Others
Data visualizations, astronomy tools, outreach, and other side projects.
A home for the visualizations, small tools, and outreach projects from earlier versions of this site. The original interactive pages are preserved here.
Data visualization
San Francisco population maps
Interactive maps of San Francisco population by race and age.
California population maps
County-level views of race, age, political party, and median income.
University faculty enrolment
Student counts by department in two popular university faculties.
University student population
Student numbers across Thai universities over five years.
Bangkok population change
Diagrams tracing changes in Bangkok’s population.
MIT astrophysics alumni
A Jupyter notebook on alumni careers.
Research funding at universities
Funding from U.S. agencies to the top 100 universities.
Physics GRE and GPA
A look at the relationship between Physics GRE scores, GPA, and quantitative GRE scores.
Astronomy
Chandra proposal time
Accepted Chandra proposal time from 1999 to 2020.
Hand-made sundial
A sundial activity for students.
Magellan seeing
Average seeing at the Magellan telescope between 2018 and 2019.
Magellan conditions
Seeing and wind-speed records from March to June 2017.
Outreach and community
MKI Astrogazers
An MIT graduate-student outreach group that brings telescope observing to the Cambridge and Boston community.
Ryerson Astronomical Society
I was president from 2012 to 2014, organizing public observing sessions from the department roof.
Community Camp
Student-camp resources and materials for people planning similar education projects.
Notes and advice
My blog
Travel notes, academic experiences, conference talks, and other interests including data visualization and GIS.
Postdoctoral application guidelines
Advice from the AAS Job Register on preparing a postdoctoral application.
Unsolicited advice for job applicants
Daniel Green’s guide to CVs, research statements, and recommendation letters.