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Brett McGuire

@brettmcguire.bsky.social
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Asst Prof of Chemistry @MIT. Professional astrochemist, spectroscopist, radio astronomer. Amateur photographer, dungeon master, cook, jogger. He/him/his.

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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
My iPhone knowwwws! Look at this auto-album just for me at #AAS243!
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
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."
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
Hope y'all have a rockin' Thanksgiving!
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
It's me!
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Come be my colleague at MIT!
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
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
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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...
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
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
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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...
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
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Dawn Gelino @dawngelino.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
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...
NASA Hubble Fellowship Program logo
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Danger noodle giving me side eye on my walk today!
A black and yellow garter snake sits coiled on a railing with leaves in the background.
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 23/08/2023
My DragonCon panels have all been locked in! Come stop by and chat cool space science with me if you're around!
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 07/08/2023
Hello, gorgeous! Great to see you again in person. Still looking fantastic as ever 😉. (Green Bank Telescope!)
The 100 m Green Bank Telescope stands in the distance in front of the Appalachian Mountains.  Grass and a white barn sit in the foreground.
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Dan "Rebel Scum" Werneck @prof-werneck.bsky.social · 11/07/2023
RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
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Samantha Scibelli @samscibelli.bsky.social · 11/07/2023
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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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 08/07/2023
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.
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
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!
A circular metal and glass swirl stands in a garden with purple flowers.Modern art Red metal beams arranged in a triangular pyramid shape.
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
The first flower I grew myself in my new yard!
A pink lily
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
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Brett McGuire @brettmcguire.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
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 =).
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