Trojan Family Weekend vibes 😎
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trojan Family Weekend vibes 😎
Just as an FYI, Father Matthew Wheeler of the USC Caruso Catholic Center assured me that God will be on USC’s side against the Fighting Irish tonight.
Yes that’s a USC Rosary 📿 he’s holding.
Yes that’s a USC Rosary 📿 he’s holding.
October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just as an FYI, Father Matthew Wheeler of the USC Caruso Catholic Center assured me that God will be on USC’s side against the Fighting Irish tonight.
Yes that’s a USC Rosary 📿 he’s holding.
Yes that’s a USC Rosary 📿 he’s holding.
Great time celebrating new and promoted faculty @dornsife.usc.edu yesterday.
From folks in the writing program helping students communicate, listen, speak, and write… to physicists working on superconducting qubits, it was an amazing celebration of excellence in the liberal arts @usc.edu
From folks in the writing program helping students communicate, listen, speak, and write… to physicists working on superconducting qubits, it was an amazing celebration of excellence in the liberal arts @usc.edu
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great time celebrating new and promoted faculty @dornsife.usc.edu yesterday.
From folks in the writing program helping students communicate, listen, speak, and write… to physicists working on superconducting qubits, it was an amazing celebration of excellence in the liberal arts @usc.edu
From folks in the writing program helping students communicate, listen, speak, and write… to physicists working on superconducting qubits, it was an amazing celebration of excellence in the liberal arts @usc.edu
Such a thrill yesterday to celebrate Percival Everett’s Pulitzer Prize along with a panel of other esteemed @dornsife.usc.edu English Profs Dana Johnson and Aimee Bender. Special thanks to Provost Guzman for hosting the event, which featured questions from some amazing undergraduate students.
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Such a thrill yesterday to celebrate Percival Everett’s Pulitzer Prize along with a panel of other esteemed @dornsife.usc.edu English Profs Dana Johnson and Aimee Bender. Special thanks to Provost Guzman for hosting the event, which featured questions from some amazing undergraduate students.
Classes start today! Welcome @dornsife.usc.edu students!
August 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Classes start today! Welcome @dornsife.usc.edu students!
Cleaning out my UC Irvine office where I've kept the champagne bottles from celebrations after each of my student's PhD defenses. Here they are lined up! Averaged one per year for the past 17 years (with one missing because the defense had to be remote). So many great memories!
June 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Cleaning out my UC Irvine office where I've kept the champagne bottles from celebrations after each of my student's PhD defenses. Here they are lined up! Averaged one per year for the past 17 years (with one missing because the defense had to be remote). So many great memories!
It was bittersweet to preside over my last commencement as you see your find Dean. Congrats to the class of 2025. What a great way to go out!
June 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It was bittersweet to preside over my last commencement as you see your find Dean. Congrats to the class of 2025. What a great way to go out!
Proud of our new paper led by UC Irvine undergraduate physics major Luke Xia - studies how the shapes of Milky Way like galaxies change over time. Found at early times, Milky Way likely was shaped like a pickle! 🥒
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08508
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08508
June 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Proud of our new paper led by UC Irvine undergraduate physics major Luke Xia - studies how the shapes of Milky Way like galaxies change over time. Found at early times, Milky Way likely was shaped like a pickle! 🥒
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08508
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08508
It was a real pleasure to congratulate Eric Rignot on his election to the national Academy of engineering tonight at Chancellor Gilman’s residence. Here I am with Eric and Professor Isabella Velicogna (they’re married!) - both amazing scientists.
May 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It was a real pleasure to congratulate Eric Rignot on his election to the national Academy of engineering tonight at Chancellor Gilman’s residence. Here I am with Eric and Professor Isabella Velicogna (they’re married!) - both amazing scientists.
Excited for this public talk on May 22: "Dance and Mathematics" - internationally acclaimed choreographer Reggie Wilson and UC Irvine math prof Jesse Wolfson describe their decade+ collaboration exploring what math can do for dance and vice versa
www.eventbrite.com/e/math-and-d...
www.eventbrite.com/e/math-and-d...
May 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Excited for this public talk on May 22: "Dance and Mathematics" - internationally acclaimed choreographer Reggie Wilson and UC Irvine math prof Jesse Wolfson describe their decade+ collaboration exploring what math can do for dance and vice versa
www.eventbrite.com/e/math-and-d...
www.eventbrite.com/e/math-and-d...
Excited for the launch of the UC Irvine Climate Collaboration. Led by Prof. Brett Sanders, the UCI Climate Collaboration is a campuswide effort to enhance interdisciplinary research, education and engagement on climate-related challenges.
uci.edu/climate-coll...
uci.edu/climate-coll...
May 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Excited for the launch of the UC Irvine Climate Collaboration. Led by Prof. Brett Sanders, the UCI Climate Collaboration is a campuswide effort to enhance interdisciplinary research, education and engagement on climate-related challenges.
uci.edu/climate-coll...
uci.edu/climate-coll...
A real treat this morning to hear my friend and UCI Political Science Prof Matt Beckmann speak on Trump’s first 100 days
May 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A real treat this morning to hear my friend and UCI Political Science Prof Matt Beckmann speak on Trump’s first 100 days
Celebrating the opening of UC Irvine’s new Mini Carbon Dating System led by Earth System Science Professor Claudia Czimczik & Dr. Guaciara Santos.
This NSF-funded facility will enable rapid sample analysis to inform climate change and air quality research. 🌎🌳☀️
This NSF-funded facility will enable rapid sample analysis to inform climate change and air quality research. 🌎🌳☀️
March 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Celebrating the opening of UC Irvine’s new Mini Carbon Dating System led by Earth System Science Professor Claudia Czimczik & Dr. Guaciara Santos.
This NSF-funded facility will enable rapid sample analysis to inform climate change and air quality research. 🌎🌳☀️
This NSF-funded facility will enable rapid sample analysis to inform climate change and air quality research. 🌎🌳☀️
Proud to be co-author on this new paper led by UT Austin PhD student Hyunsu Kong and his advisor Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social
** Implications for testing #darkmatter models using dark matter structures in the vicinity of the Sun.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.10766
** Implications for testing #darkmatter models using dark matter structures in the vicinity of the Sun.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.10766
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Proud to be co-author on this new paper led by UT Austin PhD student Hyunsu Kong and his advisor Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social
** Implications for testing #darkmatter models using dark matter structures in the vicinity of the Sun.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.10766
** Implications for testing #darkmatter models using dark matter structures in the vicinity of the Sun.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.10766
2. Comparing shapes of galaxies to those observed:
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
March 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
2. Comparing shapes of galaxies to those observed:
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
1. Predict young stars form in different configurations depending on galaxy mass.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
March 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
1. Predict young stars form in different configurations depending on galaxy mass.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
Proud to announce a new paper led by UC Physics PhD student Courtney Klein and undergraduate Physics major Luke Xia looking at the shapes of galaxies in FIREbox simulations and comparisons to data.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.05612
arxiv.org/abs/2503.05612
March 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Proud to announce a new paper led by UC Physics PhD student Courtney Klein and undergraduate Physics major Luke Xia looking at the shapes of galaxies in FIREbox simulations and comparisons to data.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.05612
arxiv.org/abs/2503.05612
Comparing shapes of galaxies to those observed
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
** Low-mass disk issue could be a significant problem for FIRE+LCDM simulations. Need more higher resolution runs to make sure.
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
** Low-mass disk issue could be a significant problem for FIRE+LCDM simulations. Need more higher resolution runs to make sure.
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Comparing shapes of galaxies to those observed
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
** Low-mass disk issue could be a significant problem for FIRE+LCDM simulations. Need more higher resolution runs to make sure.
-> We are able to produce enough thin disks at the Milky Way scale
-> Do NOT produce enough thin galaxies at lower masses.
** Low-mass disk issue could be a significant problem for FIRE+LCDM simulations. Need more higher resolution runs to make sure.
1. Predict young stars form in different configurations depending on galaxy mass.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
1. Predict young stars form in different configurations depending on galaxy mass.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
-> Massive galaxies form their stars in disks.
-> Middle size galaxies form stars in elongated pickle-like configurations.
-> Low-mass galaxies form stars in spheroids.
Huge congratulations to three School of Physical Sciences faculty honored tonight for UCI Academic Senate Awards:
Asst Prof Sue Sim - Early Career Research
Prof Alessandra Pantano - Teaching
Asst Prof Christopher Miles - Early Career Teaching
Asst Prof Sue Sim - Early Career Research
Prof Alessandra Pantano - Teaching
Asst Prof Christopher Miles - Early Career Teaching
March 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Huge congratulations to three School of Physical Sciences faculty honored tonight for UCI Academic Senate Awards:
Asst Prof Sue Sim - Early Career Research
Prof Alessandra Pantano - Teaching
Asst Prof Christopher Miles - Early Career Teaching
Asst Prof Sue Sim - Early Career Research
Prof Alessandra Pantano - Teaching
Asst Prof Christopher Miles - Early Career Teaching
Great to meet former UC Irvine postdoc and current NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson yesterday and hear about her experiences on her latest mission to the international space Station
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January 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Great to meet former UC Irvine postdoc and current NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson yesterday and hear about her experiences on her latest mission to the international space Station
lnkd.in/guVq9w9E
lnkd.in/guVq9w9E
Big news! Congratulations to Professors Franklin Dollar and Aomawa Shields on receiving the Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for early career scientists and engineers.
January 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Big news! Congratulations to Professors Franklin Dollar and Aomawa Shields on receiving the Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for early career scientists and engineers.
Good reminder that this galaxy isn’t really shaped like beads on a string as it looks in the JWST image. The same gravitational lensing that helps us see it also stretches/distorts the image like a funhouse mirror.
December 12, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Good reminder that this galaxy isn’t really shaped like beads on a string as it looks in the JWST image. The same gravitational lensing that helps us see it also stretches/distorts the image like a funhouse mirror.
