Links

Academic

Nick Cowan's group — PhD advisor, McGill University

Fred Rasio's group — PhD committee chair, Northwestern University

Trottier Space Institute — interdisciplinary center at McGill

Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets — Université de Montréal

CIERA — astrophysics center at Northwestern

International Space Science Institute — research host in Bern, Switzerland

Science

James Webb Space Telescope — flagship NASA/ESA/CSA observatory

The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia — what it says

Exoplanets.org — archived home of the Exoplanet Orbit Database

The Exo-Cartography Inverse Problem — archived international project hosted at the ISSI

Publication

Astrophysical Data System (ADS) — digital library portal for astronomy and physics

Google Scholar — search engine for academic literature

arXiv — open archive for research articles, especially physics, math and computer science

Coding

GitHub — collaborative platform for developing code and more

Python — popular programming language with many libraries

Anaconda — common Python distribution for data science

Jupyter — flexible notebook-style environment based on IPython

Matplotlib — Python library for creating plots and figures

emcee — efficient MCMC ensemble sampler for Python (Dan Foreman-Mackey)

LMFIT — non-linear optimization and curve fitting suite for Python

Mathematica — Wolfram paid software for technical computing

VEXcode VR — online free and paid Virtual Robots coding from VEX

NetLogo — free agent-based programming and modeling for all skill levels

Outreach

NASA's Eyes — immersive apps on the Earth, Solar System and exoplanets

NASA Exoplanet Exploration — comprehensive background info and news

Reach for the Stars — former GK-12 program at Northwestern with free classroom materials

VEX Robotics — free and paid educational resource for robot building and competitions

If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel — "a tediously accurate scale model of the Solar System" (Josh Worth)

Nicky Case — cool designer making stuff you can play, read and watch

How Global Warming Works — good, clear explanations from UC Berkeley scientists

PBS Space Time — web series about space, astrophysics, sci-fi and more (Matthew O'Dowd host)

3Blue1Brown — visualizing math and related fields with serene animations (Grant Sanderson)

TED-Ed — bite-sized questions, riddles and ideas to spark anyone's curiosity

Other

Astronomy and Astrophysics Outlist — I signed, for open [infinite LGBT acronym] and allies

Wolfram Alpha — dynamic computational answers, now connected with ChatGPT

CLEP Exams — like class-less AP tests, college credits for things you know

Jeff's Flickr — photo albums by my brother, a Grand Canyon backcountry ranger

Ambient — music channel that's one of my staples, great for working or relaxing

Seterra — fun quizzes to learn world geography, both online and mobile