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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus

@mmwilhelmus.bsky.social
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#BrownUniversity engineering professor leading the wilhelmuslab.me Interested in anything fluid mechanics. Working on air-sea ice-ocean interactions, metachronal swimmers, underwater robots and ecosystem engineers Mom of two crazies, #mexicana

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/03/2025
A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.
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Brown University Surgeon and Professor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
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Dr. Kakani Katija @kakanikatija.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Experienced a moment of joy today sharing @fathomverse.bsky.social with @misselasmo.bsky.social! Gotta celebrate each and every one. ❤️
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Daniel Watkins @dmwatkins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
See you at the protest. #standupforscience
Cardboard sign stating “Science Saves Lives” with the logos of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
In 2008, the US started tweeting air quality data from its embassy in Beijing, putting pressure on the Chinese gov to address dangerously high pollution levels. The program was expanded and is credited with saving many lives and billions of $. Now, it's been killed. www.wired.com/story/air-mo...
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US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/03/2025
#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through February 2025 (record warm) 🔥 We need more research, not less, to understand the implications of this. + Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue) + Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
Heat map-style graphic showing monthly air temperature rankings in the Arctic at the 925 hPa level for each month from January 1979 to February 2025. There is a long-term warming trend evident in each month. Blue shading is shown for colder months, and red shading is shown for warmer months. A yellow number is shown for each grid box to display the actual temperature ranking. February 2025 was the warmest February on record.
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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Friendly reminder: if you are waiting on something from a US-based scientist/reviewer/editor, please realize that we're barely making it through each day putting out non-stop fires and trying not to collapse into tears. We're trying our best, but things will take longer right now. Give grace.
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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
My colleague and friend, Silvia Bunge, a developmental neuroscience professor at UC Berkeley, created these fantastic signs for Friday’s rally. Sharing them here in case they inspire others to make their own! @standupforscience.bsky.social‬ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🧪 @royalsociety.org speaks out. "Scientific evidence & those who advocate for it are under attack by those who wish to undermine rational debate... The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science." royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...
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Science under threat | Royal Society
The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
If all their previous actions don't destroy scientific research in the U.S., this one, which seeks to modify or terminate grants and contracts, including those to educational institutions, will certainly do so. It's so sad that those who have benefited from the system now seek to destroy it.
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Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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Galen McKinley @oceancarbon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Weather, warnings, oceans are public good and must remain so. #saveNOAA
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
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Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/02/2025
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Forget Canada being our 51st state, the US is now part of Russia.
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U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
From NSF EAR program director Raleigh Martin on LinkedIn #climatesky #greensky
Yesterday, my federal agency (NSF) experienced a sudden and mass firing of over 10% of our workforce. My own Division lost 20% of its staff. In the blink of an eye, we lost many brilliant scientists, dedicated civil servants, and parents/spouses/caregivers who no longer have a paycheck. The firing was completely arbitrary, with no actual plan to achieve "efficiency" but instead just picking off anyone with the fewest job protections. I grieve for my former colleagues and extend my hand to be of help however I can.

I still have a job - not based on my abilities but simply because my status makes me harder to fire. But who knows what comes next. I'm hoping this assault on science and government is just a passing storm, but even then the damage has already been devastating - careers broken, research disrupted, and resources wasted.

Science is the goose that lays golden eggs - unleashing human ingenuity and systematic thinking toward discoveries that transform our society for the better. Public science funding creates space for research that may not have immediate applications but will yield dividends down the road. Unfortunately, right now the science goose is being strangled and those golden eggs are being lost. Our society will be poorer, sicker, and weaker as a result.
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 19/02/2025
Have Trump’s layoffs or funding cuts impacted you or someone you know? Your story matters—We want to hear it. Share your experience through this new portal: democraticleader.house.gov/shareyourstory
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Since January 20, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans' actions — many of them unconstitutional and in violation of federal law — have led to the firing of essential civil servants with responsibil...
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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
As the spouse of a federal scientist, I can say we’re ALL living in a state of constant extreme anxiety. How little these salaries take from the annual budget. What vital work these scientists/others do. And if he loses his job we lose our NPS housing too. The cruelty & the terror ARE the point.
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience A reminder that by age 5, girls understand the role society has in mind for them — it’s more important to be cute than to be smart. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children’s interests
By age 6, girls become less likely to associate brilliance with their own gender and tend to avoid intellectually challenging activities.
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If you need talking points for your member of congress, I have some for folks in #Oklahoma - request expansion of the NSF Noyce program to get more teachers teaching physics in schools. 🧪🌊⚛️ Senator Mullin’s office was very interested in this topic
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Consider getting your voice heard 🧪🌊 if a bad hombre like me can do it, so can you!
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
My heart always stops when I walk through these doors 😅 #nasa #sciencenerd
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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 29/01/2025
As a member of the Science, Space, & Technology Committee, I helped kick off the RI Life Science Hub’s Neuroscience Symposium to showcase our state’s leadership in biomedical innovation. In the wake of potential funding freezes, supporting this life-changing research has never been more important.
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Sharing some of the points we discussed with members of Congress on behalf of APS. You can join by contacting your representative’s office too! 🧪🌊 My impression is that the importance of preserving national security is a bipartisan priority and both sides see the risk of losing scientific leadership
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Thank you all for the messages. I did my best to convey all the talking points in adherence to APS official messaging. I need to take it all in but I will say that everyone we met was receptive to the need to get research funds going 🧪🌊 will provide more updates soon!
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I’m meeting members of congress tomorrow on behalf of the American Physical Society to bring important topics front and center: quantum competitiveness, co2 removal tech, and international students as key to American innovation. Send me your thoughts! 🧪🌊
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hello out there scientists. If you're having meetings or grants or anything else impacted by freeze of NSF meetings, please feel free to reach out to me to share your story. Signal: thealexknapp.79 Email: aknapp@forbes.com
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 07/01/2025
Unlike just about every other year in the satellite-era record of sea ice by early January, the Hudson Bay (Canada) still hasn't frozen over... Not good. Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Line graph time series showing daily Arctic sea ice extent in the Hudson Bay for 2025 compared to each year from 1979 to 2024. There is a large seasonal cycle on this graph and a long-term decreasing trend for days during the melt season from June to December.
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy NY! I was lucky to see the #aurora in #Norway last October. Hope 2025 brings you magic in a similar way! 🎊
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Happy holidays from the Wilhelmus Lab! This year we took a #glassblowing class together and glass is definitely a pretty amazing fluid! ❄️🎄
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea is barely half of the the 1991-2020 median and is the sixth lowest since 1978 for this point in the season. The good news: a much colder weather pattern is here with more north winds so ice will be able to grow and push south in the coming week. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce
Left: daily sea ice extent in the Bering Sea 1978-79 to 2024-25 with the past two seasons and the smoothed 1991-2020 median highlighted. Right: NWS Alaska Region sea ice concentration analysis to Dec 21, 2024.
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
First snow of the season makes going through paper revisions a cozy experience ❄️🎄 #brownuniversity #endlesspossibilities
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
You know your week is off to a go start when this comes up in final project presentations #shrimpbot #science #robots #brownuniversity
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Snippet from our social hour. Lately I’ve been asked what makes Brown engineering great? Easy answer: the people, the culture! With job interviews in full swing, don’t forget to reflect if you like your would be future colleagues and how they interact. #academia #brownuniversity
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I am enjoying Bluesky but haven’t found my fluid dynamicists. Where are you guys?? Feeling lonely over here 😫
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Wow!!!!!!!
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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
NASA has recently released updated websites for data! Check out the new Science, Earth, and Planetary data sites! #OpenScience #NASA #AGU24 science.data.nasa.gov earthdata.nasa.gov planetary.data.nasa.gov
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Science Data Portal
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12/12/2024
#Arctic sea ice extent has fallen to a record low for today's date (previously was 2016), which is related to particularly low sea ice in the outer marginal seas (e.g. record low in Hudson Bay). This is also the first new daily records set this year. Data: 'daily' NSIDC: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Line graph time series of 2024's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to 1981-2010 climatological statistics and the year 2016. The graph shows the seasonal cycle, and ice-free conditions are indicated at 1 million square kilometers. Sea ice is currently well below average for the early December.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hot take: All conference talks should be recorded, and the speaker could be live to answer questions. This would obviate technical problems and running over time. #AGU24
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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
saying the quiet parts out loud #AGU2024 www.srturtleisland.org/agu/ @srti.bsky.social
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Sad to be missing #AGU2024 but excited that Ashfaq Ahmed will be presenting about the wind-ice coupling in #ECCO #mitgcm agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
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Evaluating wind-ice coupling in ECCO
Sea ice modulates the atmosphere-ocean energy exchange. Due to anthropogenic ac...
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Check out our recent study on the seasonal evolution of the floe size distribution in the Arctic. 🧪 We processed imagery from #NASA satellites and detected over 9 million ice plates to study the spring-to-summer transition of the FSD. #ice #fsd #arctic #climate tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
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Seasonal evolution of the sea ice floe size distribution in the Beaufort Sea from 2 decades of MODIS data
Abstract. Arctic sea ice cover evolves seasonally from large plates separated by long, linear leads in the winter to a mosaic of smaller sea ice floes in the summer. The interplay between physical and...
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Monica Martinez Wilhelmus @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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
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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...
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