Sara Callori
@saradoesscience.bsky.social
Physics prof and "talkative scientist"; loves x-rays, bad jokes, pizza, nerdy tattoos. You'll know I'm from NJ bc I'll tell you. Jeopardy silver medalist. Wheel champ. she/her
Won a trophy this weekend. My kid told me I shoukd be proud and take it into work to show everyone.
October 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Won a trophy this weekend. My kid told me I shoukd be proud and take it into work to show everyone.
Doing all the things, with ribbons to prove it, at the @calbridge.bsky.social Fall Conference.
October 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Doing all the things, with ribbons to prove it, at the @calbridge.bsky.social Fall Conference.
AI is terrible for trivia writing research.
September 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
AI is terrible for trivia writing research.
New art up on the office. Two year difference between the top and bottom.
August 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New art up on the office. Two year difference between the top and bottom.
Found some light reading at an Air BNB.
July 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Found some light reading at an Air BNB.
Soccer camp is only a half day so someone is at work getting an optics lab tour complete with using a laser to burn Post-Its.
July 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Soccer camp is only a half day so someone is at work getting an optics lab tour complete with using a laser to burn Post-Its.
One of my awesome students and I just gave a joint talk at the Advanced Labs Physics Association meeting showing off his senior lab project building a low-cost spin coater. #AdvancedLab
June 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
One of my awesome students and I just gave a joint talk at the Advanced Labs Physics Association meeting showing off his senior lab project building a low-cost spin coater. #AdvancedLab
My mother sent me a New Jersey care package. Luckily the laundry and tan notes are much more pronounced than the gym ones.
May 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My mother sent me a New Jersey care package. Luckily the laundry and tan notes are much more pronounced than the gym ones.
I see your adorable Baby Pope and raise you Jude Law in the Papal Speedo.
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I see your adorable Baby Pope and raise you Jude Law in the Papal Speedo.
Proof that it's not all in my head and, yes, I probably take on too much.
May 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Proof that it's not all in my head and, yes, I probably take on too much.
Now this is the type of cultural indoctrination in our schools that I can get behind.
April 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Now this is the type of cultural indoctrination in our schools that I can get behind.
Using a super fun Funsize Physics breakdown of the physics of twisting Oreos to talk about effective STEM communication. @scitalker.bsky.social funsizephysics.com/plot-twist-t...
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Using a super fun Funsize Physics breakdown of the physics of twisting Oreos to talk about effective STEM communication. @scitalker.bsky.social funsizephysics.com/plot-twist-t...
It's grading time, necessitating the use of the Units stamp.
April 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's grading time, necessitating the use of the Units stamp.
Going to have to see what Health and Safety thinks about the new addition to the Physics Study Lounge.
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Going to have to see what Health and Safety thinks about the new addition to the Physics Study Lounge.
Me as soon as my talk is done at a conference. Credit to @elysegraham.bsky.social for using this as a quote in her book and to Goethe, I guess.
April 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Me as soon as my talk is done at a conference. Credit to @elysegraham.bsky.social for using this as a quote in her book and to Goethe, I guess.
Casual encounters of science plus the Brno Dragon!
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Casual encounters of science plus the Brno Dragon!
Spending two days in a medieval studies library in Czechia, talking about science and the humanities. This is one of the more surreal things I've been invited to do so far in my career!
April 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Spending two days in a medieval studies library in Czechia, talking about science and the humanities. This is one of the more surreal things I've been invited to do so far in my career!
My own personal ASMR spa with fresh smooth and shiny rocks straight from the tumbler.
March 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My own personal ASMR spa with fresh smooth and shiny rocks straight from the tumbler.
My first March Meeting in 2009. I met a guy playing guitar in the hall. He was writing a song for the Singalong. I made cue cards and joined the performance. #APSSummit25
March 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
My first March Meeting in 2009. I met a guy playing guitar in the hall. He was writing a song for the Singalong. I made cue cards and joined the performance. #APSSummit25
This is what all us cool kids are doing tonight. #APSSummit25
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is what all us cool kids are doing tonight. #APSSummit25
Spend my evening at the Funsize Physics Hackathon putting together a draft post on a simple way to make thin films. Interested in writing about your own science for the site? Ask me how!
March 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Spend my evening at the Funsize Physics Hackathon putting together a draft post on a simple way to make thin films. Interested in writing about your own science for the site? Ask me how!
Join the Funsize Physics crew at the Hilton lobby bar! #APSSummit25
March 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Join the Funsize Physics crew at the Hilton lobby bar! #APSSummit25
Coming from someone who finds AI to be a black box, William Ratcliffe in ACC 155 is doing a great job showing how it can be a useful tool to inform experimental studies I am getting convinced that maybe I shouldn't be as skeptical with AI as I thought! #APSSummit25
March 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Coming from someone who finds AI to be a black box, William Ratcliffe in ACC 155 is doing a great job showing how it can be a useful tool to inform experimental studies I am getting convinced that maybe I shouldn't be as skeptical with AI as I thought! #APSSummit25
So much excitement at #APSSummit25 today that I skipped lunch. Super thankful for these awesome Quantum Design cookies...and for the new VersaLab we are getting soon!
March 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So much excitement at #APSSummit25 today that I skipped lunch. Super thankful for these awesome Quantum Design cookies...and for the new VersaLab we are getting soon!