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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This Barbie is officially Dr. Natasha Latouf, Ph.D. Astrobiologist 💕

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The Neuroverse Initiative @neuroverse-tni.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hey #AAS245 exhibitors! 👋 Got any extra, cumbersome swag you don't want to take back? TNI will gladly take it off your hands! 🙋 We'll use these donations for events with kids and to help further our mission 🖖🤓 Reach out to us or: @jesstella.bsky.social @nertushka.bsky.social

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

AHH thanks for stopping by!! Love seeing people love BARBIE 💕

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It me!!! Come find me to learn more about BARBIE :)

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

💕💕💕 thanks for stopping by!! BARBIE always wins 💪

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Today is a day of hope. Bashar Assad has left Syria. It’s hard to know what’s next, but for now, we can revel in newfound freedom 🇸🇾

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Colloquium time at PennState - but more importantly, free mug

A black mug, with blue text. The text reads "Davey Lab Coffee Coop, since JD 2,455,131", with a blue image of a cartoon galaxy with a coffee bean

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Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Perfection

an excerpt from the science paper linked above, reading "Our newly built grid set, hereafter the KEN grids (no acronym; they’re just Ken), allow for a direct comparison between grids since they cover the same wavelength range and three base parameters of P0, As, and g"

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Have you been wondering when you’ll get the finale of BARBIE? Lament no further! BARBIE3: Introducing the KEN is on arXiv now - check it out! We introduce a new grid set, the KEN, and investigate CH4 and H2O detectability. Any questions? Reach out to me! arxiv.org/abs/2411.15089

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Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) \RNum{3}: Introducing the KEN

We deploy a newly-generated set of geometric albedo spectral grids to examine the detectability of methane (CH4) in the reflected-light spectrum of an Earth-like exoplanet at visible and near-infrared...

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ken-tastic talk on BARBIE (Bayesian Analysis...exo-Earths) from @nertushka.bsky.social 🩷🩷🔭🪐

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

Spending a week in Lindau for #lino24 is just like Science Bachelor. Laureates are the bachelors and young scientists the contestants. "Can I steal you for a second?" Gotta know @nertushka and I are getting all the roses with our loud mouths. 😉😉🌹🌹

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Can I Interupt Demi GIF

ALT: Can I Interupt Demi GIF

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Curious about how I found these results? Of course you are, it's fascinating, so go check out my paper! Contact me with any questions, comments, or suggestions. Thanks Barbies! 🩷

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

We find that H2O can be detected down to 0.74 micron with moderate-SNR data at the upper end of presumed historical values, and H2O can be detected at 0.9 micron with low-SNR data.

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Natasha Latouf @nertushka.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Using a grid of 1.4 million pre-computed geometric albedo spectra, calculated by Nick Susemiehl (also on arXiv today!! arxiv.org/abs/2308.00057), we study how SNR and varying abundance can impact the detectability of H2O on exoEarths

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Grid-Based Atmospheric Retrievals for Reflected-Light Spectra of...

Techniques to retrieve the atmospheric properties of exoplanets via direct observation of their reflected light have often been limited in scope due to computational constraints imposed by the...

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