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Natasha Latouf
@nertushka.bsky.social
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🇸🇾 • Astrophysics PhD Candidate studying exoplanet atmospheres at @NASAGoddard FINESST • @NSF GRFP Fellow • Co-Founder of @spectrum_gmu • she/her • IG @nertushka • http://tx.ag/natasha
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Apr 6
This Barbie is officially Dr. Natasha Latouf, Ph.D. Astrobiologist 💕
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The Neuroverse Initiative @neuroverse-tni.bsky.social · Jan 16
Hey #AAS245 exhibitors! 👋

Got any extra, cumbersome swag you don't want to take back? TNI will gladly take it off your hands! 🙋

We'll use these donations for events with kids and to help further our mission 🖖🤓

Reach out to us or:
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Dec 13
MY BRAAAAAAND 😂
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Dec 12
AHH thanks for stopping by!! Love seeing people love BARBIE 💕
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Dec 12
It me!!! Come find me to learn more about BARBIE :)
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Dr. Dan / The Spectral Band @thespectralband.bsky.social · Dec 12
Holy shit #agu24
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Dec 12
💕💕💕 thanks for stopping by!! BARBIE always wins 💪
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Dec 8
Today is a day of hope. Bashar Assad has left Syria. It’s hard to know what’s next, but for now, we can revel in newfound freedom 🇸🇾
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Dec 2
Colloquium time at PennState - but more importantly, free mug
A black mug, with blue text. The text reads "Davey Lab Coffee Coop, since JD 2,455,131", with a blue image of a cartoon galaxy with a coffee bean
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Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · Nov 27
Perfection
an excerpt from the science paper linked above, reading "Our newly built grid set, hereafter the KEN grids (no acronym; they’re just Ken), allow for a direct comparison between grids since they cover the same wavelength range and three base parameters of P0, As, and g"
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Nov 25
Have you been wondering when you’ll get the finale of BARBIE? Lament no further! BARBIE3: Introducing the KEN is on arXiv now - check it out! We introduce a new grid set, the KEN, and investigate CH4 and H2O detectability. Any questions? Reach out to me!

arxiv.org/abs/2411.15089
Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) \RNum{3}: Introducing the KEN
We deploy a newly-generated set of geometric albedo spectral grids to examine the detectability of methane (CH4) in the reflected-light spectrum of an Earth-like exoplanet at visible and near-infrared...
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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 19
Ken-tastic talk on BARBIE (Bayesian Analysis...exo-Earths) from @nertushka.bsky.social 🩷🩷🔭🪐
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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · Jul 5
Spending a week in Lindau for #lino24 is just like Science Bachelor.

Laureates are the bachelors and young scientists the contestants. "Can I steal you for a second?"

Gotta know @nertushka and I are getting all the roses with our loud mouths. 😉😉🌹🌹
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Oct 31
10.28.23.
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Aug 2
Curious about how I found these results? Of course you are, it's fascinating, so go check out my paper! Contact me with any questions, comments, or suggestions. Thanks Barbies! 🩷
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Aug 2
We find that H2O can be detected down to 0.74 micron with moderate-SNR data at the upper end of presumed historical values, and H2O can be detected at 0.9 micron with low-SNR data.
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Aug 2
Using a grid of 1.4 million pre-computed geometric albedo spectra, calculated by Nick Susemiehl (also on arXiv today!! arxiv.org/abs/2308.00057), we study how SNR and varying abundance can impact the detectability of H2O on exoEarths
Grid-Based Atmospheric Retrievals for Reflected-Light Spectra of...
Techniques to retrieve the atmospheric properties of exoplanets via direct observation of their reflected light have often been limited in scope due to computational constraints imposed by the...
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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · Aug 2
IT'S PAPER DAY!! #BARBIE  is accepted for publication and up on arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2308.00648). Let's dive in, shall we?
Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on...
Detecting H2O in exoplanet atmospheres is the first step on the path to determining planet habitability. Coronagraphic design currently limits the observing strategy used to detect H2O, requiring...
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