Alexis Kaminski
@alexisonfluids.bsky.social
fluid dynamicist interested in waves/instabilities/turbulence in stratified flows
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a lot of people are aware that you can factor
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
a lot of people are aware that you can factor
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
shout-out to the student who wrote down a fun fluids fact he learned along with some sick sketches of airplanes on a blank page of his final
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
shout-out to the student who wrote down a fun fluids fact he learned along with some sick sketches of airplanes on a blank page of his final
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gonna start calling index 0 the array-de-chaussée
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
gonna start calling index 0 the array-de-chaussée
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Life isn’t simple like math where every problem has an answer; it’s more like math, where problems have many answers or no possible answer at all!
December 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Life isn’t simple like math where every problem has an answer; it’s more like math, where problems have many answers or no possible answer at all!
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☃️In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
we'll say
...𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧. É𝐨𝐰𝐲𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦, É𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
we'll say
...𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧. É𝐨𝐰𝐲𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦, É𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
☃️In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
we'll say
...𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧. É𝐨𝐰𝐲𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦, É𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
we'll say
...𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧. É𝐨𝐰𝐲𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦, É𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
beginning to suspect spotify is just making up genres
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
beginning to suspect spotify is just making up genres
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every day I get emails
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
every day I get emails
ah yes, the evening nap, the most dangerous of naps
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
ah yes, the evening nap, the most dangerous of naps
"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...