Jake Carstens

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I'm ecstatic to announce that I will be joining the UND Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences this fall as an Assistant Professor! This huge milestone is the culmination of a dream over a decade in the making - one that's taken me across 3 (soon 4) states, 3 degrees, and 2 postdoctoral experiences... (1/2)

Olympic hockey was fun today, but it's almost time for my last game of the Grand Forks Park District beer league.

I'm going for the Jake Carstens Hat Trick against the White team... 3 goals across the full 16 game season.

(This sport is hard)

🚨 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY 🚨

Applications for #AMSECLA26 close TODAY at 11:59 PM PST. The leadership skills and network you can gain as an ECLA cohort member is unmatched, and we are roughly 150 strong since the program’s inception in 2018.

I have no idea what the rest of 2026 is going to throw, but I have 20+ of the best in the game to ride it with.

Love y'all @ametsoc.org @amsearlycareer.bsky.social 💙💚 #AMS2026

If you're still at #AMS2026, come hang out with me this afternoon at Poster 979.

It's actually the first time I've shared my own tropical cyclone research in over a year and a half, so I'd love to bounce ideas off of anyone interested. 🌀

That feels illegal to consider at this stage of my career 😅 hoping to get involved on the STAC side (probably tropical) after my term with BECP is done though!

Almost filled out my Infinity Gauntlet.

Thanks to all who attended the Early Career Conference and Reception at #AMS2026! With it in the books, I'm thrilled to officially take over as Chair of @amsearlycareer.bsky.social.

Drafting up an email now!

Day 2 of the Early Career Conference at #AMS2026!

Excited to have UND student Sam Johnson with us today helping out. Say hi to him in Room 350D and Thank a Student Assistant Today.

The official debut of my research group was tonight at #AMS2026!

Sooooooo proud of Sydney, Kyle, and Payton, as well as our other students repping North Dakota this week.

Stay tuned for much more from my Northern Plains Sickos at the Tropical Conference in March 👀

Showtime! #AMS2026 attendees: come by the Conference for Early Career Professionals today and tomorrow in Room 350D!

Our reception is also open to all, taking place from 8:30-10:30PM tonight in the Hilton Lanier Grand Ballroom A.

Group picture of AMS Board for Early Career Professionals at Hearsay On The Green.

Each year, we try to get the AMS Board for Early Career Professionals together for a pre-conference dinner to catch up before the craziness of the next couple of days. Major kudos to our Chair, Emily, for pivoting our reservation due to unscheduled early closures! Always so much fun! #AMS2026

Initially booked 5:30 PM FAR --> DFW --> IAH 2 months ago

Change to 7:00 AM flight connecting in Chicago instead

ORD --> IAH cancelled

rebooked for ORD --> DFW

Back on the same flight I originally booked

But I think I'm actually going to get there this time #AMS2026

A loaded schedule at the upcoming AMS Annual Meeting, featuring the debut of my research group!

See you soon, #AMS2026!

Come by the Early Career Conference Sunday-Monday, check out my students' posters, then stick around long enough to heckle me when it's my turn to present.

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#AMS2026 #DrinkingWithScientists
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Notice of technical issues sent to my university about Blackboard, the platform that houses most of our class content.

Blackboard (or Zoom... or WiFi as a whole) outages on the first full day of class

A tale as old as time

Google Scholar profile reaching 100 citations

It ain't much, but it's honest work

A modest milestone for career academics, but I'll take any boost I can get!

Emotional support chicken nuggets for your timeline for absolutely no reason at all

Getting reallllllllllly tired of my profession being painted as the bad guy when we're all just a bunch of nerds who want you to be safe from tornadoes.

WTAF?!

Also, for the love of God, can we not refer to NCAR As a “climate lab?” It does a hell of a lot more than just climate.

Just @ me next time

(The booing will continue until morale improves)

Sundog from the University of North Dakota campus, looking southeast

North Dakota is undefeated. 8" of snow Tuesday, vivid sundog this morning, wind chills in the -30s by the time I leave tonight's hockey game.

Sincere shoutout to @samsayshello.bsky.social for roaming the department parking lot and scraping snow/ice from others' cars.

Literally the only way it could be more Upper Midwest is to do so with a Busch Light in hand.

Regents vote to eliminate four programs at UNL after more than 100 speak out against cuts The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to eliminate four programs — educational administration; earth and atmospheric sciences; statistics; and textiles, merchandising and fashion design —a...

I have many thoughts, but what jumps out the most right now is the cruelty. Have dozens of people come to your meeting, basically force them to grovel after months of anxiety, then vote nearly unanimously against them anyways.

Sending love to the Huskers. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

🚨 New job alert! 🚨

Want to work with me? We're searching for an open-rank, tenure-track faculty position at the University of Arizona in Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences!

Desired expertise is radar meteorology, broadly defined, with a focus on mesoscale phenomena.

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Florida State dropping the bag by not having the subject line be "Help Us Pay the Football Coach to Not Be Here!"

Underrated part of faculty life, even though it takes non-negligible time: writing recommendation letters.

It just feels good to write nice things about people.

Just a legendary run for FSU football:

- NCSU punt so bad it bonks off a blocker's head and the punter recovers

- Defense gets stop, punt is dropped

- Defense gives up 4th down TD

- Return flight diverted due to fog

- Bus breaks down on drive from Jacksonville to Tallahassee