Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernández (she/ella) 🇵🇷🚀
@francypants.bsky.social
planetary geologist & prof at Georgia Tech | 💜sediments & ice | #Boricua #LatinxInSTEM #GeoLatinas | Jíbara de Aguas Buenas, PR 🇵🇷 | #MomInAcademia
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I am BEGGING scientific instrumentation manufacturers to stop sending instruments with software on CD-ROM disks
Especially field equipment... NO LAPTOP HAS THAT ANYMORE
Especially field equipment... NO LAPTOP HAS THAT ANYMORE
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am BEGGING scientific instrumentation manufacturers to stop sending instruments with software on CD-ROM disks
Especially field equipment... NO LAPTOP HAS THAT ANYMORE
Especially field equipment... NO LAPTOP HAS THAT ANYMORE
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The Arizona Astrobiology Center (AABC) is hiring! 🔭🧪⚒️
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Research Programs Coordinator (Extended Temporary)(6-24 months)
Coordinate and support the development of research projects with faculty, researchers, and external partners.Oversee the coordination and execution of...
arizona.csod.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Arizona Astrobiology Center (AABC) is hiring! 🔭🧪⚒️
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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New paper drop led by former postdoc Jacob Adler now at ASU. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
Microclimate governs the morphology of sediment flows on Mars - Communications Earth & Environment
Gravitational flow deposits on Earth may not be meaningful analogues for those on Mars or other planetary bodies according to laboratory experiments conducted at Mars-like temperatures and pressures w...
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New paper drop led by former postdoc Jacob Adler now at ASU. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
New paper drop led by former postdoc Jacob Adler now at ASU. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
Microclimate governs the morphology of sediment flows on Mars - Communications Earth & Environment
Gravitational flow deposits on Earth may not be meaningful analogues for those on Mars or other planetary bodies according to laboratory experiments conducted at Mars-like temperatures and pressures w...
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New paper drop led by former postdoc Jacob Adler now at ASU. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
Pressure, temperature, & composition affect the transport and morphology of sedimentary flows on Mars - in space and time!
☠️ beware of using earth analogs to interpret Hesperian and Amazonian deposits☠️
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Next week at the #GSA2025, I'll be presenting my newly developed Python tool, 𝒑𝒚𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓. We apply it to quantitatively re-examine the correlatability of Cascadia deep-water turbidites, previously interpreted as synchronous deposits of paleo-earthquakes.
Abstract: lnkd.in/gJ_KHH2j
Abstract: lnkd.in/gJ_KHH2j
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Next week at the #GSA2025, I'll be presenting my newly developed Python tool, 𝒑𝒚𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓. We apply it to quantitatively re-examine the correlatability of Cascadia deep-water turbidites, previously interpreted as synchronous deposits of paleo-earthquakes.
Abstract: lnkd.in/gJ_KHH2j
Abstract: lnkd.in/gJ_KHH2j
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🌊🌊JOB ALERT!! Are you an ice sheet modeler looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding? Come join our research team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the physical and human dynamics of sea-level rise. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
Job ad for postdoctoral research in ice sheet modeling | Andrea Dutton
🌊 🌊 JOB ALERT!! Looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding?? Looking to live in a city that is routinely ranked as one of the best cities to live in across the entire U.S.? Come jo...
www.linkedin.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🌊🌊JOB ALERT!! Are you an ice sheet modeler looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding? Come join our research team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the physical and human dynamics of sea-level rise. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
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Planetary geology folks, section meetings for GSA are in the spring. Smaller, but cheaper than a half week of LPSC, posters double the size, talks 17 minutes, abstracts 345 words. Come meet some of your local colleagues!
(LPSC was my first meeting, I love going - but hate what it has become.)
(LPSC was my first meeting, I love going - but hate what it has become.)
Planetary scientists - we have a continual lament that goes like, waaah we have too many meetings how can we work and put in so many abstracts! Here's a solution! Choose a different meeting!
It's really disheartening to try to talk to colleagues about boycotting a conference that removed all its records of abstracts pertaining to DEI, only for the response to largely be "I don't want to go, but..." But what??? Each of us has agency! You can choose not to go!
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Planetary geology folks, section meetings for GSA are in the spring. Smaller, but cheaper than a half week of LPSC, posters double the size, talks 17 minutes, abstracts 345 words. Come meet some of your local colleagues!
(LPSC was my first meeting, I love going - but hate what it has become.)
(LPSC was my first meeting, I love going - but hate what it has become.)
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What did we discuss in the weekly Friday Science Discussion at the office? Lot's of fun stuff. Let's go through some of them.
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#planetaryscience 🧪
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#planetaryscience 🧪
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
What did we discuss in the weekly Friday Science Discussion at the office? Lot's of fun stuff. Let's go through some of them.
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#planetaryscience 🧪
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#planetaryscience 🧪
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🔭☄️
Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
US Astronomy Graduate Admissions, AY 2025-2026
docs.google.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Thinking far in advance of LPSC 2026 but I do think that a wider, organized boycott would be a very interesting and effective strategy! And it could be fun to organize some counter-programming for those of us boycotting. Maybe "present your favorite LPI-removed abstract" 😂
September 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thinking far in advance of LPSC 2026 but I do think that a wider, organized boycott would be a very interesting and effective strategy! And it could be fun to organize some counter-programming for those of us boycotting. Maybe "present your favorite LPI-removed abstract" 😂
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Terra is of the missions that this administration wants to terminate as it eliminates Earth science from NASA. Gosh I dunno, but it kinda seems like maybe we want more of these satellites, not less? 🤔
A couple unlucky missed areas, but this is an animated GIF of Terra/MODIS images showing Hurricane Erin spin up from 8/12-8/16.
August 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Terra is of the missions that this administration wants to terminate as it eliminates Earth science from NASA. Gosh I dunno, but it kinda seems like maybe we want more of these satellites, not less? 🤔
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🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
I've got a new paper out in Science Advances where we show that the 2 byr old Chang'e 5 magma came from shallow depths in the lunar mantle, and that melting was likely driven by top-down heating of the mantle by radioactive decay in a sub-crustal KREEP layer.
⚒️🧪🔭
Check it out:
I've got a new paper out in Science Advances where we show that the 2 byr old Chang'e 5 magma came from shallow depths in the lunar mantle, and that melting was likely driven by top-down heating of the mantle by radioactive decay in a sub-crustal KREEP layer.
⚒️🧪🔭
Check it out:
A shallow mantle source for the Chang’e 5 lavas reveals how top-down heating prolonged lunar magmatism
The chemistry of the youngest lunar lavas and experiments show how the mantle stayed hot enough to melt for billions of years.
www.science.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
I've got a new paper out in Science Advances where we show that the 2 byr old Chang'e 5 magma came from shallow depths in the lunar mantle, and that melting was likely driven by top-down heating of the mantle by radioactive decay in a sub-crustal KREEP layer.
⚒️🧪🔭
Check it out:
I've got a new paper out in Science Advances where we show that the 2 byr old Chang'e 5 magma came from shallow depths in the lunar mantle, and that melting was likely driven by top-down heating of the mantle by radioactive decay in a sub-crustal KREEP layer.
⚒️🧪🔭
Check it out:
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GSA Connects 2025 Attendees: My collaborators and I invite you to our hybrid workshop - Building a Culture of Access for Geoscientists with Disabilities in the Workforce. Travel grants are available for in-person attendees. Learn more at: store.geosociety.org/products/sc2...
@geosociety.bsky.social
@geosociety.bsky.social
SC25CN503. Building a Culture of Access for Geoscientists with Disabil
Full Title: Building a Culture of Access for Geoscientists with Disabilities in the Workforce (hybrid) Endorsed by: GSA’s Geology and Health, Environmental and Engineering Geology, Quaternary Geology ...
store.geosociety.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
GSA Connects 2025 Attendees: My collaborators and I invite you to our hybrid workshop - Building a Culture of Access for Geoscientists with Disabilities in the Workforce. Travel grants are available for in-person attendees. Learn more at: store.geosociety.org/products/sc2...
@geosociety.bsky.social
@geosociety.bsky.social
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It was such an unexpected and happy surprise to have an asteroid named after me!
My sincerest thanks to those who made it possible
My sincerest thanks to those who made it possible
July 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It was such an unexpected and happy surprise to have an asteroid named after me!
My sincerest thanks to those who made it possible
My sincerest thanks to those who made it possible
Reposted by Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernández (she/ella) 🇵🇷🚀
Ohhh babyyy, it’s Juneteenth! Happy Junteenth from Black In Astro! ✊🏽
a young boy is dancing in a classroom with other children .
Alt: a young boy is dancing in a classroom with other children .
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June 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ohhh babyyy, it’s Juneteenth! Happy Junteenth from Black In Astro! ✊🏽
Reposted by Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernández (she/ella) 🇵🇷🚀
There's still time to get those submissions in! As long as it's astro related it counts. We've had some great astro events, including eclipses, aurorae, and more. Astrophotography is eligible as well! @amyraehill.bsky.social @stellerarts.com and @startorialist.com are sponsors! #BlackSpaceWeek
🎨✨ Show off your space-themed creativity! Enter the #BlackSpaceWeek2025 Astro Art Competition (no AI art). 🌌
🗓️ Opens June 15 at 9 AM ET. Submit your artwork here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🏆 Prizes include custom art & more!
🗓️ Opens June 15 at 9 AM ET. Submit your artwork here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🏆 Prizes include custom art & more!
June 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There's still time to get those submissions in! As long as it's astro related it counts. We've had some great astro events, including eclipses, aurorae, and more. Astrophotography is eligible as well! @amyraehill.bsky.social @stellerarts.com and @startorialist.com are sponsors! #BlackSpaceWeek
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Absolutely stunning work of ⚛️ history in @physicstoday.bsky.social about Ben Lee, the Korean American who was the first head of theory at Fermilab. He hired the first Black woman particle theory lab staff in global history, Shirley Ann Jackson. #BlackandSTEM 🧪
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
June 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Absolutely stunning work of ⚛️ history in @physicstoday.bsky.social about Ben Lee, the Korean American who was the first head of theory at Fermilab. He hired the first Black woman particle theory lab staff in global history, Shirley Ann Jackson. #BlackandSTEM 🧪
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
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Our global petition to save NASA science closes this Thursday, and we’re just shy of 15,000 signatures! Every name counts, this petition will be hand-delivered to members of Congress. Add yours today, Save NASA Science.
planet.ly/petition
planet.ly/petition
June 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our global petition to save NASA science closes this Thursday, and we’re just shy of 15,000 signatures! Every name counts, this petition will be hand-delivered to members of Congress. Add yours today, Save NASA Science.
planet.ly/petition
planet.ly/petition
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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GT news release about our new paper led by former REU student @saracuevas.bsky.social (soon to be grad student at Brown) who worked with James Wray and myself at GT!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
Volcano “Hidden in Plain Sight” Could Help Date Mars — and its Habitability
cos.gatech.edu
June 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
GT news release about our new paper led by former REU student @saracuevas.bsky.social (soon to be grad student at Brown) who worked with James Wray and myself at GT!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
Reposted by Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernández (she/ella) 🇵🇷🚀
Happy pride month! I worked with some LA-based scientists and engineers, and we have a kickstarter for space pride t-shirts! Consider backing!
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy pride month! I worked with some LA-based scientists and engineers, and we have a kickstarter for space pride t-shirts! Consider backing!
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
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Hi all, especially ECRs! My Department is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience.
We are a small liberal arts college with a small but engaged geo department. Looking to interview and hire immediately. Please apply! ⚒️
careers.geosociety.org/job/visiting...
We are a small liberal arts college with a small but engaged geo department. Looking to interview and hire immediately. Please apply! ⚒️
careers.geosociety.org/job/visiting...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience Washington and Lee University: Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience Location: Lexington, VA Open Date: Jun 04, 2025 Descr...
careers.geosociety.org
June 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hi all, especially ECRs! My Department is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience.
We are a small liberal arts college with a small but engaged geo department. Looking to interview and hire immediately. Please apply! ⚒️
careers.geosociety.org/job/visiting...
We are a small liberal arts college with a small but engaged geo department. Looking to interview and hire immediately. Please apply! ⚒️
careers.geosociety.org/job/visiting...
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Warmest congrats to former SAO Astro REU student *Dr* Osase Omoruyi, seen here with her excellent PhD advisor Dr Grant Tremblay celebrating her successful thesis defense today.
June 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Warmest congrats to former SAO Astro REU student *Dr* Osase Omoruyi, seen here with her excellent PhD advisor Dr Grant Tremblay celebrating her successful thesis defense today.
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Jezero Mons! Could explain where so much of the Jezero crater volcanic deposits come from. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
June 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Jezero Mons! Could explain where so much of the Jezero crater volcanic deposits come from. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
GT news release about our new paper led by former REU student @saracuevas.bsky.social (soon to be grad student at Brown) who worked with James Wray and myself at GT!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
Volcano “Hidden in Plain Sight” Could Help Date Mars — and its Habitability
cos.gatech.edu
June 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
GT news release about our new paper led by former REU student @saracuevas.bsky.social (soon to be grad student at Brown) who worked with James Wray and myself at GT!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!
The giant mountain on on the rim of Jezero crater??...likely a volcano - Jezero Mons 🌋 !!!!