Joe Callingham
@astrojoe.bsky.social
Dutch-Australian | Astrophysicist | Head of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Science Group at ASTRON | Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam
I'm extremely proud of @breaky.bsky.social winning a Tall Poppy Award for her science and communication in Queensland! She's of three astronomers recognised this year - alongside the excellent Fiona Panther (WA) and Laura Driessen (NSW)!
2026 Young Tall Poppy Science Award Winners - AIPS
Meet the 2026 Young Tall Poppy Science Award Winners – Australia's leading early-career researchers and science communicators.
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I am beyond excited about what the SKA Observatory will reveal to us about stars, planets, and whether life could be out there. The chapters written by the Cradle of Life Science Working Group really emphasises how much SKAO will be a game changer in astronomy.
Tokyo inbound for a colloquium at NAOJ and Cool Stars conference!
Excited to announce the first data release from our ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients survey is now available! doi.org/10.1017/pasa... This is a database of 6.4 million measurements of 0.5 million radio sources in our survey footprint. (By @ozgrav.bsky.social Iris de Ruiter) #RadioAstronomy
Come to @api.uva.nl this Friday to find out how Video Killed the Radio Star!
Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy@api.uva.nl · 4mo agoDid you know that radio waves can help us search for life on #exoplanets? 👽 This Friday April 17, Dr. Joe Callingham will give a public lecture on Life Around a Radio Star. Come along to learn more! Friday April 17 at 19:00, Amsterdam Science Park. Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sad news out of Australia for astronomy
Benjamin Pope@benjaminpope.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Australian government have decided not to pursue membership of the European Southern Observatory, the world’s largest astronomy organisation and one where membership was the main request of the decadal review. What are we going to do?
The students decided to redecorate my office while I was in my nth meeting today. Clearly, I have rested on my laurels this April Fool’s day.
Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ
The Dutch SKAO day gets underway with the current Director General (for 9 more weeks) outlining the amazing progress of construction and commissioning in the project
On my way to London to give a talk at a @royalastrosoc.bsky.social meeting! Hit me up if you would like to catch up. I will be around Victoria station.
I worry for the students and postdocs that work with people that have given the majority of quotes in this piece. Like - are they just burning through grad students to write code but not do any critical thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI is threatening science jobs. Which ones are most at risk?
Data-analysis and modelling positions are already becoming obsolete, but hands-on experimentalists can breathe easy for now.
nature.com
Very happy to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science position with me and Christian Schwab at Macquarie University in Sydney. We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science
PRIMARY DETAIL - Salary Package: $109,272 - $117,108 (HEW Level A.6-A.8) - plus 17% employer's superannuation contribution and annual leave loading. - Full time, 3 year fixed-term role - Macquarie Uni...
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We are at an exciting point in the SKA Observatory project with lots of rapid changes. The team at Nature Astronomy have perfectly captured the excitement we all have, but also the long path we still have to walk. Nice work @drpaulwoods.bsky.social and B. Kim. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A radio observatory for the ages - Nature Astronomy
After decades of planning and several scheduling setbacks, the Square Kilometre Array is around the corner. While the radio astronomy community fervently prepares to use the telescope of a generation,...
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This spectacular stellar system never ceases to amaze! Amazing science Ryan, Yinuo, Ben and team! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
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Nature research paper: Radio burst from a stellar coronal mass ejection go.nature.com/3JyIByp
Radio burst from a stellar coronal mass ejection - Nature
An analogue to a type II burst from the early M dwarf StKM 1-1262 exhibits identical frequency, time and polarization properties to fundamental plasma emission from a solar type II burst.
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📣 For the first time ever, scientists have confirmed seeing a giant explosion on a star other than our own! Our XMM-Newton observatory and the LOFAR telescope contributed to making this long sought-after discovery 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 ☄️ ☀️ 1/
Thrilled to announce our new Springer Nature paper is now live! We’ve tuned into a massive stellar storm on the radio! 🌟📡
To message or not to message aliens? This short video by the BBC is excellently produced with fun visuals. www.bbc.com/videos/crl24...
Should we try to communicate with aliens?
Many experts think intelligent life is likely to exist elsewhere in the Universe. Should we try to connect with them?
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One of the worst reference letter submitting experiences is with the International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics. They ask you absurd questions outside of just uploading your letter, such as asking for arbitrary rankings of the student. There is no clarity how such information is used.
I am privileged to be one of only two astronomers awarded an NWO (Dutch Research Council) Vidi grant this year! I will be using the 850,000 euros to create space weather reports of distant worlds. The grant will be hosted by @astronnl.bsky.social and @api.uva.nl www.astron.nl/vidi-granted...
Vidi granted to Joe Callingham to create space weather reports for distant worlds | ASTRON
Dr. Joe Callingham, Head of ASTRON's SKA Science Group, has been awarded a prestigious Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, worth up to €850,000, will enable him to establish a...
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Check out this awesome work by Ben and his team! Really amazing stuff they can pull out of James Webb
Benjamin Pope@benjaminpope.bsky.social · 10mo agoThrilled to have two years' of work out, in a pair of papers led by @gradientrider.bsky.social and @maxecharles.bsky.social. We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!
Are you looking to do a PhD in astronomy? Are you interested in radio stars and exoplanets? Then you should apply to do a PhD at @api.uva.nl with me! You can find more about the exciting project below. Applications are due 3rd of November! api.uva.nl/vacancies/ph...
PhD research topics - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy
PhD research topics
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Universities are coming to a crossroads with demographic shifts, bloated administrations, and the raise of LLMs. What will they do in response? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Should College Get Harder?
A.I. is coming for knowledge work, and yet college seems to be getting easier. Does something need to change?
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What an absolutely amazing result. May science erradicate this terrible disease www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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Are you excited about playing with some of the coolest radio telescopes in the world? Want to discover something new about the Universe? What independence to explore novel ideas? Well then I have the job for you! At @astronnl.bsky.social we are advertising for the Bell Burnell Fellowship.
It would be absolutely awesome if Australia formally joined Horizon Europe. I am sure we would get more back than we put in based on the calibre of scientists in the country.
Australian Academy of Science@science.org.au · 11mo agoThe Australian Academy of Science welcomes the announcement that the Australian Government has started exploratory talks on Australia’s possible association to Horizon Europe. Learn more: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
