Sara Santos
@sara24.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics 🤘🏼
Generally at the intersection of fluid mechanics, biology and robotics 🌊🦐🤖
LGBTQIA+ in STEM 🏳️🌈
Generally at the intersection of fluid mechanics, biology and robotics 🌊🦐🤖
LGBTQIA+ in STEM 🏳️🌈
Prospective employers expect letters tailored to their institution and elaborate plans on how we will contribute to their mission, yet can’t even send an email saying “no” after you spend hours working on the application. A bit of humanity would go a long way.
September 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Prospective employers expect letters tailored to their institution and elaborate plans on how we will contribute to their mission, yet can’t even send an email saying “no” after you spend hours working on the application. A bit of humanity would go a long way.
If @utaustin.bsky.social had a marine mascot it would be the Temora Longicornis (image from iNaturalist)
September 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If @utaustin.bsky.social had a marine mascot it would be the Temora Longicornis (image from iNaturalist)
Academics can have PhDs and publish groundbreaking work on the biomechanics of squid tentacles and still hit “Reply All” on a department-wide email… and then Reply All again to say “Recall.”
Brains: high-speed fiber
Email skills: dial-up
Brains: high-speed fiber
Email skills: dial-up
July 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Academics can have PhDs and publish groundbreaking work on the biomechanics of squid tentacles and still hit “Reply All” on a department-wide email… and then Reply All again to say “Recall.”
Brains: high-speed fiber
Email skills: dial-up
Brains: high-speed fiber
Email skills: dial-up
“How do you do fellow propellers?” — Shrimp, never
They bend their appendages instead.
We explain why 🦐🦐 read our new JEB paper, with Nils Tack and @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social, at @brownengineering.bsky.social . 🧪🌊
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
They bend their appendages instead.
We explain why 🦐🦐 read our new JEB paper, with Nils Tack and @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social, at @brownengineering.bsky.social . 🧪🌊
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Going around the bend to understand the role of leg coalescence in metachronal swimming
Summary: Shrimp swimming legs bend nearly horizontally and cluster together during metachronal propulsion to reduce drag and improve overall swimming performance.
journals.biologists.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“How do you do fellow propellers?” — Shrimp, never
They bend their appendages instead.
We explain why 🦐🦐 read our new JEB paper, with Nils Tack and @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social, at @brownengineering.bsky.social . 🧪🌊
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
They bend their appendages instead.
We explain why 🦐🦐 read our new JEB paper, with Nils Tack and @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social, at @brownengineering.bsky.social . 🧪🌊
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
We’re starting Queer in Fluid Dynamics (QFD)—a new LGBTQIA+ community of scientists, engineers, students & allies to connect, support each other & celebrate who we are.
We’ll meet at APS DFD in Houston—join now to help define our mission. DM me to be added!
#QueerInSTEM
We’ll meet at APS DFD in Houston—join now to help define our mission. DM me to be added!
#QueerInSTEM
May 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We’re starting Queer in Fluid Dynamics (QFD)—a new LGBTQIA+ community of scientists, engineers, students & allies to connect, support each other & celebrate who we are.
We’ll meet at APS DFD in Houston—join now to help define our mission. DM me to be added!
#QueerInSTEM
We’ll meet at APS DFD in Houston—join now to help define our mission. DM me to be added!
#QueerInSTEM
One of my favorite things about living in the US is sending non-Europe bird pictures to my bird-aficionado parents who live in Europe. This yellow-crowned night heron is only found in the Americas, so I get to share it with my parents as a novelty!
May 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One of my favorite things about living in the US is sending non-Europe bird pictures to my bird-aficionado parents who live in Europe. This yellow-crowned night heron is only found in the Americas, so I get to share it with my parents as a novelty!
My first stained glass project, in its final form! A wedding gift for my sister and her husband, with their initials. May be my first and last but I learned!
February 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My first stained glass project, in its final form! A wedding gift for my sister and her husband, with their initials. May be my first and last but I learned!
The face of a dog who knows I’m about to get up to grab the ball even though she knows very well she needs to give me the ball back if she wants to fetch
January 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The face of a dog who knows I’m about to get up to grab the ball even though she knows very well she needs to give me the ball back if she wants to fetch
You can cancel the Super Bowl, all we need is the Beyoncé Bowl.
December 25, 2024 at 11:26 PM
You can cancel the Super Bowl, all we need is the Beyoncé Bowl.
Nothing makes me feel more grounded than being in the middle of reading some papers and getting a call from my aunt saying I need to go over immediately because her dishwasher isn’t working and I need to fix it.
December 17, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Nothing makes me feel more grounded than being in the middle of reading some papers and getting a call from my aunt saying I need to go over immediately because her dishwasher isn’t working and I need to fix it.
European airports are like a mall with long distance costumer shuttles. Catching your flight is very much secondary. Miss your flight because you’re forced to meander through the mall to get to your gate? Excellent!, more time to shop.
December 15, 2024 at 1:09 PM
European airports are like a mall with long distance costumer shuttles. Catching your flight is very much secondary. Miss your flight because you’re forced to meander through the mall to get to your gate? Excellent!, more time to shop.
The art and the artist. Formerly a fox head.
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
The art and the artist. Formerly a fox head.
Our work on copepod migrations has the best figures you’ve ever seen. The science is great too, but look at that figure! 🦑🧪
Did you know that copepods perform the longest daily commute to work? 😵💫 They can migrate hundreds of meters to avoid predators by using suction to swim upwards!
Check out our latest paper on the near-body flow around swimming copepods for more details.
#ocean #swimming #biofluids #copepod #suction
Check out our latest paper on the near-body flow around swimming copepods for more details.
#ocean #swimming #biofluids #copepod #suction
Ups and downs: copepods reverse the near-body flow to cruise in the water column - Marine Biology
Copepods are negatively buoyant organisms actively participating in large-scale vertical migrations as primary consumers in marine ecosystems. As such, these organisms need to overcome their own weigh...
link.springer.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Our work on copepod migrations has the best figures you’ve ever seen. The science is great too, but look at that figure! 🦑🧪
For giving Tuesday, I am giving you all the gift of SHRIIIIIIIMPPPPPP 🦑🧪 Litopenaeus vannamei is one of the easiest shrimp to work with for experiments, if you ever find yourself in that position. You can grab them and place them where you’d like them to swim and they’ll do it gently
December 3, 2024 at 5:14 PM
For giving Tuesday, I am giving you all the gift of SHRIIIIIIIMPPPPPP 🦑🧪 Litopenaeus vannamei is one of the easiest shrimp to work with for experiments, if you ever find yourself in that position. You can grab them and place them where you’d like them to swim and they’ll do it gently
Glad I gave her a bath this week, otherwise she wouldn’t have taken as much satisfaction from going in the mud and the doggy bathtub
December 2, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Glad I gave her a bath this week, otherwise she wouldn’t have taken as much satisfaction from going in the mud and the doggy bathtub
Do you feel like you need more shrimp in your life? The answer is always YES! If you’re at APS DFD in Salt Lake, I’ve got shrimp videos galore! Tuesday at 8:26 am in ballroom D! 🦐
November 24, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Do you feel like you need more shrimp in your life? The answer is always YES! If you’re at APS DFD in Salt Lake, I’ve got shrimp videos galore! Tuesday at 8:26 am in ballroom D! 🦐
The lack of shrimp in this feed is disturbing, and I’m taking it upon myself to fix this great error of human kind! All hail king pacific white, Litopenaeus vannamei 🦑
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The lack of shrimp in this feed is disturbing, and I’m taking it upon myself to fix this great error of human kind! All hail king pacific white, Litopenaeus vannamei 🦑
Both me and my dog looooove lobster
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Both me and my dog looooove lobster
Cocoa beach, FL lost many feet of sand during hurricane Milton, but much less in planted areas. Vegetation is essential in the prevention of coastal erosion. Fungi are also suspicious… are they the glue that holds it all together? 🧪
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Cocoa beach, FL lost many feet of sand during hurricane Milton, but much less in planted areas. Vegetation is essential in the prevention of coastal erosion. Fungi are also suspicious… are they the glue that holds it all together? 🧪
Hey there, shell-shocked humans! It's me, the pacific white shrimp, taking over this Bluesky account to spread the word about #ShrimpWeek! We are the true pearls of the ocean! From the tiny brine shrimp to the majestic mantis shrimp, we will take over the world! Prepare for shrimpocalipse.
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Hey there, shell-shocked humans! It's me, the pacific white shrimp, taking over this Bluesky account to spread the word about #ShrimpWeek! We are the true pearls of the ocean! From the tiny brine shrimp to the majestic mantis shrimp, we will take over the world! Prepare for shrimpocalipse.
It is shrimp week!! Shrimp carry their eggs between their pleopods yet they are still able to swim even with such a large payload! Here we have a halocaridina rubra female with eggs #shrimpweek
@montereyaq.bsky.social
@montereyaq.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
It is shrimp week!! Shrimp carry their eggs between their pleopods yet they are still able to swim even with such a large payload! Here we have a halocaridina rubra female with eggs #shrimpweek
@montereyaq.bsky.social
@montereyaq.bsky.social
Our preprint is out on using fungus and vermicompost to bioremediate Lunar Regolith Simulant to grow Chickpeas on the Moon someday 🧪 with @astrojess.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Our preprint is out on using fungus and vermicompost to bioremediate Lunar Regolith Simulant to grow Chickpeas on the Moon someday 🧪 with @astrojess.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The work I presented at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics conference this weekend is beautifully summarized here - if you ask a shrimp if hair can help you swim better, they would say yes! 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2403...
www.newscientist.com/article/2403...
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The work I presented at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics conference this weekend is beautifully summarized here - if you ask a shrimp if hair can help you swim better, they would say yes! 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2403...
www.newscientist.com/article/2403...
Taking the train to APS DFD was the best decision because I can bring a full water bottle from home for the trip. Train > Plane
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Taking the train to APS DFD was the best decision because I can bring a full water bottle from home for the trip. Train > Plane