Kellen Lawson
kellenlawson.bsky.social
Kellen Lawson
@kellenlawson.bsky.social
NPP Fellow NASA-Goddard. Studying exoplanets and circumstellar disks with high-contrast imaging. He/him.

kdlawson.github.io
There's this really spiteful part of me that wants to clear my calendar so I can throw together a proposal on a deadline-day arxiv planet.
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A piece of Winnie I'm trying to streamline. But I'll just not ship the update if I can't reconcile the worse-ness.
August 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Congrats, all! A genuinely beautiful system joining the very small family of disk+planet systems.

I think if a student showed me this detection, my immediate assumption would be that they'd accidentally processed someone's "gap-carving planet" simulations by mistake 😂
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Even if congress does restore prior funding levels, I have a feeling that some will be less interested in federally-funded work (e.g., the early career scientists who had to scramble to keep their families off the street after having competitively-funded grants/fellowships revoked with zero notice).
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Congrats John (et al)! Really cool result!

(A shame to think these cold dust candidates could turn out to just be planets though 😉)
June 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Could it be the social media algorithms literally programmed to serve people polarizing content because it increases engagement? Nah, let's blame it on people not spending 10 hours a week commuting."
June 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"caught in the crossfire"

*video of cop pointing gun directly at her and firing for literally no reason*
June 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Super exciting! I'd guess these would be excellent candidates for IFU follow up too? Good luck!!
June 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM