Kat Dapré
@katdapre.bsky.social
Icy seismologist at UMD with a special place in my heart for Enceladus | she/her
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Kat Dapré
@katdapre.bsky.social
· Jul 1
I am now a postdoc at @univofmaryland.bsky.social!
I'm joining the ARROW project to study some very cool seismic data collected at a floating rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We hope to learn about the ice structure and seismicity of this region and how they're affected by tidal forces 🥼❄🧪
I'm joining the ARROW project to study some very cool seismic data collected at a floating rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We hope to learn about the ice structure and seismicity of this region and how they're affected by tidal forces 🥼❄🧪
Fascinating study from CU Boulder discussing dramatic effects associated with glaciers at grounding lines. Thinning of the glacier caused the seaward part to float, which let the ocean in to form cracks at its base and break off more icebergs.
Full story: buff.ly/D43Y8nv
Full story: buff.ly/D43Y8nv
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Fascinating study from CU Boulder discussing dramatic effects associated with glaciers at grounding lines. Thinning of the glacier caused the seaward part to float, which let the ocean in to form cracks at its base and break off more icebergs.
Full story: buff.ly/D43Y8nv
Full story: buff.ly/D43Y8nv
Having an excellent time at the @seismosocam.bsky.social Environmental Seismology conference so far, and thanks to everyone who came by our poster! (if you missed it, feel free to corner me later this week) Looking forward to the rest of the talks and posters lined up for the next two days 🥼❄🧪
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Having an excellent time at the @seismosocam.bsky.social Environmental Seismology conference so far, and thanks to everyone who came by our poster! (if you missed it, feel free to corner me later this week) Looking forward to the rest of the talks and posters lined up for the next two days 🥼❄🧪
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PSA for folks visiting any National Public lands (parks, forests etc) during the shutdown: PLEASE take everything you brought in with you, including trash! Don't leave it in the bins if you can avoid it - those are emptied by National Parks/Forest workers. If they're furloughed that job isn't done.
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
PSA for folks visiting any National Public lands (parks, forests etc) during the shutdown: PLEASE take everything you brought in with you, including trash! Don't leave it in the bins if you can avoid it - those are emptied by National Parks/Forest workers. If they're furloughed that job isn't done.
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The last paper from my PhD is out today in JGR Planets! we looked at how Titan's topography can interact with tidal and possible tectonic stresses to generate fractures, which could erode over time to produce icy sediment and provide fresh surface area for hydrocarbon interxn
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Topographic Stress as a Mechanical Weathering Mechanism on Titan
Stress perturbations induced by topographic features on Titan can lead to fracture in its icy crust, enhancing mechanical weathering This mechanism could help generate sediment on Titan Titan's ...
doi.org
July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The last paper from my PhD is out today in JGR Planets! we looked at how Titan's topography can interact with tidal and possible tectonic stresses to generate fractures, which could erode over time to produce icy sediment and provide fresh surface area for hydrocarbon interxn
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
I am now a postdoc at @univofmaryland.bsky.social!
I'm joining the ARROW project to study some very cool seismic data collected at a floating rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We hope to learn about the ice structure and seismicity of this region and how they're affected by tidal forces 🥼❄🧪
I'm joining the ARROW project to study some very cool seismic data collected at a floating rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We hope to learn about the ice structure and seismicity of this region and how they're affected by tidal forces 🥼❄🧪
July 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am now a postdoc at @univofmaryland.bsky.social!
I'm joining the ARROW project to study some very cool seismic data collected at a floating rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We hope to learn about the ice structure and seismicity of this region and how they're affected by tidal forces 🥼❄🧪
I'm joining the ARROW project to study some very cool seismic data collected at a floating rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. We hope to learn about the ice structure and seismicity of this region and how they're affected by tidal forces 🥼❄🧪
Have we considered classifying geological terranes by making a surface image into a jigsaw and setting professional jigsaw solvers on it?
It’s not even funny how well these (independently evolved) piles are going to line up with descriptions of surface categories I learned during my PhD 😂
🪐🔭⚒️
It’s not even funny how well these (independently evolved) piles are going to line up with descriptions of surface categories I learned during my PhD 😂
🪐🔭⚒️
April 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Have we considered classifying geological terranes by making a surface image into a jigsaw and setting professional jigsaw solvers on it?
It’s not even funny how well these (independently evolved) piles are going to line up with descriptions of surface categories I learned during my PhD 😂
🪐🔭⚒️
It’s not even funny how well these (independently evolved) piles are going to line up with descriptions of surface categories I learned during my PhD 😂
🪐🔭⚒️
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I’m working on a piece about funding basic science and if you’ve never explored spinoff.nasa.gov, I would really encourage you to do so. Even though I’ve been doing this for 20 years, it really is humbling and informative to see the ways in which space science works its way into our daily lives.
Home | NASA Spinoff
spinoff.nasa.gov
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m working on a piece about funding basic science and if you’ve never explored spinoff.nasa.gov, I would really encourage you to do so. Even though I’ve been doing this for 20 years, it really is humbling and informative to see the ways in which space science works its way into our daily lives.
Took the parents to watch the planets align last night. We had moderate success (Mercury had already set by the time we got there) but the stars were very pretty ✨🔭🧪
March 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Took the parents to watch the planets align last night. We had moderate success (Mercury had already set by the time we got there) but the stars were very pretty ✨🔭🧪
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February 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
In the unlikely event that anyone has the time or energy to read my PhD thesis, it’s now publicly accessible!
hdl.handle.net/1983/a617d18...
I recommend Ch 2 if you want to watch me piece an icy moon together by trawling through a *whole bunch* of options for models and analogues ❄️🥼🪐🧪⚒️
hdl.handle.net/1983/a617d18...
I recommend Ch 2 if you want to watch me piece an icy moon together by trawling through a *whole bunch* of options for models and analogues ❄️🥼🪐🧪⚒️
Planetary Seismology on an Icy Moon
hdl.handle.net
February 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In the unlikely event that anyone has the time or energy to read my PhD thesis, it’s now publicly accessible!
hdl.handle.net/1983/a617d18...
I recommend Ch 2 if you want to watch me piece an icy moon together by trawling through a *whole bunch* of options for models and analogues ❄️🥼🪐🧪⚒️
hdl.handle.net/1983/a617d18...
I recommend Ch 2 if you want to watch me piece an icy moon together by trawling through a *whole bunch* of options for models and analogues ❄️🥼🪐🧪⚒️
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The depths of the anti-trans hatred in sections of the British media is just shocking to behold. Trans people in the UK are a tiny group of people who must constantly suffer this blazing hot ire directed upon them by self-righteous bigots for no reason at all.
He boasts about being a sexual predator, he's been accused by 25 women of rape, harassment or assault, a jury found he "forcibly and non consensually penetrated Carroll's vagina with his fingers," he supports banning abortion.
But he hates trans people and so the Times calls him "a feminist hero."
But he hates trans people and so the Times calls him "a feminist hero."
February 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The depths of the anti-trans hatred in sections of the British media is just shocking to behold. Trans people in the UK are a tiny group of people who must constantly suffer this blazing hot ire directed upon them by self-righteous bigots for no reason at all.
My fabulous supervisor @jessicairving.bsky.social has a #PhD project in this list looking at modelling quakes and working with seismic data on the rocky planets (v cool stuff). And if you want to pick someone's brain about doing a PhD at Bristol, feel free to reach out! ⚒️🧪🔭🪐
Looking for a #PhD in planetary #science? We have a fully funded studentship available at the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Choose from the three projects listed here: www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience....
Application deadline: 2pm, 12th Feb.
DM me for details!
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Application deadline: 2pm, 12th Feb.
DM me for details!
Please repost!
January 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My fabulous supervisor @jessicairving.bsky.social has a #PhD project in this list looking at modelling quakes and working with seismic data on the rocky planets (v cool stuff). And if you want to pick someone's brain about doing a PhD at Bristol, feel free to reach out! ⚒️🧪🔭🪐
My partner + flatmates got me these dope moon dice (byFlowerFox on Etsy) and *made* this giant Saturn d20 from scratch, like hand-painted and pressure-cooked resin and everything, all in secret?? The 7 lil guys are the moons you can see from Earth with a telescope?? I cannot comprehend
January 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My partner + flatmates got me these dope moon dice (byFlowerFox on Etsy) and *made* this giant Saturn d20 from scratch, like hand-painted and pressure-cooked resin and everything, all in secret?? The 7 lil guys are the moons you can see from Earth with a telescope?? I cannot comprehend
Thanks David for the fab summary thread and signal boost! 🪐❄️
🚀 What secrets does the icy moon Enceladus hold? A new study dives into seismic wave modeling for its 3D ice shell, paving the way for future exploration. Let's unravel the layers of this intriguing moon! 🌌❄️ #Enceladus #SpaceScience agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2169...
January 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thanks David for the fab summary thread and signal boost! 🪐❄️
3D Enceladus paper out now in JGR Planets (OA): doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Join us as we consider how Enceladus' 3D ice shell could affect body wave seismology! 🧪⚒️🪐🔭
This constitutes the last ~18 months of my PhD research with @jessicairving.bsky.social and I think our results are very cool indeed.
Join us as we consider how Enceladus' 3D ice shell could affect body wave seismology! 🧪⚒️🪐🔭
This constitutes the last ~18 months of my PhD research with @jessicairving.bsky.social and I think our results are very cool indeed.
Seismic Wavefield Modeling of Enceladus: Challenges and Opportunities Presented by a 3D Ice Shell
We describe the effects of 3D ice shell thickness and 2D surface temperature on seismic phases transiting each layer of Enceladus Deviations from 1D ice structure can cause travel time difference...
doi.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
3D Enceladus paper out now in JGR Planets (OA): doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Join us as we consider how Enceladus' 3D ice shell could affect body wave seismology! 🧪⚒️🪐🔭
This constitutes the last ~18 months of my PhD research with @jessicairving.bsky.social and I think our results are very cool indeed.
Join us as we consider how Enceladus' 3D ice shell could affect body wave seismology! 🧪⚒️🪐🔭
This constitutes the last ~18 months of my PhD research with @jessicairving.bsky.social and I think our results are very cool indeed.
you’ll never guess what date I submitted my thesis
December 4, 2024 at 1:50 PM
you’ll never guess what date I submitted my thesis
Overleaf down, nothing to do now but skeet about it I guess
(praying my thesis edits survive)
(praying my thesis edits survive)
December 3, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Overleaf down, nothing to do now but skeet about it I guess
(praying my thesis edits survive)
(praying my thesis edits survive)
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Super excited to share that my ✨ first PhD paper ✨ has been published on GJI! 🥳🧪
doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae386
We compared extensively-trained deep learning phase pickers to detect really small induced earthquakes. Key points (with figures!) of the paper are in this thread: 🔗
#seismology #academia
doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae386
We compared extensively-trained deep learning phase pickers to detect really small induced earthquakes. Key points (with figures!) of the paper are in this thread: 🔗
#seismology #academia
Deep Learning Phase Pickers: How Well Can Existing Models Detect Hydraulic-Fracturing Induced Microseismicity from a Borehole Array?
Summary. Deep learning (DL) phase picking models have proven effective in processing large volumes of seismic data, including successfully detecting earthq
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Super excited to share that my ✨ first PhD paper ✨ has been published on GJI! 🥳🧪
doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae386
We compared extensively-trained deep learning phase pickers to detect really small induced earthquakes. Key points (with figures!) of the paper are in this thread: 🔗
#seismology #academia
doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae386
We compared extensively-trained deep learning phase pickers to detect really small induced earthquakes. Key points (with figures!) of the paper are in this thread: 🔗
#seismology #academia
Me: taking from a break from thesis corrections by watching the new David Attenborough documentary because the next section I gotta do is some really finicky ice crystal anisotropy
David Attenborough: ❄️🧊🥼⚒️
David Attenborough: ❄️🧊🥼⚒️
December 1, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Me: taking from a break from thesis corrections by watching the new David Attenborough documentary because the next section I gotta do is some really finicky ice crystal anisotropy
David Attenborough: ❄️🧊🥼⚒️
David Attenborough: ❄️🧊🥼⚒️
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Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions
twitter: deleted (finally)
now it's time to look into this storygraph malarkey
now it's time to look into this storygraph malarkey
November 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM
twitter: deleted (finally)
now it's time to look into this storygraph malarkey
now it's time to look into this storygraph malarkey
Been TA’ing undergrad coding labs for 5 years at this point and oh boy has ChatGPT made it into a Sisyphean dystopia. or maybe one of those lil mazes with a metal ball that you have to tip into the right path but it always ends up diverting in a gravitationally inexplicable direction
November 15, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Been TA’ing undergrad coding labs for 5 years at this point and oh boy has ChatGPT made it into a Sisyphean dystopia. or maybe one of those lil mazes with a metal ball that you have to tip into the right path but it always ends up diverting in a gravitationally inexplicable direction
Loving the recent influx of new faces here, so:
Hi! I'm just about done with my PhD modelling icy moon seismology on Enceladus 🪐
Next role update to follow when I'm less scared of jinxing it 👀 But expect posts about geophysics/seismology, planetary science, ice, academia, and maybe some scicomm??
Hi! I'm just about done with my PhD modelling icy moon seismology on Enceladus 🪐
Next role update to follow when I'm less scared of jinxing it 👀 But expect posts about geophysics/seismology, planetary science, ice, academia, and maybe some scicomm??
November 10, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Loving the recent influx of new faces here, so:
Hi! I'm just about done with my PhD modelling icy moon seismology on Enceladus 🪐
Next role update to follow when I'm less scared of jinxing it 👀 But expect posts about geophysics/seismology, planetary science, ice, academia, and maybe some scicomm??
Hi! I'm just about done with my PhD modelling icy moon seismology on Enceladus 🪐
Next role update to follow when I'm less scared of jinxing it 👀 But expect posts about geophysics/seismology, planetary science, ice, academia, and maybe some scicomm??
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Not meat rock, but potato stone (yes, that's its actual nickname!). It's a geode containing agate, calcite and hematite found in and around Dulcote Quarry, Somerset, England #MinCup24
October 1, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Not meat rock, but potato stone (yes, that's its actual nickname!). It's a geode containing agate, calcite and hematite found in and around Dulcote Quarry, Somerset, England #MinCup24
Could this be… a sighting of meat rock #rhodochrosite in the wild (well, the undergrad geology lab)?
I had never heard of it before this year and now, the day of #MinCup24 finals, it appears to me in person?? Could it be a sign???
I had never heard of it before this year and now, the day of #MinCup24 finals, it appears to me in person?? Could it be a sign???
October 1, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Could this be… a sighting of meat rock #rhodochrosite in the wild (well, the undergrad geology lab)?
I had never heard of it before this year and now, the day of #MinCup24 finals, it appears to me in person?? Could it be a sign???
I had never heard of it before this year and now, the day of #MinCup24 finals, it appears to me in person?? Could it be a sign???