Shami Tsai
@exoshami.bsky.social
Assistant research fellow @ASIAA (Taipei)
Excited to share some great postdoctoral opportunities available at ASIAA, Taiwan.
— especially the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is an independent 2+2 year position.
Link to the ad:
aas.org/jobregister/...
— especially the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is an independent 2+2 year position.
Link to the ad:
aas.org/jobregister/...
ASIAA Postdoctoral Positions in Observation, Theory, or Instrumentation | American Astronomical Society
The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) in Taipei, Taiwan, has multiple openings for postdoctoral positions. We seek candidates to pursue observational and theoretical stud...
aas.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Excited to share some great postdoctoral opportunities available at ASIAA, Taiwan.
— especially the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is an independent 2+2 year position.
Link to the ad:
aas.org/jobregister/...
— especially the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is an independent 2+2 year position.
Link to the ad:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Double rainbow in Bristol
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Double rainbow in Bristol
So excited to host my first visitor, Prof. Xinting Yu @joneskuma.bsky.social, who gave a wonderful colloquium taking us from organic particles on Titan to protoplatary disks. Can interstellar organics promote grain growth in a disk? So much to explore in the lab!
August 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
So excited to host my first visitor, Prof. Xinting Yu @joneskuma.bsky.social, who gave a wonderful colloquium taking us from organic particles on Titan to protoplatary disks. Can interstellar organics promote grain growth in a disk? So much to explore in the lab!
Reposted by Shami Tsai
I wrote a research note about the recent publication of the MIRI/LRS spectrum of K2-18b. The authors had claimed the detection of potential signs of life. I find the data to be consistent with a flat line 🔭🧪
Are there Spectral Features in the MIRI/LRS Transmission Spectrum of K2-18b?
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15916
Jake Taylor.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15916
Jake Taylor.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15916
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I wrote a research note about the recent publication of the MIRI/LRS spectrum of K2-18b. The authors had claimed the detection of potential signs of life. I find the data to be consistent with a flat line 🔭🧪
For our #JWSTCycle4 proposal on atmospheric characterization (unrelated to habitability nor astrobiology), the 1st weakness is "not clear enough what implications would it have for other classes of space creatures" - by reviewer 1 not reviewer 2
March 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For our #JWSTCycle4 proposal on atmospheric characterization (unrelated to habitability nor astrobiology), the 1st weakness is "not clear enough what implications would it have for other classes of space creatures" - by reviewer 1 not reviewer 2
Reposted by Shami Tsai
Bizarre mineral clouds on a hot giant planet.
In 2023, JWST found quartz (SiO2) clouds in the hot Jupiter WASP-17b.
WASP-17b will be revisited with JWST to discover the specific crystal structure of these quartz clouds. We'll understand these exotic exo-clouds like never before!
In 2023, JWST found quartz (SiO2) clouds in the hot Jupiter WASP-17b.
WASP-17b will be revisited with JWST to discover the specific crystal structure of these quartz clouds. We'll understand these exotic exo-clouds like never before!
March 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bizarre mineral clouds on a hot giant planet.
In 2023, JWST found quartz (SiO2) clouds in the hot Jupiter WASP-17b.
WASP-17b will be revisited with JWST to discover the specific crystal structure of these quartz clouds. We'll understand these exotic exo-clouds like never before!
In 2023, JWST found quartz (SiO2) clouds in the hot Jupiter WASP-17b.
WASP-17b will be revisited with JWST to discover the specific crystal structure of these quartz clouds. We'll understand these exotic exo-clouds like never before!