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First week at work

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In all of the excitement over the fires, I almost forgot to mention that Tuesday Sept 1 was my first official day at my new job. I am now an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Caltech. When I picked up my new photo ID I was amused to see that they used the same number that I had when I was a staff member of the LIGO project back in 2000. Below is a photo from the summer research program I participated in at Caltech, about 5 months before I graduated and went back as a research assistant. I then went from there to the graduate program at UC Berkeley in the Fall of 2000.


It's hard to believe that kid on the left went from working in a lab in the basement of Downs, hoping that he would get accepted into at least one grad program somewhere, to having his own office across the street in Cahill. It's a crazy world!
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Anonymous said…
Congratulations!! :)

We're thinking about a visit in June 2010 on our way to Colorado. Do you think the air will have cleared up by then?
September 3, 2009 at 1:34 AM
JohnJohn said…
Ooooh! Please do stop in for a visit, we'd love to have you and your lovely family stay a while with us!

I can't guarantee the air will be clear (this is LA after all) but I'm pretty sure the drifting ash and pyrocumulous skyline will be gone...
September 3, 2009 at 1:42 AM
mama mia said…
A lot happened in your life since summer of 2000 :)
oh, by the way, I have to say again how much I loved the Pictures of You video...am inspired by that posting.
September 3, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Amy P said…
Woot!! I still love the point at the sky pose in pictures of you from that era. Can you believe that was like 10 years ago?!
September 3, 2009 at 7:26 AM
jcom said…
It's hilarious to think of you working on anything but exoplanets, especially something like LIGO! Plus, you are wearing booties in this pic. Awes.
September 3, 2009 at 1:28 PM
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