jen fowlie
@jenf.bsky.social
Assistant professor in MSE at Northwestern
💎Materials Physicist
💎Materials Physicist
Wait, what?
I know what these theories are. And still; what?
I know what these theories are. And still; what?
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wait, what?
I know what these theories are. And still; what?
I know what these theories are. And still; what?
Hydrogenic atom chocolate cookies with Legendre polynomial chocolate chips.
I bake things for my undergrad class to give them energy when we have a particularly maths-heavy lecture. Photo taken yesterday *after* the ~18 or so of them took one each.
I bake things for my undergrad class to give them energy when we have a particularly maths-heavy lecture. Photo taken yesterday *after* the ~18 or so of them took one each.
October 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hydrogenic atom chocolate cookies with Legendre polynomial chocolate chips.
I bake things for my undergrad class to give them energy when we have a particularly maths-heavy lecture. Photo taken yesterday *after* the ~18 or so of them took one each.
I bake things for my undergrad class to give them energy when we have a particularly maths-heavy lecture. Photo taken yesterday *after* the ~18 or so of them took one each.
Forbidden to-go drink
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Forbidden to-go drink
When in a place with moderate hills, find a moderate hill and run up it.
(beamtime 10k from a few weeks ago)
(beamtime 10k from a few weeks ago)
September 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
When in a place with moderate hills, find a moderate hill and run up it.
(beamtime 10k from a few weeks ago)
(beamtime 10k from a few weeks ago)
Physicist top tip: set your thermostat to make room temperature calculations easier to work out 👍
September 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Physicist top tip: set your thermostat to make room temperature calculations easier to work out 👍
Beautiful RIXS study.
Last author, Valentina Bisogni, will give an invited talk at our iWOE meeting in two weeks' time! (maybe not about this paper though... )
Last author, Valentina Bisogni, will give an invited talk at our iWOE meeting in two weeks' time! (maybe not about this paper though... )
Nature research paper: Observing differential spin currents by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
go.nature.com/47zVaTD
go.nature.com/47zVaTD
Observing differential spin currents by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering - Nature
Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering can be used to measure the spin current carried by magnons in the presence of temperature gradients across a magnetic insulator.
go.nature.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Beautiful RIXS study.
Last author, Valentina Bisogni, will give an invited talk at our iWOE meeting in two weeks' time! (maybe not about this paper though... )
Last author, Valentina Bisogni, will give an invited talk at our iWOE meeting in two weeks' time! (maybe not about this paper though... )
Today I taught my last class of summer. The students at the Cook County Jail were outstanding.
The county jail has a bad reputation but the education program here is doing a lot of good work with people who really want to learn. If you're an educator in the Chicago area pls consider volunteering!
The county jail has a bad reputation but the education program here is doing a lot of good work with people who really want to learn. If you're an educator in the Chicago area pls consider volunteering!
September 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today I taught my last class of summer. The students at the Cook County Jail were outstanding.
The county jail has a bad reputation but the education program here is doing a lot of good work with people who really want to learn. If you're an educator in the Chicago area pls consider volunteering!
The county jail has a bad reputation but the education program here is doing a lot of good work with people who really want to learn. If you're an educator in the Chicago area pls consider volunteering!
Today begins year 2 of my tenure-track position. More senior colleagues have told me "don't worry, second year is so much better than first year". But honestly, the first year was wonderful, successful, and every day reaffirmed that I made the right career choice. Can second year be even better?
September 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today begins year 2 of my tenure-track position. More senior colleagues have told me "don't worry, second year is so much better than first year". But honestly, the first year was wonderful, successful, and every day reaffirmed that I made the right career choice. Can second year be even better?
Beautiful August evening at the only (?) top 10 University with a beach
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Beautiful August evening at the only (?) top 10 University with a beach
I guess my lab hot take is that tweezers shouldn't be consumables
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I guess my lab hot take is that tweezers shouldn't be consumables
Gotta resist that European urge to give my NSF Career proposal a snappy acronym...
ERC Advanced Grants are announced, so here's my announcement of my favourite acronym. This year it's CATNIP: Citizen Attitudes Towards National and International Problems.
Congrats to all awardees
europa.eu/!JYKxkD
ERC Advanced Grants are announced, so here's my announcement of my favourite acronym. This year it's CATNIP: Citizen Attitudes Towards National and International Problems.
Congrats to all awardees
europa.eu/!JYKxkD
ERC backs cutting-edge research with €721 million in funding
The European Research Council (ERC) today announced the winners of its latest Advanced Grant competition. The funding, worth in total €721 million, will go to 281 leading researchers across Europe. Th...
europa.eu
June 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gotta resist that European urge to give my NSF Career proposal a snappy acronym...
ERC Advanced Grants are announced, so here's my announcement of my favourite acronym. This year it's CATNIP: Citizen Attitudes Towards National and International Problems.
Congrats to all awardees
europa.eu/!JYKxkD
ERC Advanced Grants are announced, so here's my announcement of my favourite acronym. This year it's CATNIP: Citizen Attitudes Towards National and International Problems.
Congrats to all awardees
europa.eu/!JYKxkD
It was recently Oliver's 11th birthday. So here he is enjoying sashimi (yellowfin and roe).
I adopted him when he was a kitten, at the start of my PhD. Now he's lived with me in three countries and two US states.
What will the next 11 years bring!
I adopted him when he was a kitten, at the start of my PhD. Now he's lived with me in three countries and two US states.
What will the next 11 years bring!
May 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
It was recently Oliver's 11th birthday. So here he is enjoying sashimi (yellowfin and roe).
I adopted him when he was a kitten, at the start of my PhD. Now he's lived with me in three countries and two US states.
What will the next 11 years bring!
I adopted him when he was a kitten, at the start of my PhD. Now he's lived with me in three countries and two US states.
What will the next 11 years bring!
From his Wikipedia "Von Ahn has used a number of unusual techniques in his teaching, which have won him multiple teaching awards at Carnegie Mellon University."
I suspect he didn't just have the students at CMU sit in front of an AI 😐
I suspect he didn't just have the students at CMU sit in front of an AI 😐
fam, how many languages can we tell him to fuck off in
May 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
From his Wikipedia "Von Ahn has used a number of unusual techniques in his teaching, which have won him multiple teaching awards at Carnegie Mellon University."
I suspect he didn't just have the students at CMU sit in front of an AI 😐
I suspect he didn't just have the students at CMU sit in front of an AI 😐
This past week I got five free meals as part of work.
Sometimes students ask me why I wanted to do this job. The truth is that I just kept getting free food.
I've basically been domesticated by academia.
Sometimes students ask me why I wanted to do this job. The truth is that I just kept getting free food.
I've basically been domesticated by academia.
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This past week I got five free meals as part of work.
Sometimes students ask me why I wanted to do this job. The truth is that I just kept getting free food.
I've basically been domesticated by academia.
Sometimes students ask me why I wanted to do this job. The truth is that I just kept getting free food.
I've basically been domesticated by academia.
I have the opposite experience. I am surprised at how smart students are, some of them are super sharp thinkers. I also definitely had some homework questions in Physics of Materials that ChatGPT could have answered but students clearly weren't using AI 'cause they were getting it wrong lol.
May 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I have the opposite experience. I am surprised at how smart students are, some of them are super sharp thinkers. I also definitely had some homework questions in Physics of Materials that ChatGPT could have answered but students clearly weren't using AI 'cause they were getting it wrong lol.
I recently had dinner with faculty from another University and they did nothing but complain about their undergrads. Even saying "if any apply to your grad program, don't take them".
Meanwhile, a decent portion of our department's group chat is gushing about how awesome our undergrads are 🤷🏻♀️
Meanwhile, a decent portion of our department's group chat is gushing about how awesome our undergrads are 🤷🏻♀️
April 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I recently had dinner with faculty from another University and they did nothing but complain about their undergrads. Even saying "if any apply to your grad program, don't take them".
Meanwhile, a decent portion of our department's group chat is gushing about how awesome our undergrads are 🤷🏻♀️
Meanwhile, a decent portion of our department's group chat is gushing about how awesome our undergrads are 🤷🏻♀️
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3️⃣ weeks to submit your abstract for QUOROM-12! Come be part of the vibrant quantum oxides community!
Learn more, register for free, prepare your abstract: quoromvirtualconference.wordpress.com
Learn more, register for free, prepare your abstract: quoromvirtualconference.wordpress.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
3️⃣ weeks to submit your abstract for QUOROM-12! Come be part of the vibrant quantum oxides community!
Learn more, register for free, prepare your abstract: quoromvirtualconference.wordpress.com
Learn more, register for free, prepare your abstract: quoromvirtualconference.wordpress.com
Today I went to the McMaster-Carr main warehouse to pick up an order that couldn't wait.
After years of ordering from their online catalog it felt like a pilgrimage to go there in person.
After years of ordering from their online catalog it felt like a pilgrimage to go there in person.
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Today I went to the McMaster-Carr main warehouse to pick up an order that couldn't wait.
After years of ordering from their online catalog it felt like a pilgrimage to go there in person.
After years of ordering from their online catalog it felt like a pilgrimage to go there in person.
Just learned my cryostat will be a few months late. But at least I got this USB-chargeable, LED-decorated, handheld fan from them to make up for it.
March 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Just learned my cryostat will be a few months late. But at least I got this USB-chargeable, LED-decorated, handheld fan from them to make up for it.
This just happened.
If you know, you know. If you don't know, well, this image just means that my lab set up is progressing nicely!
If you know, you know. If you don't know, well, this image just means that my lab set up is progressing nicely!
March 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This just happened.
If you know, you know. If you don't know, well, this image just means that my lab set up is progressing nicely!
If you know, you know. If you don't know, well, this image just means that my lab set up is progressing nicely!
In 2017 a respected professor told me (a student, presenting a poster on engineering superconductivity in nickelates) "I can't believe you're still trying this, when are you going to give up!"
February 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In 2017 a respected professor told me (a student, presenting a poster on engineering superconductivity in nickelates) "I can't believe you're still trying this, when are you going to give up!"
One of the things keeping me busy lately:
The International Workshop on Oxide Electronics goes to Canada for the first time!
Stay tuned for the website, other information, and abstract submission. Coming soon!
The International Workshop on Oxide Electronics goes to Canada for the first time!
Stay tuned for the website, other information, and abstract submission. Coming soon!
February 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
One of the things keeping me busy lately:
The International Workshop on Oxide Electronics goes to Canada for the first time!
Stay tuned for the website, other information, and abstract submission. Coming soon!
The International Workshop on Oxide Electronics goes to Canada for the first time!
Stay tuned for the website, other information, and abstract submission. Coming soon!
First group outing to do pub trivia.
On an unrelated note, I'll soon be advertising a position in the group for an expert on American sports.
On an unrelated note, I'll soon be advertising a position in the group for an expert on American sports.
February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
First group outing to do pub trivia.
On an unrelated note, I'll soon be advertising a position in the group for an expert on American sports.
On an unrelated note, I'll soon be advertising a position in the group for an expert on American sports.
Nobody prepared me for how cool group meetings are. You mean I get to sit in a room of smart people, of my choosing, and ask them to tell me about any topic I like? Amazing.
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Nobody prepared me for how cool group meetings are. You mean I get to sit in a room of smart people, of my choosing, and ask them to tell me about any topic I like? Amazing.