Alexis Kaminski
@alexisonfluids.bsky.social
fluid dynamicist interested in waves/instabilities/turbulence in stratified flows
"Oh it will be good to do a bunch of the midterm grading myself, that way I'll get a better sense of how my students are doing", said some fool* who hates free time
*me last Friday
*me last Friday
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"Oh it will be good to do a bunch of the midterm grading myself, that way I'll get a better sense of how my students are doing", said some fool* who hates free time
*me last Friday
*me last Friday
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Hey astrophysicists, a presence (absence) of KH billows in some astrophysical shear flow doesn't always imply a lower (upper) bound on the local magnetic field strength! See arxiv.org/abs/2510.031...
Nonmodal growth and optimal perturbations in magnetohydrodynamic shear flows
In astrophysical shear flows, the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability is generally suppressed by magnetic tension provided a sufficiently strong streamwise magnetic field. This is often used to infer up...
arxiv.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey astrophysicists, a presence (absence) of KH billows in some astrophysical shear flow doesn't always imply a lower (upper) bound on the local magnetic field strength! See arxiv.org/abs/2510.031...
Hey fluids friends, we're recruiting in my department this year!
#BerkeleyME is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Fluid Mechanics/Fluid Dynamics.
me.berkeley.edu/faculty/me-o...
me.berkeley.edu/faculty/me-o...
Assistant Professor - Fluid Mechanics - UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Assistant Professor Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $107,100 – $...
me.berkeley.edu
September 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey fluids friends, we're recruiting in my department this year!
that time of year again
a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .
Alt: a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water, while waves labelled "emails" overwhelm them.
media.tenor.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
that time of year again
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kelp forests are one of my favorite habitats!! i have been watching a million documentaries about them so naturally, i had to draw one.
August 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
kelp forests are one of my favorite habitats!! i have been watching a million documentaries about them so naturally, i had to draw one.
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In the midst of all the turmoil in science, some great opportunities at Berkeley now:
1) Miller Institute postdocs & visiting professorships,
2) faculty position in any Earth & Planetary Science field in my department,
3) faculty position in physical climate science in Env Sci Policy & Mgmt
1/4
1) Miller Institute postdocs & visiting professorships,
2) faculty position in any Earth & Planetary Science field in my department,
3) faculty position in physical climate science in Env Sci Policy & Mgmt
1/4
August 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In the midst of all the turmoil in science, some great opportunities at Berkeley now:
1) Miller Institute postdocs & visiting professorships,
2) faculty position in any Earth & Planetary Science field in my department,
3) faculty position in physical climate science in Env Sci Policy & Mgmt
1/4
1) Miller Institute postdocs & visiting professorships,
2) faculty position in any Earth & Planetary Science field in my department,
3) faculty position in physical climate science in Env Sci Policy & Mgmt
1/4
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Okay ladies, now let's get in formation
August 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Okay ladies, now let's get in formation
Realized today that I have been using matlab for literally half my life, now I need to go sit and think about my choices
August 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Realized today that I have been using matlab for literally half my life, now I need to go sit and think about my choices
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Thank god we are early in the summer and August isn’t coming soon. Now let me just take a big sip of coffee before I check the calendar
July 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thank god we are early in the summer and August isn’t coming soon. Now let me just take a big sip of coffee before I check the calendar
Go check out this new paper led by @lewinsam.bsky.social in his foray into the world of observational data! It has been a lot of fun getting to dig into some of the ISDE observations and to build up collaborations with some awesome scientists (both on this paper and more generally). Enjoy!
If you happen to be interested in ocean mixing variability, stratified turbulence, or the fate of shoaling nonlinear internal waves on the inner shelf, our recent study has just appeared in JPO: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal.... Fun to work on this with @alexisonfluids.bsky.social & crew! 🌊🌊🌊
journals.ametsoc.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Go check out this new paper led by @lewinsam.bsky.social in his foray into the world of observational data! It has been a lot of fun getting to dig into some of the ISDE observations and to build up collaborations with some awesome scientists (both on this paper and more generally). Enjoy!
Reposted by Alexis Kaminski
Big brain right here. What are greek letters if not the OG emojis?
March 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Big brain right here. What are greek letters if not the OG emojis?
who are all you people trying to access the JPO author information?!?
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
who are all you people trying to access the JPO author information?!?
Writing up my solutions nicely 2 hours
Reading student problems and assigning points 6 hours
Taking "a break from grading" every four problems 37 hours
Uploading marks and solutions and final grades 1 hour
someone who is good at time management please help me budget this. my weekend is dying
Reading student problems and assigning points 6 hours
Taking "a break from grading" every four problems 37 hours
Uploading marks and solutions and final grades 1 hour
someone who is good at time management please help me budget this. my weekend is dying
December 22, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Writing up my solutions nicely 2 hours
Reading student problems and assigning points 6 hours
Taking "a break from grading" every four problems 37 hours
Uploading marks and solutions and final grades 1 hour
someone who is good at time management please help me budget this. my weekend is dying
Reading student problems and assigning points 6 hours
Taking "a break from grading" every four problems 37 hours
Uploading marks and solutions and final grades 1 hour
someone who is good at time management please help me budget this. my weekend is dying
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Congratulations to @edoddridge.bsky.social on the @amosupdates.bsky.social Meyers Medal!
So well deserved, with outstanding science, extensive outreach/media and invaluable enthusiastic contributions to improving the oceanography community in Australia.
So well deserved, with outstanding science, extensive outreach/media and invaluable enthusiastic contributions to improving the oceanography community in Australia.
December 10, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Congratulations to @edoddridge.bsky.social on the @amosupdates.bsky.social Meyers Medal!
So well deserved, with outstanding science, extensive outreach/media and invaluable enthusiastic contributions to improving the oceanography community in Australia.
So well deserved, with outstanding science, extensive outreach/media and invaluable enthusiastic contributions to improving the oceanography community in Australia.
Reposted by Alexis Kaminski
Tis' the season for making paper oceanography globes!
🌊
via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
🌊
via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
December 6, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Tis' the season for making paper oceanography globes!
🌊
via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
🌊
via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
Off to DFD I go! Come see our group present fun work on stratified shear instabilities, plumes, internal waves, and nearshore mixing – we've got talks and e-posters on Sunday morning and Tuesday morning 🌊🌀
November 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Off to DFD I go! Come see our group present fun work on stratified shear instabilities, plumes, internal waves, and nearshore mixing – we've got talks and e-posters on Sunday morning and Tuesday morning 🌊🌀
submitted the first student-led paper from my group today and it is easily one of the coolest moments I've had in my job
November 22, 2024 at 5:38 AM
submitted the first student-led paper from my group today and it is easily one of the coolest moments I've had in my job
apparently I wave my arms around a lot when I give talks
May 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
apparently I wave my arms around a lot when I give talks
ooooh just ran a truly garbage-y simulation, it's been a while!
February 6, 2024 at 5:54 PM
ooooh just ran a truly garbage-y simulation, it's been a while!
the good stuff
January 9, 2024 at 1:28 AM
the good stuff
last semester's student evals are in, time to see which of these comments will burrow their way into my brain forever!
January 5, 2024 at 4:26 PM
last semester's student evals are in, time to see which of these comments will burrow their way into my brain forever!
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Back to work as a colourful fluid dynamicist. Hello 2024!
January 2, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Back to work as a colourful fluid dynamicist. Hello 2024!