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PhD candidate @ Swinburne University aspiring to understand how the first galaxies formed and how we got here. 🌌🪐💫 Keeping well read and caffeinated. 📚☕ jaydewillingham.github.io

Jayde Willingham

Low key love doing a little bit of work at the airport. I’m sure everyone else loves overseeing my coding escapades. ✈️ 🔭

Its that time again: go check out my latest Astrobite 🤩

One of the best parts of working in astro is that you never really have to say goodbye to friends. Yes, you may move for this that or the other but likely a conference will come up where you both get to meet again. 5 stars to see you later. 👋 🌌

Day in the life of an astrophysicist: Sat down to finally catch up on papers and the literature… only to discover I’ve somehow accumulated twice as many new ones to read in the process. 🌌 😅 🔭

Ever wondered what an Australian Masters of Research Programme is like? Well i finally wrote a blog post on my website about it! 🔭🌌 jaydewillingham.github.io/Rd2Dr_Pages/MRes_Thesis.html

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Masters Degree ✔ Last week I trekked back to Sydney to collect my Masters of Research Degree and officially graduate! I am continuously grateful for the time spent at Macquarie, exploring the universe from my computer.

I’ve scribbled out my book so no one can see how much I talk to myself in my own notebook.

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In honour of my very first paper going live on the journal website, I have made annotated version of the paper! 🌌 🔭 Checkout the official version of the paper here: doi.org/10.1017/pasa... And the annotated version here: drive.google.com/file/d/18tCUE9Rrloppf7DJyV0QPKngZ1pnLvmt/view?usp=sharing

Was so fun being among the first people to present in Swinburne’s Virtual Universe! I had the great opportunity last week to show a group of work experience students what amazing things they can see and learn in Astrophysics. 🔭🌌

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From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social and Jayde Willingham @jaydewst.bsky.social : Literally and figuratively, Australia is closing its eyes to the future of astronomy. Where does that leave its next generation of students? ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/05/01/a...

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Astrobites

Literally and figuratively, Australia is closing its eyes to the future of astronomy. Where does that leave its next generation of students?

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Australia is closing its Very Large eyes to the Universe