Shami Tsai

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about ASIAA or life in Taipei!

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The institute has a vibrant research environment, with 20+ postdocs from diverse international backgrounds. ASIAA is also part of the ELT/METIS instrument design and science team and is involved in the MagNIFIES project for Magellan/GMT.

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ASIAA Postdoctoral Positions in Observation, Theory, or Instrumentation | American Astronomical Society The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) in Taipei, Taiwan, has multiple openings for postdoctoral positions. We seek candidates to pursue observational and theoretical stud...

Excited to share some great postdoctoral opportunities available at ASIAA, Taiwan.
— especially the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is an independent 2+2 year position.

Link to the ad:
aas.org/jobregister/...

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Or you have to publish your previous data before being allowed to submit again

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Double rainbow in Bristol

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So excited to host my first visitor, Prof. Xinting Yu @joneskuma.bsky.social, who gave a wonderful colloquium taking us from organic particles on Titan to protoplatary disks. Can interstellar organics promote grain growth in a disk? So much to explore in the lab!

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I wrote a research note about the recent publication of the MIRI/LRS spectrum of K2-18b. The authors had claimed the detection of potential signs of life. I find the data to be consistent with a flat line 🔭🧪

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For our #JWSTCycle4 proposal on atmospheric characterization (unrelated to habitability nor astrobiology), the 1st weakness is "not clear enough what implications would it have for other classes of space creatures" - by reviewer 1 not reviewer 2

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Artist concept of the hot Jupiter WASP-17b. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

JWST Program GO 8309 Principal Investigator: Elijah Mullens PI Institution: Cornell University Title: It’s (poly)Morphin’ Time! Solving the quartz quandary of WASP-17b External Allocation: 37.8 hours

Bizarre mineral clouds on a hot giant planet.

In 2023, JWST found quartz (SiO2) clouds in the hot Jupiter WASP-17b.

WASP-17b will be revisited with JWST to discover the specific crystal structure of these quartz clouds. We'll understand these exotic exo-clouds like never before!

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