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Andrew Wetzel

Andrew Wetzel

Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy at the University of California, Davis

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  • about me
    • contact
    • curriculum vitae
  • group
  • research
    • projects
      • FIRE simulation project
      • Latte simulations
      • MW-6D HST Survey
      • M31-6D HST Survey
    • presentations
    • publications
  • news
  • media & press
  • teaching
    • courses
    • pedagogy
  • resources
    • advice
    • insightful papers
    • effective presentation
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advice on science and academia

Insightful advice on science, research, academia, and careers:

General

astrobetter wiki (many useful articles)

career adviCe for students and postdocs

American Astronomical Society’s guide to careers in astronomy, especially this article

Advice for potential graduate students (looking to join a research group)

Philosophy of a research group

A Guide to Scientific Research

collaborating

Quantifying the impact of weak, strong, and super ties in scientific careers

scientific mindset

The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong

writing

The Science of Scientific Writing

Writing Scientific Papers in Astronomy

creating visualizations and figures

The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works

Oral Presentation

Assertion-Evidence approach to a talk

news

  • Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award 2022-07-19
  • Pratik Gandhi awarded Frontera Fellowship 2022-04-29
  • public data release of the FIRE-2 simulations 2022-02-16
  • Dr. Jenna Samuel 2021-07-28
  • Isaiah Santistevan awarded NASA FINESST 2021-06-16
  • promotion to associate professor with tenure 2021-05-19
  • NSF CAREER award 2021-03-17
  • UC Davis article highlights our research 2021-03-10
  • Samantha Benincasa awarded President’s Postdoctoral Scholarship at OSU 2021-02-17
  • Sky & Telescope article highlights our research 2021-02-15
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