Prof. James McKee

Astronomy on Tap Corvallis: Fast Radio Bursts-Signals from Across the Universe - Astronomy On Tap Join us on Tuesday Feb. 11th at 7pm for a talk by Dr. James McKee from Union College!  His talk is titled: Fast Radio Bursts: Signals from Across the Universe […]

I'm always excited to go to Oregon, especially when I'm booked to give a public talk while I'm there! Catch me at Astronomy on Tap at the Bombs Away Cafe in Corvallis! #astronomyontap

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I can't help but read this in Yoda's voice.

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,658,401, Prof. James McKee ‪@drjamesmckee.bsky.social‬, joined on Oct 21, 2023"

I guess that's good? First million would be better...

I've joined Union College in Schenectady NY as a tenure track assistant professor - excited to finally arrive!

Welcome! And I have to say your website is awesome :)

Amazing time talking about pulsars and gravitational waves at the WOMAD Festival! Always a joy when the audience has incredibly insightful questions!

(the "aliens..." hands pose was unplanned, though)

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On July 26th I'll be at the WOMAD Festival talking about how we detect gravitational waves with pulsars. Hope to see you there! www.womad.co.uk

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UK HE shrinking This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country's future a...

UK higher education is collapsing due to lack of government funding. How many universities will go bust before the government takes notice of this crisis? This year my university cut 100 jobs with 150 more to come; this is happening nationwide:

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Pint of Science went great this week! @pintofscience.bsky.social 🔭

We do love our turbulent blobs of plasma!

What do eclipses look like in radio astronomy? Although the sun appears slightly larger in radio than optical, the biggest difference is that we see *much* more of the Corona at radio wavelengths. Image credit: Sijie Yu/NJIT.
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Full house at last night's Café Scientifique!

I'm not much good when it comes to crafts (or handwriting), but I'm pleased with how this egg cup turned out! 🔭

First outreach event of the new year coming up! 🔭

The pulsar timing array evidence for the gravitational wave background was one of the biggest results in physics this year, glad to see it continuing to get the recognition it deserves! @nanograv.bsky.social @epta.bsky.social 🔭
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Excited to announce that my research programme "EMO-GP: Emission Mechanisms of Giant Pulses" has been selected for UKRI funding! If you know anyone who is interested in working on giant pulses, fast radio bursts and magnetars, I will be taking on a postdoc in the coming months! 🔭

If your eyes could see the sky at radio wavelengths, this is what it would look like - very different to the optical night sky. The bright points are mostly ... Sky Distribution of Fast Radio Bursts

Yesterday was Guy Fawkes night, so I decided to share an animation that I made of the cosmic fireworks you'd see if your eyes worked at radio wavelengths. The bright dots are distant galaxies, but you'd also see fast radio bursts flashing all over the sky like fireworks! youtu.be/Xmsygr3sCL8?... 🔭

I wasn't on Twitter but I'd like my Blue Sky to be listed! Thank you for organising this!

This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.

This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI

The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/

Astronomers are Using Pulsars to Detect the Faint Signal of Gravitational Waves.Astrum Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2250635/shareDisplate Posters: htt... Astronomers Announce Major Discovery 15 Years in the Making

Great video by Astrum explaining how @nanograv.bsky.social, the EPTA, the PPTA, and InPTA used pulsar timing arrays to find evidence for the universe's gravitational wave background 🔭
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A graphic created on Canvas that features center text that says disabledInSTEM 2023 Mentorship Program is Live, applications due December 1st, 2023. On the yellow background, there s a DNA helix in the upper left corner. The upper right corner has a globe. On the bottom of the graphic are various cartoons of scientists, holding notebooks, beakers, and a microscope while wearing lab coats.

It's time to recruit for the 2024 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program, which is our fourth year!

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Applications are due December and placements will occur by mid-January!

Reach out with any questions!

Me stood in front of the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany

On this day 6 years ago at a very autumnal Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope