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Jill Sandtorf-McDonald, Ph.D.

@mcalphacyg.bsky.social

Planetary Science Ph.D., first gen doctorate. I like ice and impacts and brines and spectroscopy.

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It's not even moldy!

19.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I survived my first field work in 90 degree Oklahoma humidity, helping collect samples from Zodletone Mountain.

20.06.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now do NSF and NASA

16.06.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Wrapping up another chapter to send to my advisor while watching the world burn. I'm going to be a PhD in a scientific hellscape.

05.06.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FTIR interior would be a mouse disco.

14.05.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oof, same. The planetary science postdoc job market is Not Great.

07.05.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Add to this the frequency of bursting into tears when an acquaintance asks how the PhD is going.

17.04.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Re: bird flu vs price fixing. Retail egg prices have ~doubled in the last 6 months, and there's no possible way that's just from bird flu messing with supply.

Let's walk through the math!

24.02.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9

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