Christopher Gutiérrez
@gutierrezartsci.bsky.social
Physics professor. Artist. Punk. Son of 🇲🇽 immigrants. Imaging quantum phenomena as leader of the Quantum Matter Design Studio at UCLA. #FirstGen from SouthCentral LA (he/him)
My links: https://linktr.ee/GutierrezArtSci
My links: https://linktr.ee/GutierrezArtSci
You know this #Dodgers game is going long (~7 hrs now) when the announcers are talking about how good the "glistening" fruit tray looks 😂
#WorldSeries
#WorldSeries
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
You know this #Dodgers game is going long (~7 hrs now) when the announcers are talking about how good the "glistening" fruit tray looks 😂
#WorldSeries
#WorldSeries
Worst flight experience flying American Airlines @americanair.bsky.social. Delayed 6 hrs. Told us our seats would be assigned “at the gate” which NO ONE WAS AT until 10min b4 boarding. Now my wife & I, traveling w our dog, can’t sit together. No apology, no explanation. Never flying them again.
August 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Worst flight experience flying American Airlines @americanair.bsky.social. Delayed 6 hrs. Told us our seats would be assigned “at the gate” which NO ONE WAS AT until 10min b4 boarding. Now my wife & I, traveling w our dog, can’t sit together. No apology, no explanation. Never flying them again.
I don't get it. I'm a university professor and am around young people all the time. In my lectures, I regularly call on students and ask them questions. I have never experienced this supposed "Gen Z stare" thing.
July 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I don't get it. I'm a university professor and am around young people all the time. In my lectures, I regularly call on students and ask them questions. I have never experienced this supposed "Gen Z stare" thing.
Gotta celebrate the few good things going on right now. Like our good friend & filmmaker Dehanza Rogers earning tenure at Emory. Celebrated at a Dodger game & got ourselves on the Jumbotron! #AcademicSky
June 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Gotta celebrate the few good things going on right now. Like our good friend & filmmaker Dehanza Rogers earning tenure at Emory. Celebrated at a Dodger game & got ourselves on the Jumbotron! #AcademicSky
If you had a mentee or know a student with a rescinded PhD offer or who is reconsidering attending a US school, this is an interesting opportunity from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. 🧪
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you had a mentee or know a student with a rescinded PhD offer or who is reconsidering attending a US school, this is an interesting opportunity from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. 🧪
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide, BSCCO, or “bisko,” either way it sounds and looks delicious! Measured recently in our scanning tunneling microscope at #UCLA.
May 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide, BSCCO, or “bisko,” either way it sounds and looks delicious! Measured recently in our scanning tunneling microscope at #UCLA.
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Absolutely STUNNED that Lorna Simpson says my work partly inspired a work of art 😮
“It was a reproduction of a collage from a series called “Sky Pinups,” partially inspired by Zora’s gift of a book called “The Disordered Cosmos,” by the physicist and Black feminist writer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.”
“It was a reproduction of a collage from a series called “Sky Pinups,” partially inspired by Zora’s gift of a book called “The Disordered Cosmos,” by the physicist and Black feminist writer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.”
How Lorna Simpson Broke the Frame
Simpson’s wryly evasive photos, films, collages—and now paintings—peel back the layers of our looking.
www.newyorker.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Absolutely STUNNED that Lorna Simpson says my work partly inspired a work of art 😮
“It was a reproduction of a collage from a series called “Sky Pinups,” partially inspired by Zora’s gift of a book called “The Disordered Cosmos,” by the physicist and Black feminist writer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.”
“It was a reproduction of a collage from a series called “Sky Pinups,” partially inspired by Zora’s gift of a book called “The Disordered Cosmos,” by the physicist and Black feminist writer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.”
Solid state physics is pretttttty. This is an image of the momentum-distribution of electrons inside of a crystal measured using the photoelectric effect.
From a recent trip to @als-lbnl.bsky.social.
From a recent trip to @als-lbnl.bsky.social.
April 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Solid state physics is pretttttty. This is an image of the momentum-distribution of electrons inside of a crystal measured using the photoelectric effect.
From a recent trip to @als-lbnl.bsky.social.
From a recent trip to @als-lbnl.bsky.social.
Bill is the absolute best. I was part of an outreach event w/ him when I was a postdoc at #NIST years ago and I was just in awe of his level of enthusiasm & warmth for the kids visiting us that day. Amazing scientist & person.
Nobel laureate Bill Phillips on his life in quantum physics and why he is looking forward to quantum technologies of the future 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/yLaG50VuLpu
William Phillips: Nobel laureate talks about his passion for quantum physics – Physics World
Laser-cooling expert looks to the future of quantum technologies
ow.ly
April 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bill is the absolute best. I was part of an outreach event w/ him when I was a postdoc at #NIST years ago and I was just in awe of his level of enthusiasm & warmth for the kids visiting us that day. Amazing scientist & person.
1. This week my group & I will be at #APSGlobalSummit2025 #APSMarch showing some of our exciting work discovering ways to tune correlated phases in quantum materials using external knobs like LARGE uniaxial strain or flowing current through them while visualizing these effects at the atomic scale.
March 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1. This week my group & I will be at #APSGlobalSummit2025 #APSMarch showing some of our exciting work discovering ways to tune correlated phases in quantum materials using external knobs like LARGE uniaxial strain or flowing current through them while visualizing these effects at the atomic scale.
Laplace's equation to solve for incompressible fluid flow around a sphere for my Math Methods class. This exact problem was on my PhD qualifying exam. I had never done a fluid mechanics problem in my life! What saved my ass was the analogy to a conducting sphere in a constant E-field. 🧪 #AcademicSky
February 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Laplace's equation to solve for incompressible fluid flow around a sphere for my Math Methods class. This exact problem was on my PhD qualifying exam. I had never done a fluid mechanics problem in my life! What saved my ass was the analogy to a conducting sphere in a constant E-field. 🧪 #AcademicSky
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This is a mega-thread of all Microsoft problems related to topological qubits.
NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials
First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials
First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Quantized Majorana conductance - Nature
In a step towards topological quantum computation, a quantized Majorana conductance has been demonstrated for a semiconducting nanowire coupled to a superconductor.
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is a mega-thread of all Microsoft problems related to topological qubits.
NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials
First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
NOTE: I skip the numerous news reports and press releases, this thread is for serious _scientific_ and procedural materials
First retraction: Quantized Majorana Conductance, from Nature
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
My lab has high-voltage vacuum pumps & other electrical equipment that runs 24/7 all year long.
UCLA has its own fully-staffed **POWER PLANT** to supply the considerable power required for all of its medical and science research labs. F&A in part goes to running & staffing it.
UCLA has its own fully-staffed **POWER PLANT** to supply the considerable power required for all of its medical and science research labs. F&A in part goes to running & staffing it.
Big equipment requires maintenance by dedicated staff or through service contracts. Grants are not enough to pay for this. Most of it researchers do themselves instead of doing research. Universities pitch in as well.
They are modified because some items are excluded from the indirect cost base.
For basic science, the biggest exclusion is equipment.
A new microscope is great, but it doesn’t need administrative help with COI forms and the lab is already heated.
8/n
For basic science, the biggest exclusion is equipment.
A new microscope is great, but it doesn’t need administrative help with COI forms and the lab is already heated.
8/n
February 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My lab has high-voltage vacuum pumps & other electrical equipment that runs 24/7 all year long.
UCLA has its own fully-staffed **POWER PLANT** to supply the considerable power required for all of its medical and science research labs. F&A in part goes to running & staffing it.
UCLA has its own fully-staffed **POWER PLANT** to supply the considerable power required for all of its medical and science research labs. F&A in part goes to running & staffing it.
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Interested in an exciting PhD project working in a stimulating environment in the Centre for Designer Quantum Materials, combining cutting-edge experiments, bespoke instrumentation, complex data analysis and numerical modelling? Any questions get in touch, apply at www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgr/home.htm.
February 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Interested in an exciting PhD project working in a stimulating environment in the Centre for Designer Quantum Materials, combining cutting-edge experiments, bespoke instrumentation, complex data analysis and numerical modelling? Any questions get in touch, apply at www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgr/home.htm.
Grant decisions by something that cannot give the correct number of Rs in “strawberry” or even generate images of hands with the correct number of fingers 🙄
lol @ shutting down the government to replace it with a computer program that randomly makes shit up
Just happen to announce this the same day they invite all federal employees to quit
Lolololol
Your social security is going to be handled by an large language model that is on constantly on shrooms
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/o...
Lolololol
Your social security is going to be handled by an large language model that is on constantly on shrooms
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/o...
January 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Grant decisions by something that cannot give the correct number of Rs in “strawberry” or even generate images of hands with the correct number of fingers 🙄
My former student (and big Harry Styles fan) included a fun, harmless prank for beta-testers of PyAtoms: After prolonged use, a pop-up asked if you'd like to listen to his music on Spotify.
Now that PyAtoms is out of beta, this feature is discontinued. Farewell, Harry!
github.com/asariprado/P...
Now that PyAtoms is out of beta, this feature is discontinued. Farewell, Harry!
github.com/asariprado/P...
January 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My former student (and big Harry Styles fan) included a fun, harmless prank for beta-testers of PyAtoms: After prolonged use, a pop-up asked if you'd like to listen to his music on Spotify.
Now that PyAtoms is out of beta, this feature is discontinued. Farewell, Harry!
github.com/asariprado/P...
Now that PyAtoms is out of beta, this feature is discontinued. Farewell, Harry!
github.com/asariprado/P...
Reposted by Christopher Gutiérrez
🎢 ⚛️ New form of matter just dropped
Video Description: demonstrations and explanations of the newly created Polycatenated Architected Materials, which respond to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid.
Source: www.caltech.edu/about/news/r...
Video Description: demonstrations and explanations of the newly created Polycatenated Architected Materials, which respond to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid.
Source: www.caltech.edu/about/news/r...
January 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🎢 ⚛️ New form of matter just dropped
Video Description: demonstrations and explanations of the newly created Polycatenated Architected Materials, which respond to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid.
Source: www.caltech.edu/about/news/r...
Video Description: demonstrations and explanations of the newly created Polycatenated Architected Materials, which respond to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid.
Source: www.caltech.edu/about/news/r...
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No one could have foreseen.... (Narrator: Everyone could have foreseen....) www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump’s shutdown of federal diversity office at NSF breaks law that created it
CHIPS and Science Act established position to broaden participation in science
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No one could have foreseen.... (Narrator: Everyone could have foreseen....) www.science.org/content/arti...
A small piece of unexpected joy in this bleak new year: One of my favorite singers, Marlon Williams, is releasing a new album and his first sung entirely in the Māori language *AND* he is coming to Los Angeles ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMh...
Marlon Williams - Aua Atu Rā (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Marlon Williams Music
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A small piece of unexpected joy in this bleak new year: One of my favorite singers, Marlon Williams, is releasing a new album and his first sung entirely in the Māori language *AND* he is coming to Los Angeles ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMh...
My high school AP English teacher, Jill Granger, has lost her home in the Altadena fires. Mrs. Granger was a LAUSD public school teacher for decades and had a huge impact on me & many other students who, like me, were the 1st generation to attend college. gofund.me/c6fa3e7d
Donate to Help Jill Rebuild After Altadena Fire, organized by Sunni Taylor
My sister lost her beautiful craftsman house and everything she o… Sunni Taylor needs your support for Help Jill Rebuild After Altadena Fire
gofund.me
January 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My high school AP English teacher, Jill Granger, has lost her home in the Altadena fires. Mrs. Granger was a LAUSD public school teacher for decades and had a huge impact on me & many other students who, like me, were the 1st generation to attend college. gofund.me/c6fa3e7d
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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! (Kind of) 📚💙
In honor of my late grandfather CLR James's 124th birthday, meet the new edition of his 1953 book *Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We live In*
I wrote the foreword with 🧪 in mind!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
In honor of my late grandfather CLR James's 124th birthday, meet the new edition of his 1953 book *Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We live In*
I wrote the foreword with 🧪 in mind!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
January 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! (Kind of) 📚💙
In honor of my late grandfather CLR James's 124th birthday, meet the new edition of his 1953 book *Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We live In*
I wrote the foreword with 🧪 in mind!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
In honor of my late grandfather CLR James's 124th birthday, meet the new edition of his 1953 book *Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We live In*
I wrote the foreword with 🧪 in mind!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Reposted by Christopher Gutiérrez
Bands should release their tour set lists as a playlist on Spotify.
If you’re seeing an unfamiliar band live, it’d be a nice way to quickly get acquainted with what you’re gonna hear live. All you want to do when seeing a new band is hear songs you know.
If you’re seeing an unfamiliar band live, it’d be a nice way to quickly get acquainted with what you’re gonna hear live. All you want to do when seeing a new band is hear songs you know.
January 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Bands should release their tour set lists as a playlist on Spotify.
If you’re seeing an unfamiliar band live, it’d be a nice way to quickly get acquainted with what you’re gonna hear live. All you want to do when seeing a new band is hear songs you know.
If you’re seeing an unfamiliar band live, it’d be a nice way to quickly get acquainted with what you’re gonna hear live. All you want to do when seeing a new band is hear songs you know.
Reposted by Christopher Gutiérrez
Merry Christmas! 🎄 From Nanosurf lab and the atomic deer 🦌
December 25, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Merry Christmas! 🎄 From Nanosurf lab and the atomic deer 🦌
Working on a paper describing our open-source software PyAtoms (github.com/asariprado/P...) & how it's used both in the lab & in the classroom!
Fun fact: I *hated* coding as a young PhD student...until I realized how fun it was & got really good.
#STM #graphene #AcademicSky #STEM #Python
Fun fact: I *hated* coding as a young PhD student...until I realized how fun it was & got really good.
#STM #graphene #AcademicSky #STEM #Python
December 18, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Working on a paper describing our open-source software PyAtoms (github.com/asariprado/P...) & how it's used both in the lab & in the classroom!
Fun fact: I *hated* coding as a young PhD student...until I realized how fun it was & got really good.
#STM #graphene #AcademicSky #STEM #Python
Fun fact: I *hated* coding as a young PhD student...until I realized how fun it was & got really good.
#STM #graphene #AcademicSky #STEM #Python