Today’s guest blogger is Katja Poppenhaeger. Katja is a
Sagan postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
Her research interests are exoplanets and their host stars, with a focus on
stellar magnetic activity and its effects on exoplanetary atmospheres. She also
is the organizer of the CfA's Women In Science Chats, a series of informal
discussions where female CfA postdocs and graduate students can meet with
visiting scientists.
A few weeks ago my colleague, Mohaddesseh Azimlu, mentioned how great it would be to have a group photo of all the female astronomers and astronomy students at the CfA. She was about to leave for a new career opportunity in Canada, so we hurried to invite everyone for a photo shot on a cold February day. We got an overwhelmingly positive response from the astronomers: We had 55 people join the picture, and 17 more who could not attend in person sent in photos of themselves to be added to the picture. Here's the result:
A few weeks ago my colleague, Mohaddesseh Azimlu, mentioned how great it would be to have a group photo of all the female astronomers and astronomy students at the CfA. She was about to leave for a new career opportunity in Canada, so we hurried to invite everyone for a photo shot on a cold February day. We got an overwhelmingly positive response from the astronomers: We had 55 people join the picture, and 17 more who could not attend in person sent in photos of themselves to be added to the picture. Here's the result:
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| (picture credit: Clive Grainger, Katja Poppenhaeger) |
