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Megan Ansdell

Flatiron Institute

Megan Ansdell is currently a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics and Center for Computational Mathematics, where she applies deep learning to astrophysical research problems. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Department of Astronomy and received a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Hawaii, where her research focused on the observation and characterization of protoplanetary disks and young stars from radio to ultraviolet wavelengths using a variety of analysis techniques. Megan also has a Masters in International Science and Technology Policy from the George Washington University, where she researched and advocated for international cooperation in human space exploration.

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The Research and Publishing Experience – View from the Front Lines

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This is a window into the world of those producing and consuming scholarly and professional content – academics and practitioners. Some sample topics to probe: How do you keep on top of the latest updates in your field? How “up to date” do you feel you have to be? Where do you do your reading and do you have any automated feeds? How do you choose where to publish? What is the user experience like? What are your biggest frustrations? What are timelines like? Do you use pre-print servers? How does your field view them? Are you active on social media interacting with published or WIP research?