.social · Jan 29

We are live! 🔭
✨ PHANGS-JWST infrared imaging of 19 nearby galaxies
✨ ~100,000 PHANGS-HST star clusters and associations across 38 nearby galaxies
👉 data release archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/phangs
👉 press and image release webbtelescope.org/contents/new...

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