Brian Romans   

@clasticdetritus

Virginia Tech professor — sedimentology, (paleo)climate, tectonics, sedimentary basins, subsurface geology, geoeducation — listening and learning

Blacksburg, VA
vtsedsystems.org
Joined January 2009
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    31 Jul 2020

    1/36 VERY LONG THREAD!: Some thoughts (from advisor point-of-view) about reaching out to prospective grad-school advisors. First, disclaimers: These are my views, I’m just one person informed by my own path/experience, as well as privilege and biases. Seek advice from many!

    I recently graduated and am currently applying to get my masters this spring. Do you guys recommend emailing prospective faculty advisors ahead of time for each school?
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  2. Aug 31

    in the time warp that is 2020-2021 I realized I hadn't posted an update on my research group website in quite some time check out what the grad students and I are up to these days:

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  3. Retweeted
    Aug 19

    Yes! Vaccination now required for all students AND employees . This + indoor mask requirement (for now) + ventilation/filtration changes in buildings = we are well-positioned for the fall semester.

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  4. Aug 7

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  5. Retweeted
    Jun 19

    Next few tweets are passages from Ira Berlin’s “The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States.”

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  6. Jun 17

    just getting completely ghosted on requests-to-review for a paper I'm an AE for ... it's fine if people don't have the time/capacity, expertise, interest, etc. to review, but please officially decline ... waiting for a non-reply lengthens the process

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  7. Jun 17

    doing some work in the lab (particle size) for first time in a long time — I used to spend *a lot* of time in here, several years ago now, before there were expert-user grad students around — I’ve missed it!

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  8. Jun 15

    joined and three grad students in the field today (for a quick, one-day recon trip) — first day seeing sedimentary rocks ‘in the wild’ in ~16 months and it was invigorating — looked at some Devonian delta-front deposits 😍

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  9. Jun 14

    when the dew point and humidity goes down around here in the summer (which will be fleeting) I try to get outside

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  10. Jun 12

    here's a link with all of Ed's pandemic writing

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  11. Jun 12

    this is wonderful and well-deserved — 's long articles over the past year+ on the dynamics of epidemics/pandemics, both in general and specific to COVID, and the complex interplay with our society, culture, and policy have been my go-to for in-depth understanding

    Congratulations to of .
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  12. Jun 11

    I'm having an unusually difficult time finding a reviewer for a manuscript I'm an AE for — if you are interested in the linkage of rift-basin marine stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental signals and have the capacity/time to review please DM me to learn more

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  13. Jun 11

    (5/5) fun talk about data sonification (turning data into sound) using Python by Erin Braswell () from a few years ago

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  14. Jun 11

    (4/5) Effective visualization of the shifting baselines concept — in this case in the context of the distribution of temperatures over the past several decades — pay attention to the 'tails' of the distributions

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    This video shows that as land temperatures have increased since 1950, hotter days have become more common and colder days have become less common. When the bell curve becomes shorter, one can see more data trending toward the right, revealing hotter days:
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  15. Jun 11

    (3/5) Short radio story on the Tulsa massacre — this is merely an entry point into learning so much more — perhaps you are like me and were not taught about this (and similar) events during your schooling as a kid and teenager

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  16. Jun 11

    (2/5) What Climate Science Loses Without Enough Black Researchers — excellent piece discussing how the advancement of creating new knowledge (and new solutions to big problems) suffers without a diverse research workforce

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  17. Jun 11

    FRIDAY LINKS 🧵: on most Fridays I share links to articles, videos, art/music, etc. I found interesting (1/5) Superb summary from Edward Lo () about their PhD research on blog 'Speaking of Geoscience'

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  18. Jun 11

    I’m committed to providing our students the best experience and environment for learning and growth that I can — a major component of that now is protecting ourselves from a dangerous airborne virus

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  19. Jun 11

    apparently there are parents of students enrolled at the university I work at that are organizing anti-vaccination “freedom” groups on social media in response to announced vax requirement for next year — well, they have the freedom to unenroll and attend elsewhere

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  20. Jun 10

    in March 2020 I bought some of these Marie Tharp mugs that and others made happen (apologies, can't remember all involved) — I wanted to give them to some grad students as gifts, but then [pandemic] — I finally had the opportunity to hand-deliver this week!

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  21. Jun 10

    This isn't meant to be pessimistic and imply it's too difficult so why bother (it *has* to be done) — but the realities of this aspect of decarbonization seems to not want to be discussed (as much)

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