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Joe Callingham
@astrojoe.bsky.social
Dutch-Australian | Astrophysicist | Head of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Science Group at ASTRON | Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam
Thrilled to announce our new Springer Nature paper is now live!
We’ve tuned into a massive stellar storm on the radio! 🌟📡
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
One of the worst reference letter submitting experiences is with the International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics. They ask you absurd questions outside of just uploading your letter, such as asking for arbitrary rankings of the student. There is no clarity how such information is used.
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
More cool state quantum work awarded the Nobel!
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I have a desk companion today
September 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
At CSIRO today to talk all about wide-field radio monitors. Exciting times ahead. Thanks Josh Pritchard for organising. Great opening talk by Ron Ekers on the history and future of all-sky monitors
August 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Once more to the old country. This time for The Dynamic Radio Sky Conference. Will be in Australia for 2 weeks (visiting CSIRO and USyd).
July 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Halifax completed another module in his PhDog - a visit to a radio telescope (along with some tinkering)
July 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Largest number of flowers I have got from a single orchid - 47!
July 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What a fun meeting #skao2025! I can not wait to see all the amazing science that will come from the SKAO. It was also great to catch up with so many fantastic scientists - including all these Dutch-affiliated (past, present and/or future) astronomers!
June 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
At the #skao2025 conference in Germany this week. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and new (not to mention discussing all the awesome science we can do with the SKA)
June 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Come along to my talk on the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) at NAC! I have a quiz and a prize!
May 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
And that is a wrap! Thanks to everyone that came and had fun at the Beyond Earth Conference #beyondearthconf. Here is to the future of radio space missions!
May 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Mary Knapp @mknapp.bsky.social from @haystack.mit.edu presenting to #beyondearthconf about a megaconstellation for low frequency radio astronomy (GO-LoW). So cool!
May 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
And the Beyond Earth: Lunar and Space Missions conference is underway! Great to have space scientists, energisers and policy makers at @astronnl.bsky.social this week #beyondearthconf
May 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Ik ben Nederlander geworden / I have become Dutch

Yesterday, I attended my naturalisation ceremony to become Dutch! It is pretty wild to think that 8 years ago this Australian arrived in the Netherlands for a quick 3 year postdoc, with every intention of moving after that.
April 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Very excited to have formed the program for the Beyond Earth: Lunar and Space Radio Missions conference. Lots of awesome science, engineering, tech, missions and people! You can find the program here: www.astron.nl/~callingham/...
April 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Great to have Gummi Stefansson here from @api.uva.nl presenting the @astronnl.bsky.social colloquium on finding rocky worlds!
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And knew how to have a good time
March 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Even Einstein had a rough time with referees (original and translation) @ethzurich.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just a reminder that abstract submission for the Beyond Earth: Lunar and Space Radio Missions is in ~10 days. You can find more information here: www.astron.nl/~callingham/...
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Another day, another inch closer to this boy’s PhDog degree
February 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A new university beginning! I have now started as an Associate Professor at @api.uva.nl. I will be four days a week at @astronnl.bsky.social, and one day a week at API.

I look forward to continuing the tradition of uniting the strengths of these two institutes!
January 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Another year in books! Some absolute perlers this year.
December 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Christmas baking by Debbie to celebrate Christmas and Antonia’s successful ERC grant!
December 18, 2024 at 11:46 AM
December 3, 2024 at 4:20 PM