Brett McGuire
@brettmcguire.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Chemistry @MIT. Professional astrochemist, spectroscopist, radio astronomer. Amateur photographer, dungeon master, cook, jogger. He/him/his.
My fellow faculty members in christ or whatever, run if you aren't going to proofread your own recommendation letters, at least run them through ChatGPT so it catches things like this gem:
"She is undoubtedly the two students in my class."
"She is undoubtedly the two students in my class."
December 19, 2023 at 9:57 PM
My fellow faculty members in christ or whatever, run if you aren't going to proofread your own recommendation letters, at least run them through ChatGPT so it catches things like this gem:
"She is undoubtedly the two students in my class."
"She is undoubtedly the two students in my class."
Hope y'all have a rockin' Thanksgiving!
November 23, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Hope y'all have a rockin' Thanksgiving!
It's me!
The American Astronomical Society is delighted to announce a phenomenal slate of Plenary & Prize Speakers for #AAS243. It's going to be awesome.
Also: our friends at AAPT are holding their meeting adjacent to ours at the same time. Stay tuned for a coming announcement. 👀❤️
Also: our friends at AAPT are holding their meeting adjacent to ours at the same time. Stay tuned for a coming announcement. 👀❤️
October 30, 2023 at 4:36 PM
It's me!
Come be my colleague at MIT!
Hi All, We have a new search for a junior faculty member at MIT chemistry. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/261...
October 13, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Come be my colleague at MIT!
Interested in the astrochemistry literature? Join us each month for Astrochem Coffee, a new podcast providing recaps of the most recent science, a few deep dives, a little bit of history, and some bad jokes. The first two episodes are out now on your favorite podcatcher app.
coffee.astrochem.net
coffee.astrochem.net
Astrochem Coffee
Catch our latest episode directly below.
Find other ways to listen, get all the papers and info from our episodes and catch up on those you missed, and find links to other useful resources all via t...
coffee.astrochem.net
October 9, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Interested in the astrochemistry literature? Join us each month for Astrochem Coffee, a new podcast providing recaps of the most recent science, a few deep dives, a little bit of history, and some bad jokes. The first two episodes are out now on your favorite podcatcher app.
coffee.astrochem.net
coffee.astrochem.net
First traditional #astrochemistry modeling paper out of my group, led by the incredible Alex Byrne and his postdoc mentor, Ceci Xue! Check out what we know (and more importantly what we've learned we still don't know!) about the chemistry of propargyl!
arxiv.org/abs/2309.07341
arxiv.org/abs/2309.07341
Astrochemical Modeling of Propargyl Radical Chemistry in TMC-1
Recent detections of aromatic species in dark molecular clouds suggest formation pathways may be efficient at very low temperatures and pressures, yet current astrochemical models are unable to...
arxiv.org
September 27, 2023 at 2:25 PM
First traditional #astrochemistry modeling paper out of my group, led by the incredible Alex Byrne and his postdoc mentor, Ceci Xue! Check out what we know (and more importantly what we've learned we still don't know!) about the chemistry of propargyl!
arxiv.org/abs/2309.07341
arxiv.org/abs/2309.07341
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The 2024 Announcement of Opportunity for the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (#NHFP) is now open! Interested scientists within 4 years of their PhDs should apply by Nov. 2; recommendation letters are due Nov. 9. Ask me if you have any questions!
nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/fellow...
nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/fellow...
September 6, 2023 at 3:38 PM
The 2024 Announcement of Opportunity for the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (#NHFP) is now open! Interested scientists within 4 years of their PhDs should apply by Nov. 2; recommendation letters are due Nov. 9. Ask me if you have any questions!
nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/fellow...
nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/fellow...
Danger noodle giving me side eye on my walk today!
August 29, 2023 at 9:13 PM
Danger noodle giving me side eye on my walk today!
My DragonCon panels have all been locked in! Come stop by and chat cool space science with me if you're around!
August 23, 2023 at 1:19 PM
My DragonCon panels have all been locked in! Come stop by and chat cool space science with me if you're around!
Hello, gorgeous! Great to see you again in person. Still looking fantastic as ever 😉. (Green Bank Telescope!)
August 7, 2023 at 12:44 PM
Hello, gorgeous! Great to see you again in person. Still looking fantastic as ever 😉. (Green Bank Telescope!)
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RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
July 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM
RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
Reposted by Brett McGuire
My first conference talk as “Dr. Scibelli” !! 🥹🎉✨ I feel so grateful to be doing what I love, detecting cool molecules in space 😭💕 #astrochemistry #IAUTraverseCity
July 11, 2023 at 1:35 AM
My first conference talk as “Dr. Scibelli” !! 🥹🎉✨ I feel so grateful to be doing what I love, detecting cool molecules in space 😭💕 #astrochemistry #IAUTraverseCity
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Hey, Bluesky: I know TONS of solid scientists who would love to be on the platform to recreate what we had with SciTwitter. They would very much like some invite codes.
Bluesky says they want more journalists on. I say I'd love to invite the freelancers I work with, and they handed me 15 invites. Gives me a warm feeling about their priorities and how they act on them.
we've been reaching out to & been in contact with a bunch of newsrooms (including local news) but if you have personal contacts at news orgs, please have them email press@blueskyweb.xyz!
July 8, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Hey, Bluesky: I know TONS of solid scientists who would love to be on the platform to recreate what we had with SciTwitter. They would very much like some invite codes.
Some fun artwork greeting us on the University of Michigan campus for the first workshop on our large ALMA COMPASS program studying chemistry in space!
July 7, 2023 at 11:41 AM
Some fun artwork greeting us on the University of Michigan campus for the first workshop on our large ALMA COMPASS program studying chemistry in space!
The first flower I grew myself in my new yard!
July 3, 2023 at 10:06 PM
The first flower I grew myself in my new yard!
I recently moved my D&D group's Slack history to Discord and re-discovered the text of a journal my players found in the house of an insane, undead arch druid guarding the pathway to an ancient city that they sought. Maybe I'll try posting it here bit by bit as a way of breaking in BlueSky =).
July 3, 2023 at 4:12 PM
I recently moved my D&D group's Slack history to Discord and re-discovered the text of a journal my players found in the house of an insane, undead arch druid guarding the pathway to an ancient city that they sought. Maybe I'll try posting it here bit by bit as a way of breaking in BlueSky =).