Fay Ray: PORTALS

Lake Kennedy (fishing spot) in Tucson, Arizona. When I went to check it out there was a fishing competition going on so everyone was quiet and focused. It was lovely seeing turtles, ducks, birds and dragonflies.

A comparison of available data for Jupiter in 1969 compared to 1996, since then we've learned even more. Paper Link

I take my driving test tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reflections

I recently adopted a cat and have named him Lorenzo. At the shelter he was kind of a mean ass cat. Now that he lives as a solo cat I'm seeing a really soft side of him and it warms my heart. I also recently submitted an instrument concept for the Gemini Strategic Planning community input. Not entirely sure where that will go, but I'm proud that I put myself out there with my team.

I really enjoyed doing this interview for the Brown Dwarf Podcast. It was such a pleasure talking with Phoenix.

After giving colloquia at Wesleyan and the University of Michigan, I took some time to visit the Motown Museum in Detroit. The museum is the site of the first Motown headquarters and recording studio. It was such a pleasure to see an important piece of Black history.

testing touchdesign

Last week I attended the joint meeting of the National Society of Black Physicists and National Society of Hispanic Physicists in Houston, Texas. I enjoyed seeing friendly colleagues and meeting new researchers. It was an honor to give an invited talk in the astronomy session and I'm happy I could convey the importance of brown dwarfs to folks outside of my subfield.

The first photo is everyone from the University of Arizona (minus Carlos Vargas) who attended. Graduate students Jasmin Washington (Steward Observatory, center) and Kiana McFadden (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, left) presented their work as well. I had fun walking around an exploring downtown Houston in the evenings. I absolutely adored the POST, which had an open plan plant store with a stage for jazz.