About Me (@ET_Exists)...
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and after wasting time post-high school trying to figure out what I wanted to major in, I enlisted in the @usairforce where I served six years as an Aircraft Mechanic. I had a childhood fascination with...1/n
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and after wasting time post-high school trying to figure out what I wanted to major in, I enlisted in the @usairforce where I served six years as an Aircraft Mechanic. I had a childhood fascination with...1/n
...space, so I opted to major in Astrobiology @FloridaTech. I struggled academically, but conducted two years of successful exoplanet research with Dr. Darin Ragozzine, and decided to transfer to @SESEASU to be closer to home and since it was a clean transfer I was able to...2/n
...graduate the exact same time I would have had I stayed @FloridaTech (May ‘17). I had switched to geology because I wanted to study something I could see and didn’t see myself writing code the rest of my career and enrolled as a Non-Degree Grad Student studying Europa w/...3/n
...Dr. Alyssa Rhoden. I was still trying to figure things out when I was offered the opportunity to study scalloped depressions for my MSc under the tutelage of @tanyaofmars and was able to knock it out from start of research to Defense in...4/n
...only 11 months. I had a PhD project on the roof of the building but all three funding sources fell through and decided to write my first book (later tweet). Two more potential advisors on that project also fell through so I was forced to put it in storage. While writing...5/n
...my book, I started helping my publish a paper based on the work we did and wanted to go back to exoplanets. After months of prep, I was finally told I would not be admitted due to the lack of physics courses. I have since been driving DoorDash since #COVID19...6/n
...and have had an interview for an adjunct job and tried freelance writing, too. I’ve recently started reaching out to possible PhD advisors with promising results so far, as I’m hoping to expand upon my MSc Thesis. Very long-winded, but I hope I got everything. DM 4 ??
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I have also had the enormous privilege to conduct multiple Mars research trips with @AntonioParis in northern Arizona, which was published in @arxiv and you can find them here: arxiv.org/search/?query=… 8/n
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