Laura Lopez
@ohdearz.bsky.social
Professor of astronomy 🔭 at Ohio State. Co-chair of @aascsma.bsky.social. Alum of UCSC and MIT. She/her 🇲🇽
Great
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
Dust in the Wind: A New Tool for Understanding Galactic Outflows
The galaxy M82 is host to an extended multiphase wind driven by star formation. Today's paper attempts to use JWST observations of dust in the wind to understand the structure of its cooler gas.
astrobites.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
Glad to read the announcement that the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will continue!!
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Glad to read the announcement that the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will continue!!
Reposted by Laura Lopez
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
Nope nope nope 🚫
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nope nope nope 🚫
Reposted by Laura Lopez
Maryland Congressional Delegation Letter Regarding Goddard Issues
nasawatch.com/congress/mar...
The following letter was sent by the Maryland Congressional delegation to Acting NASA Administrator Duffy with regard to a variety of issues raised about actions being taken at NASA Goddard. #NASA
nasawatch.com/congress/mar...
The following letter was sent by the Maryland Congressional delegation to Acting NASA Administrator Duffy with regard to a variety of issues raised about actions being taken at NASA Goddard. #NASA
Maryland Congressional Delegation Letter Regarding Goddard Issues
the following letter was sent by the Maryland Congressional delegation to Acting AASA Administrator Duffy on 13 November 2025
nasawatch.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Maryland Congressional Delegation Letter Regarding Goddard Issues
nasawatch.com/congress/mar...
The following letter was sent by the Maryland Congressional delegation to Acting NASA Administrator Duffy with regard to a variety of issues raised about actions being taken at NASA Goddard. #NASA
nasawatch.com/congress/mar...
The following letter was sent by the Maryland Congressional delegation to Acting NASA Administrator Duffy with regard to a variety of issues raised about actions being taken at NASA Goddard. #NASA
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How. Does. This. Story. Keep. Getting. Worse.
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
How. Does. This. Story. Keep. Getting. Worse.
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
Honored to receive the 2026 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award!
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Honored to receive the 2026 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award!
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
Reposted by Laura Lopez
A new #letter from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the Committee on #Science, #Space, and #Technology, demands #NASA stop any closures of the #Goddard #spaceflight Center in #Maryland. The letter references our own Space.com #investigation done by spaceflight #writer @joshdinner.bky
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A new #letter from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the Committee on #Science, #Space, and #Technology, demands #NASA stop any closures of the #Goddard #spaceflight Center in #Maryland. The letter references our own Space.com #investigation done by spaceflight #writer @joshdinner.bky
Yaaay! #SaveChandra
Heading to the airport now after the annual Chandra users committee meeting! For those interested- I think the telescope is legitimately in a better position now than it was a year or two ago, minus the *broad gestures affecting all US science*. Like obv no promises until the gov’t reopens, but…
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Yaaay! #SaveChandra
So much astronomical excellence in this picture from @astrosociety.org gala! 🔭 L to R: Kate Daniel (Arizona prof), Angela Twum, @astrolatinaa.bsky.social, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon (UCSC grads), @katycosmiq.bsky.social (CSUSB prof), @capricephillips.bsky.social (Sagan Fellow at UCSC), and me.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So much astronomical excellence in this picture from @astrosociety.org gala! 🔭 L to R: Kate Daniel (Arizona prof), Angela Twum, @astrolatinaa.bsky.social, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon (UCSC grads), @katycosmiq.bsky.social (CSUSB prof), @capricephillips.bsky.social (Sagan Fellow at UCSC), and me.
For the record, I'm in hour 28 of air travel from SFO to Columbus, and I would take this any/every day(s) over Democrats agreeing to take away healthcare. What was the point of all this just to be complicit with the same terrible outcome?
Hello, today marks day 2 (hour 26). I left my LAX residency after 9 hours yesterday to adopt the nomadic life, traveling ever eastward. I now live in DFW Terminal A where the cost of living is far improved to LAX. As Ohio grows nearer, I contemplate: at what point do I drive home? XOXO, LAL
Hello, I am coming to you live from LAX where I have been for the last 6 hours. I have taken residency in Terminal 4. The cost of living here is steep -- I spent $40 on a breakfast sandwich, a yogurt, and coffee this morning. I hope to someday return to Ohio, but we'll see if it is today. XOXO, LAL
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For the record, I'm in hour 28 of air travel from SFO to Columbus, and I would take this any/every day(s) over Democrats agreeing to take away healthcare. What was the point of all this just to be complicit with the same terrible outcome?
Hello, today marks day 2 (hour 26). I left my LAX residency after 9 hours yesterday to adopt the nomadic life, traveling ever eastward. I now live in DFW Terminal A where the cost of living is far improved to LAX. As Ohio grows nearer, I contemplate: at what point do I drive home? XOXO, LAL
Hello, I am coming to you live from LAX where I have been for the last 6 hours. I have taken residency in Terminal 4. The cost of living here is steep -- I spent $40 on a breakfast sandwich, a yogurt, and coffee this morning. I hope to someday return to Ohio, but we'll see if it is today. XOXO, LAL
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hello, today marks day 2 (hour 26). I left my LAX residency after 9 hours yesterday to adopt the nomadic life, traveling ever eastward. I now live in DFW Terminal A where the cost of living is far improved to LAX. As Ohio grows nearer, I contemplate: at what point do I drive home? XOXO, LAL
Hello, I am coming to you live from LAX where I have been for the last 6 hours. I have taken residency in Terminal 4. The cost of living here is steep -- I spent $40 on a breakfast sandwich, a yogurt, and coffee this morning. I hope to someday return to Ohio, but we'll see if it is today. XOXO, LAL
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello, I am coming to you live from LAX where I have been for the last 6 hours. I have taken residency in Terminal 4. The cost of living here is steep -- I spent $40 on a breakfast sandwich, a yogurt, and coffee this morning. I hope to someday return to Ohio, but we'll see if it is today. XOXO, LAL
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Congrats @ohdearz.bsky.social on receiving the Nancy Grace Roman Award from ASP for promoting gender equity snd inclusion in astronomy and related fields! It was awesome to be there and see all the amazing things! Truly well deserved!
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congrats @ohdearz.bsky.social on receiving the Nancy Grace Roman Award from ASP for promoting gender equity snd inclusion in astronomy and related fields! It was awesome to be there and see all the amazing things! Truly well deserved!
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
Excited to attend the @astrosociety.org gala tonight & receive the Nancy Grace Roman Award! I read about her life & career on my way here. Did you know she was responsible for making NASA data archives public so that everyone could benefit, not just PIs? Such an amazing impact on our field. 🔭
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Excited to attend the @astrosociety.org gala tonight & receive the Nancy Grace Roman Award! I read about her life & career on my way here. Did you know she was responsible for making NASA data archives public so that everyone could benefit, not just PIs? Such an amazing impact on our field. 🔭
Flying to SFO for the @astrosociety.org gala! Sitting next to two chatty people who are sharing their stories. One is going to Fiji for diving, the other is traveling internationally to an unknown destination that his wife picked! I am like a fly on the wall listening to their adventures.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Flying to SFO for the @astrosociety.org gala! Sitting next to two chatty people who are sharing their stories. One is going to Fiji for diving, the other is traveling internationally to an unknown destination that his wife picked! I am like a fly on the wall listening to their adventures.
Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!
Yikes. The UCs have benefited tremendously from the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program. It is an outstanding recruitment tool for talented faculty; this is a major loss.
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. https://bit.ly/3WFBSpb
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. https://bit.ly/3WFBSpb
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Yikes. The UCs have benefited tremendously from the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program. It is an outstanding recruitment tool for talented faculty; this is a major loss.
Reposted by Laura Lopez
Heads up: the deadline for regular registration for #AAS247 is Friday, November 7. (Late registration is still an option after Friday, but more expensive).
While you and your colleagues/students register, remember to register for the @astropy.org workshop! 🔭 #astrocode
While you and your colleagues/students register, remember to register for the @astropy.org workshop! 🔭 #astrocode
Register yourself or a student for the 'Python and Astropy for Astronomical Data Analysis' workshop at @aas.org on January 4, 2026. 🔭 #aas247 #astrocode
You'll get a broad overview of the astropy functionality that powers astronomy, taught by the @astropy.org team.
github.com/astropy/astr...
You'll get a broad overview of the astropy functionality that powers astronomy, taught by the @astropy.org team.
github.com/astropy/astr...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Heads up: the deadline for regular registration for #AAS247 is Friday, November 7. (Late registration is still an option after Friday, but more expensive).
While you and your colleagues/students register, remember to register for the @astropy.org workshop! 🔭 #astrocode
While you and your colleagues/students register, remember to register for the @astropy.org workshop! 🔭 #astrocode
Glad to see this story covered by the press. I've heard from colleagues that Goddard labs are being moved/closed during the government shutdown while employees are unable to receive notification/e-mail/warnings. There's fear that they'll return after the shutdown & labs will be gone. 🔭
#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Glad to see this story covered by the press. I've heard from colleagues that Goddard labs are being moved/closed during the government shutdown while employees are unable to receive notification/e-mail/warnings. There's fear that they'll return after the shutdown & labs will be gone. 🔭
Reposted by Laura Lopez
Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :)
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
Apply to Write for Astrobites 2025!
Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th.
astrobites.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :)
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
I gave a presentation at @sacnas.bsky.social on "archival astrophysics" in a session "Astronomy on the Cheap", showing tips on pursuing research using only archival data. Here are my slides, which include examples of different public archives & how to use them! 🔭 drive.google.com/file/d/1mw42...
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I gave a presentation at @sacnas.bsky.social on "archival astrophysics" in a session "Astronomy on the Cheap", showing tips on pursuing research using only archival data. Here are my slides, which include examples of different public archives & how to use them! 🔭 drive.google.com/file/d/1mw42...
Day 2 of SACNAS included a plenary from former @aascsma.bsky.social chair Nicole Cabrera Salazar!
Day Two at #NDiSTEM2025 was packed with discovery + community! ✨ Plenary speakers, Expo, Posters, and Oral Presentations fueled the day, ending with the SACNAS Powwow. 🥁 Don’t miss the Pachanga today! 🎉
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
@kaliceaphd.bsky.social
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
@kaliceaphd.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Day 2 of SACNAS included a plenary from former @aascsma.bsky.social chair Nicole Cabrera Salazar!
Reposted by Laura Lopez
So excited for the first day of SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025 with @denisemondragon.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
So excited for the first day of SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025 with @denisemondragon.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪
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Day One of #NDiSTEM2025 delivered! ✨ Opening Ceremony, Expo, Posters, and STEM symposia brought the energy. Plus—marketplace, mentoring, and networking moments that connect our community. @aaberhe.com
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Day One of #NDiSTEM2025 delivered! ✨ Opening Ceremony, Expo, Posters, and STEM symposia brought the energy. Plus—marketplace, mentoring, and networking moments that connect our community. @aaberhe.com
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership