Megan Weiner Mansfield

@cornerofthesky.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at University of Maryland studying transiting exoplanets with telescopes on the ground and in space. Amateur runner, chocolate addict, and devoted cat mom. She/her

The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
A diamondback terrepin, the mascot of University of Maryland!
Alt text: proposal acceptance email from JWST to survey ultra-hot rocky planets and look for silicate vapor atmospheres
Museum exhibit on Dorothy Block Paraskevopolous, an early 1900s Harvard Computer.
Backpack full of chobani yogurt cups that were leftover from a conference breakfast