Dr. Melissa Morris, PhD

It's OFFICIAL! This fall, I will begin a position as a tenure track faculty member at Lycoming College's physics and astronomy department! I'm so thrilled and excited to join the department and to begin teaching courses and mentoring undergrads through research! THE DREAM!

hey folks: my good friend @StarNonbinary is looking for an astro/physics coding (Python/R/SQL/MATLAB/Mathematica/LaTeX) position on the east coast OR remote. please feel free to reach out to them (contact info below) if you’re hiring!

@sofiastrojas why thank you, fellow recent doctor!! ☺️ WE DID IT!

@bunchofmelarkey Felicitaciones!! 😎🥳

Hey, so....... I'm a DOCTOR now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi I did a cute lil podcast about my research! 😁

@LaraEakins THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Thesis defense is THIS FRIDAY AT 10AM CST!!!! If anybody wants to watch, DM me and I'll send you a link!!!!!!!! AAAAA SO SOON!!!!!

@AstroBarker I'm so sorry. I hope you're able to take the time and space you need to grieve.

It’s been a hard year. Four months ago my dad was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Had already resulted in two blood clots. 6-12 months to live. Last night he lost that battle.

beat me to it

My PhD defense is going to be on Friday, July 7 at 10am CST! I'll be talking about how we can use AGN with bent jets to learn about gas in galaxy groups! If you're interested in attending virtually, DM me for a zoom link ☺️

@CapricePhillips In case you haven't seen it, here's @aibhleog's website with some advice and resources -- I literally bookmarked it when I was job hunting. Also don't be afraid to shamelessly plug the fact that you're ON THE JOB MARKET when you go to conferences! aibhleog.github.io/job-cycle.html

#AstroTwitter I have a question, maybe it's too early but I like to panic hard and fast. So I'm thinking about when I go on the postdoc job market (which will be Fall 2024) and what I should be preparing to focus on/do in the next year leading up to that and I'm seeking advice

@loganpearce Heck yeah! I'll DM you when I make it! 😁

I am back just to say that MY PHD DEFENSE IS EXACTLY A MONTH AWAY!!! (????) AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jacqdanso That's AMAZING!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!🥳🥳🥳

It's been over 24 hours, so now I'm pretty sure this isn't a dream. My JWST Cycle 2 proposal was approved! I'm beyond elated that I get to study some of the earliest massive quiescent galaxies with NIRSpec: stsci.edu/jwst/science-e…

@yastronomy omg LULU!!!! Safe travels!! give lulu pets for me!

@SaturnsWings THAT'S AMAZING!!!!! CONGRATS, DR LARSON!!!!!!!!!!! :))))

It's been an insane few weeks, but I successfully defended my Ph.D. last Thursday! I'M A DOCTOR NOW! It's been a wild journey, but I'm glad to have gone through it all. If you'd like to watch me give a breathless overview it's uploaded to YouTube now: youtu.be/p67YIC014oY

hello again! long time, no see! just wanted to pop in to ask for a donation to help the UW-Madison astro department get money for a gender neutral restroom! dayofthebadger.org/campaigns/astr… would really love a win for trans astronomers rn ❤️

@zpacefromspace Aaaaaaah thank you so much, Zach!!!! ☺️☺️☺️

@bunchofmelarkey WHAT this is AWESOME not to mention EXTREMELY well-deserved!

It's OFFICIAL! This fall, I will begin a position as a tenure track faculty member at Lycoming College's physics and astronomy department! I'm so thrilled and excited to join the department and to begin teaching courses and mentoring undergrads through research! THE DREAM!

@paloween3 Aaaaaah thank you so much!!!!!! 😊

@bunchofmelarkey That's so amazing! Congratulations!! 🎊

@AstroJulioM AAAAAAH THANK YOU!!!!

@bunchofmelarkey CONGRATULATIONS OMG

@loganpearce UM RIGHT????AAAAA