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Jill Sandtorf-McDonald, Ph.D.

@mcalphacyg

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 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“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 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now do NSF and NASA

16.06.2025 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 189 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“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 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FTIR interior would be a mouse disco.

14.05.2025 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

07.05.2025 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“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 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“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 ๐Ÿ‘ 234 ๐Ÿ” 96 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9