Kara B
@karabrug.bsky.social
Experimental petrologist @UNM.edu via @FORCEhighP.bsky.social, @carnegiescience.bsky.social & EPIC, @seseasu.bsky.social
Cat enthusiast, puzzle addict, stationery nut
karabrugman.com (she/her)
Cat enthusiast, puzzle addict, stationery nut
karabrugman.com (she/her)
12 years ago today I got my acceptance letter for @seseasu.bsky.social ASU! I can't believe it's been that long, but I also can't believe how much I've experienced and grown in this last decade+. Thank you to all the cheerleaders and angels along the way ❤️
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
12 years ago today I got my acceptance letter for @seseasu.bsky.social ASU! I can't believe it's been that long, but I also can't believe how much I've experienced and grown in this last decade+. Thank you to all the cheerleaders and angels along the way ❤️
Pleased to be serviced by Alice Scooper and Taylor Drift
NMDOT has announced the winning names for District 1 snowplows that will serve Las Cruces and Doña Ana County for the 2026 winter season.
NMDOT names District 1 snowplows ‘Chilly Changa’ and ‘DuckDuckOrangeTruck’
The New Mexico Department of Transportation announced winners of its 2026 Name a Snowplow contest, with District 1 — including Las Cruces and Doña Ana County — getting “Chilly Changa” and “DuckDuckOra...
www.organmountainnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Pleased to be serviced by Alice Scooper and Taylor Drift
#HWO “is exactly the kind of bold, forward-leaning science that only NASA can undertake,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “We […] intend to move with urgency, and expedite timelines to the greatest extent possible to bring these discoveries to the world.”
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission - NASA
NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission
www.nasa.gov
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
#HWO “is exactly the kind of bold, forward-leaning science that only NASA can undertake,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “We […] intend to move with urgency, and expedite timelines to the greatest extent possible to bring these discoveries to the world.”
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
🚨Attention prospective grad students🚨 Info for you is up on my website: karabrugman.com#students
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🚨Attention prospective grad students🚨 Info for you is up on my website: karabrugman.com#students
Things have been crazy as I finish up work at ASU, so I’ve been looking forward to this block of time I set aside to read my first #LettersToAPreScientist pen pal letter of the year! It’s always a thrill to see stickers that align with your interests (food) and to get some surprises 😍
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Things have been crazy as I finish up work at ASU, so I’ve been looking forward to this block of time I set aside to read my first #LettersToAPreScientist pen pal letter of the year! It’s always a thrill to see stickers that align with your interests (food) and to get some surprises 😍
Greetings from the UTCT Basics of CT Data Visualization and Analysis for Geological Applications with ImageJ workshop! Thanks to Romy and Dave for all their help even before the workshop 🙌🏻 #GSA2025
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Greetings from the UTCT Basics of CT Data Visualization and Analysis for Geological Applications with ImageJ workshop! Thanks to Romy and Dave for all their help even before the workshop 🙌🏻 #GSA2025
The Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions (TREC) workshop "Under the Atmospheric Hood: How Geochemical Cycles Affect Exoplanet Biosignatures" will be held at ASU in Tempe, AZ Jan. 12–14 (after the AAS meeting in Phoenix). Applications close 10/15 trec-nexss.org/workshop See the thread for more info!
October 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions (TREC) workshop "Under the Atmospheric Hood: How Geochemical Cycles Affect Exoplanet Biosignatures" will be held at ASU in Tempe, AZ Jan. 12–14 (after the AAS meeting in Phoenix). Applications close 10/15 trec-nexss.org/workshop See the thread for more info!
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Today!
The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today!
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For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Now soliciting names for my new lab @unm.edu...do I go with a cool acronym or something simple but descriptive like "UNM High Pressure Lab" 🧐
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Now soliciting names for my new lab @unm.edu...do I go with a cool acronym or something simple but descriptive like "UNM High Pressure Lab" 🧐
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The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu
Everyone back home in the Midwest is just livid about this, I'm guessing (but in a polite, restrained, kind of way)
Shrinkflation strikes AGAIN: boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix are two ounces smaller (from 15.25 ounces to 13.25 ounces).
That cookie or cake recipe you inherited from Grandma probably called for a 18.25 ounce box of cake mix.
That cookie or cake recipe you inherited from Grandma probably called for a 18.25 ounce box of cake mix.
September 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everyone back home in the Midwest is just livid about this, I'm guessing (but in a polite, restrained, kind of way)
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Thank you @space.com for covering our upcoming protest on Monday! www.space.com/space-explor... #nasaneedshelp #fundingcuts #nasa #sciencestandstogether
NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to decry Trump's science funding cuts
'Congress says they want to save NASA. Let's see them do it now.'
www.space.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thank you @space.com for covering our upcoming protest on Monday! www.space.com/space-explor... #nasaneedshelp #fundingcuts #nasa #sciencestandstogether
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How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
August 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
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Coming this Fall, the EPIC lab's next EPIC adventure! We need your help to do important volcano science research & support some amazing graduate students in need of funding while you're at it: experiment.com/projects/wha...
#volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding
#volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding
August 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Coming this Fall, the EPIC lab's next EPIC adventure! We need your help to do important volcano science research & support some amazing graduate students in need of funding while you're at it: experiment.com/projects/wha...
#volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding
#volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding
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Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
The deadline is this Friday!
Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The deadline is this Friday!
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Mark your calendars! The 4th annual FORCE Winter Workshop will be held at Arizona State University on January 7–9, 2026. Stay tuned for more info including invited speakers and registration info.
Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu
Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu
August 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mark your calendars! The 4th annual FORCE Winter Workshop will be held at Arizona State University on January 7–9, 2026. Stay tuned for more info including invited speakers and registration info.
Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu
Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu
Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25
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Now we have Kara Brugman talking about goechemical habitability. Volcanoes are a crust factory for planets and also a mechanism for transporting volatiles from the interior to the surface and therefore atmosphere. Geochemical context is therefore critical for interpreting biosignatures. #HWO25
July 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Now we have Kara Brugman talking about goechemical habitability. Volcanoes are a crust factory for planets and also a mechanism for transporting volatiles from the interior to the surface and therefore atmosphere. Geochemical context is therefore critical for interpreting biosignatures. #HWO25
Today, come to my talk at 4:50 in the theater to hear about another factor to consider in finding eta-Earth #HWO25
Join me on Thursday in the Exo/Astrobio session to hear about how your friendly neighborhood geochemist/petrologist can do experiments to help maximize the chance of observing an #exoplanet that is actually capable of hosting life as we know it over a long period of time #HWO2025
July 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today, come to my talk at 4:50 in the theater to hear about another factor to consider in finding eta-Earth #HWO25
I’m excited to let y’all know that in January 2026 I will be joining the department of Earth & Planetary Sciences/Institute of Meteoritics @unm.edu as an Assistant Professor 🐺 ✨
July 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m excited to let y’all know that in January 2026 I will be joining the department of Earth & Planetary Sciences/Institute of Meteoritics @unm.edu as an Assistant Professor 🐺 ✨
For another parameter to add to the calculation of eta-Earth 😬 come see my SCDD talk on Geochemical Habitabilty Thursday afternoon in the theater 👀 #HWO25
Fernandes: Astro2020 decadal assumed eta Earth= 25% - assuming HWO will survey 100 stars, find 25 Earthlike planets, follow those up. But - we have no true Earth analogs yet around sunlike stars. All estimates of eta Earth are extrapolations from measurements of planets that aren't Earthlike. #HWO25
July 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
For another parameter to add to the calculation of eta-Earth 😬 come see my SCDD talk on Geochemical Habitabilty Thursday afternoon in the theater 👀 #HWO25