Fiona Panther
@fipanther.bsky.social
Not likelihood free.
Mother, physicist, Forrest Research Fellow and accidental statistician at UWA
Mother, physicist, Forrest Research Fellow and accidental statistician at UWA
I keep thinking about how when my daughter was tiny, she used to cry louder than any other baby to let me know she was displeased with the situation. She used to make rooms echo.
Anyway, I tend to chat with my students outside the lift. The other day this appeared:
Anyway, I tend to chat with my students outside the lift. The other day this appeared:
May 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I keep thinking about how when my daughter was tiny, she used to cry louder than any other baby to let me know she was displeased with the situation. She used to make rooms echo.
Anyway, I tend to chat with my students outside the lift. The other day this appeared:
Anyway, I tend to chat with my students outside the lift. The other day this appeared:
any email from systems-do-not-reply(at)arc.gov.au has the exact same energy as 'You have a new message in your MyGov inbox' at this time of year
May 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
any email from systems-do-not-reply(at)arc.gov.au has the exact same energy as 'You have a new message in your MyGov inbox' at this time of year
In this thread I will summarize key ways to make your CV appealing to academics that you're applying to do a research project with:
1. don't list employment at services that complete assignments for students who are willing to pay as your main tutoring experience
1/1 that's the whole thread
1. don't list employment at services that complete assignments for students who are willing to pay as your main tutoring experience
1/1 that's the whole thread
April 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In this thread I will summarize key ways to make your CV appealing to academics that you're applying to do a research project with:
1. don't list employment at services that complete assignments for students who are willing to pay as your main tutoring experience
1/1 that's the whole thread
1. don't list employment at services that complete assignments for students who are willing to pay as your main tutoring experience
1/1 that's the whole thread
First world problems I guess
March 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
First world problems I guess
Me: wow I’m so excited to go to my first LVK collaboration meeting! It’s even going to be in Australia!
Toddler with gastro: the hell you are going to that
Toddler with gastro: the hell you are going to that
March 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Me: wow I’m so excited to go to my first LVK collaboration meeting! It’s even going to be in Australia!
Toddler with gastro: the hell you are going to that
Toddler with gastro: the hell you are going to that
Reposted by Fiona Panther
ARC has “paused” future rounds of grant schemes pending outcomes of its NCGP Policy Review.
All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead.
But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t.
See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...
All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead.
But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t.
See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...
March 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
ARC has “paused” future rounds of grant schemes pending outcomes of its NCGP Policy Review.
All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead.
But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t.
See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...
All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead.
But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t.
See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
March 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
I love the little daycare app where it tells you what they ate. I like to imagine what it would be like if our workplaces reported the same:
7:30am: coffee (extra large serving)
10:00am: morning tea - biscuits (extra large serving)
12:00 - lunch - declined
12:30 - coffee (extra large serving)
7:30am: coffee (extra large serving)
10:00am: morning tea - biscuits (extra large serving)
12:00 - lunch - declined
12:30 - coffee (extra large serving)
March 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I love the little daycare app where it tells you what they ate. I like to imagine what it would be like if our workplaces reported the same:
7:30am: coffee (extra large serving)
10:00am: morning tea - biscuits (extra large serving)
12:00 - lunch - declined
12:30 - coffee (extra large serving)
7:30am: coffee (extra large serving)
10:00am: morning tea - biscuits (extra large serving)
12:00 - lunch - declined
12:30 - coffee (extra large serving)
Reposted by Fiona Panther
The ARC Board has proposed a major shake-up of the National Competitive Grants Program ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/engage-us/co...
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
February 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The ARC Board has proposed a major shake-up of the National Competitive Grants Program ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/engage-us/co...
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇
Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!
Choose your fighter: writing research related documents edition
February 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Choose your fighter: writing research related documents edition
No, I'm not frowning at you on Zoom because you said something wrong, it's because I somehow managed to produce a plot using KDEs that has used up a terabyte of memory on my computer and it's shouting at me to stop
February 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
No, I'm not frowning at you on Zoom because you said something wrong, it's because I somehow managed to produce a plot using KDEs that has used up a terabyte of memory on my computer and it's shouting at me to stop
February is about to be a busy one.
Catch me at Perth Fringe at Future Science Talks show on 8th Feb, or for a less comedic turn during the performance piece 12 Last Songs on 15th Feb
Catch me at Perth Fringe at Future Science Talks show on 8th Feb, or for a less comedic turn during the performance piece 12 Last Songs on 15th Feb
January 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
February is about to be a busy one.
Catch me at Perth Fringe at Future Science Talks show on 8th Feb, or for a less comedic turn during the performance piece 12 Last Songs on 15th Feb
Catch me at Perth Fringe at Future Science Talks show on 8th Feb, or for a less comedic turn during the performance piece 12 Last Songs on 15th Feb
Every time I go back to dip a toe into my PhD field it's like a holiday for my brain. Science is weird when you don't have to actively think
January 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Every time I go back to dip a toe into my PhD field it's like a holiday for my brain. Science is weird when you don't have to actively think
The multi-modality in this particular parameter is going to finish me off. I just want to plot something nicely.
January 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The multi-modality in this particular parameter is going to finish me off. I just want to plot something nicely.
When the child climbs on something and is about to jump off and he is closer than me I often alert @drgozz.bsky.social by saying ‘David’. Child now climbs onto things and announces dangerous intent by shouting ‘Dave!’ Before attempting to jump
January 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
When the child climbs on something and is about to jump off and he is closer than me I often alert @drgozz.bsky.social by saying ‘David’. Child now climbs onto things and announces dangerous intent by shouting ‘Dave!’ Before attempting to jump
2025 off to a great start, I just read an Instagram comment where somebody referred to Irukandji jellyfish (the little ones that kill you) as ‘the forbidden contact lens’
January 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
2025 off to a great start, I just read an Instagram comment where somebody referred to Irukandji jellyfish (the little ones that kill you) as ‘the forbidden contact lens’
Out for a walk along West coast Highway in Perth this morning and there are a lot of dogs who were not aware it is January 1
December 31, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Out for a walk along West coast Highway in Perth this morning and there are a lot of dogs who were not aware it is January 1
This was a very physicist attempt for this category
December 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM
This was a very physicist attempt for this category
Does anyone actually enjoy the share plate thing at conference dinners? Am I the odd one out because I hate it?
December 17, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Does anyone actually enjoy the share plate thing at conference dinners? Am I the odd one out because I hate it?
Thought I was ending the year having acheived less than nothing but turns out I have actually made progress and I just increased my prior volume too much and I am actually 90% of the way towards a paper despite only working 3 days a week since March. Go me.
December 16, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Thought I was ending the year having acheived less than nothing but turns out I have actually made progress and I just increased my prior volume too much and I am actually 90% of the way towards a paper despite only working 3 days a week since March. Go me.
Happy 5 years since my PhD graduation to me! (Me and PhD supervisor on my graduation day 🥲)
December 16, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Happy 5 years since my PhD graduation to me! (Me and PhD supervisor on my graduation day 🥲)
This week it has been 5 years since I graduated with my PhD (and almost 6 years since I completed, thanks to one of my markers having a heart attack during the marking process) so I finally graduate to ‘MCR’ by most metrics.
December 13, 2024 at 2:44 AM
This week it has been 5 years since I graduated with my PhD (and almost 6 years since I completed, thanks to one of my markers having a heart attack during the marking process) so I finally graduate to ‘MCR’ by most metrics.
2025 challenge: Astronomers stop renaming things that already exist in math/stats
December 12, 2024 at 11:14 PM
2025 challenge: Astronomers stop renaming things that already exist in math/stats
A compliment that directly puts down another person is not a compliment, it’s an insult to the other person
November 29, 2024 at 3:25 AM
A compliment that directly puts down another person is not a compliment, it’s an insult to the other person
Went on maternity leave back in early 2023. I’ve just submitted my first supercomputer job (for which every inch of code is mine, none is inherited). I’m back, baby!
November 29, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Went on maternity leave back in early 2023. I’ve just submitted my first supercomputer job (for which every inch of code is mine, none is inherited). I’m back, baby!