A list of physicists with over 100 followers. Also see Astronomers on Bluesky.
| # | Account | Followers |
| 1. |  Katie Mack@astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. She/her. Dr. Google Scholar page Video channel | 90,267 |
| 2. |  Alex Spahn@spahn711.bsky.social Storm chaser. Volcano hunter. Professor of Physics, Astronomy & Earth Science. MS Physics/BS Astrophysics. Nature photographer. Rockhounder & Mineral Collector. Raccoon whisperer. He/him. linktr.ee/spahn711 | 40,404 |
| 3. |  Physgal👩🏻🔬@physgal.bsky.social University physics lecturer and associate dean, learning. Physics demystifier. Supporter of girls and women in physics. 3MNTF 2023 She/her Ph.D. Google Scholar page | 15,770 |
| 4. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. Johns Hopkins & Santa Fe Institute. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. In May: Quanta & Fields, book 2 of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.c om/ Google Scholar page Video channel Patreon page | 5,527 |
| 5. |  Chanda Prescod-Weinstein@chanda.bsky.social Asst Prof: Physics/Astro/STS. Author: #DisorderedCosmos. [email protected]. Twitter: IBJIYONGI. all Black/Jewish. queer/agender/woman/she. Posts by/for me🖖🏽 | 5,286 |
| 6. |  Prof. Anders Levermann, PhD@alevermann.bsky.social °climate physics professor seeking simple laws in nature & economics °head of complexity science at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research https://www.pik-potsdam.de/~anders °author http://www.faltungderwelt.net °posting mainly own work Google Scholar page | 3,792 |
| 7. |  Dr. SkySkull@drskyskull.bsky.social Professor of optics, blogger of physics, history, & pulp fiction. Generally tries to keep things light-hearted, in spite of *waves hands at everything* Google Scholar page | 3,423 |
| 8. |  Nora's Guide to the Galaxy@ngttg.bsky.social I love space! PhD, Astrophysics 🌌✨✨🌌 come explore our galaxy with me 🔗: https://galaxy.nora-bailey.com/linktree | 3,420 |
| 9. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. Occasional rock-licker, frequent devourer of board books. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Video channel | 3,259 |
| 10. |  Matthew R Francis@bowlerhatscience.org Science writer, journalist, physicist, queer, cat man, hat man. I was @DrMRFrancis on Twitter. Pfp by @makinaro.bsky.social. He/him Contact: https://bowlerhatscience.org/contact-soc ial-media/ Signal: BowlerHatScience.51 Patreon page | 2,817 |
| 11. |  Robert McNees@mcnees.bsky.social Professor and physicist. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Rocky Top. Tar Heel. Reposts are spooky action at a distance. These are my views, not my employer's. Just terrible at this. Google Scholar page | 2,421 |
| 12. |  Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Associate Professor at UCL, writer, broadcaster. Author of Storm in a Teacup and Blue Machine http://helenczerski.net/books-writing/ | 2,256 |
| 13. |  ProfBrianCox@profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science | 2,230 |
| 14. |  Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social Artist/marine geophysicist (PhD Physics) Printmaker Find/contact me at: minouette.Etsy.com minouette.blogspo t.ca Instagram.com/the.minouette I post art, science, #sciart and stuff with typos. She/her, Settler in Tkaronto | 2,069 |
| 15. |  Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist. Working for the world's coolest government agency, which obviously endorses nothing I say here. Loves: induction cooking, Earth, 19th century British literature, climate solutions, bread. Hates: other planets, portobello mushrooms Google Scholar page | 1,860 |
| 16. |  Sophia Gad-Nasr @astropartigirl.bsky.social I do cosmology and astroparticle theory. I pick apart the Universe to figure out how it works. Science Advisor. Dark Matter hunter. 🇵🇱✡️🇪🇬☪️ | 1,717 |
| 17. |  Steven Strogatz@stevenstrogatz.bsky.social Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. www.stevenstrogatz.com Google Scholar page | 1,295 |
| 18. |  Karen Masters@karenlmasters.bsky.social Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Haverford College. Small liberals arts colleges are awesome place to be a professor. Our now: my latest book “The Astronomers Library” about books, libraries and astronomy - three of my favourite things. Brit/US Google Scholar page | 1,188 |
| 19. |  Brian Wecht@bwecht.bsky.social Musician, comedian, theoretical physicist | 925 |
| 20. |  Christina Hood@christinahood.bsky.social Energy/climate/carbon markets @Compass Climate, Aotearoa-NZ. Mum, Ph.D ex quantum physicist. Climate stuff mostly on Linkedin. She/her. Google Scholar page | 918 |
| 21. |  Loreno Heer@lorenoheer.bsky.social PhD | Postdoc @ETHZ | Mathematician | Physicist | analysis in metric spaces, Gromov hyperbolicity, geometric group theory | gravitational waves, general relativity | geometry in neuroscience | 💉⁶ | he/him https://loreno-heer.github.io/ Google Scholar page | 855 |
| 22. |  Kelly Truelove@truesciphi.org Prompter of curious AI conversations on the nature of things at http://TrueSciPhi.AI. Curator of science, philosophy, & mathematics podcast and Bluesky lists at https://TrueSciPhi.org. Physics PhD. Google Scholar page Video channel | 842 |
| 23. |  George Musser@gmusser.bsky.social Scientific American contributing editor; Quanta contributing writer; author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, Spooky Action at a Distance, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory; @[email protected], @[email protected] Google Scholar page | 793 |
| 24. |  Leo C. Stein@duetosymmetry.com Physics Prof @U of MS. Sloan Fellow. Black holes, gravitational waves, general relativity & beyond. Formerly Caltech MIT Cornell. Need thin pizza + fruity coffee. He/him 🌐 https://duetosymmetry.com/ @duetosymmetr y everywhere Google Scholar page | 730 |
| 25. |  Robert Rohde@rarohde.bsky.social Yet Another Social Media Account Google Scholar page | 696 |
| 26. |  Peter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪@telescoper.bsky.social Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it. Based in Maynooth, Ireland, but currently on sabbatical in Barcelona. Blog: telescoper.blog Google Scholar page Video channel | 626 |
| 27. |  Gaël Varoquaux@gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social Research & code: Research director @inria ►Data, Health, & Computer science ►Python coder, (co)founder of scikit-learn & joblib ► Sometimes does art photography ►Physics PhD Google Scholar page | 598 |
| 28. |  CosmicPinot@cosmicpinot.bsky.social Brian P. Schmidt: Astronomer at Mt Stromlo Observatory, Vigneron and Winemaker Maipenrai, Vice Chancellor Australian National University, Nobel Laureate Physics Google Scholar page | 596 |
| 29. |  Roger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social Physics educator at UC Santa Barbara, textbook author, and San Diego Comic-Con OG. he/him/his | 553 |
| 30. |  Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak)@andrewr.bsky.social Contract Instructor in Physics, but has PhD in Physical Chemistry. British Immigrant to Canada. Won some teaching awards. Dad to son with DLG-4 Synaptopathy (SHINE Syndrome). Pronouns: he/him/his. Likes tea. Bertie the Labradoodle's human. #iteachphysics | 518 |
| 31. |  Christopher Berry@cplberry.bsky.social Gravitational-wave astrophysicist. University of Glasgow Senior Lecturer. Science, education, LEGO & cake. May contain traces of nuts 🐘 https://mastodon.online/@cplberry 🐦 https://twitter.com/cplberry 📚 https://cplberry.com Google Scholar page | 453 |
| 32. |  Michael Nielsen@michaelnielsen.bsky.social Searching for the numinous Australian Canadian, now at home in the US https://michaelnotebook.com Google Scholar page Video channel | 450 |
| 33. |  Michael Merrifield@astromikemerri.bsky.social Emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. Too frequent appearances on YouTube. All my own views. Google Scholar page | 449 |
| 34. |  Clara Nellist@particleclara.bsky.social Particle Physicist working on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN and Science Communicator Makes videos about physics on YouTube, Insta and TikTok Video channel | 435 |
| 35. |  Chad Orzel@orzelc.bsky.social Physicist, professor, author of books about science for non-scientists. Longer-form stuff at https://chadorzel.substack.com/ Google Scholar page | 428 |
| 36. |  John Preskill@preskill.bsky.social Caltech theoretical physicist Google Scholar page | 424 |
| 37. |  Jean-Michel Courty@jmcourty.bsky.social Professeur #Physique à Sorbonne Université Laboratoire Kastler Brossel #vulgarisation Chronique "Idees de Physique" dans PourlaScience 📺 http://youtube.com/@Mercilaphysique Google Scholar page | 420 |
| 38. |  Stephanie Deppe, PhD@spacescisteph.bsky.social Content Strategist at Vera. C. Rubin Observatory and lover of icy asteroids in the outer Solar System. ADHD brain in a neurotypical world. Sci-fi/fantasy nerd. Probably hiking a mountain somewhere. she/her | 408 |
| 39. |  Svenja Lohmann@svenjalohmann.bsky.social Science communicator | PhD in Physics | Book lover | Coffee addict | Lindy hopper | Plant friend | she/her 📍Uppsala, Sweden Google Scholar page | 400 |
| 40. |  Francis Villatoro@emulenews.bsky.social Informático, físico, doctor en matemáticas y divulgador científico; profesor de la Universidad de Málaga. Podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido. Blog La Ciencia de la Mula Francis en Naukas. Practico el arte de hacer fácil lo difícil. Aprendo cada día. Google Scholar page | 399 |
| 41. |  Surya Ganguli@suryaganguli.bsky.social Associate Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford | Venture Partner A16Z Google Scholar page | 387 |
| 42. |  Paul Coxon @paulcoxon.bsky.social Physicist in Materials Science researching solar cells, molten salts, and sustainable energy ☀️ With added bikes and allotment content 🪴🥦🍆🧅 Google Scholar page | 355 |
| 43. |  Mete Atature@meteatature.bsky.social Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge Bilingual tweets (English & Turkish), Mostly about science, politics & cats (http://Instagram.com/meteatature) Google Scholar page | 354 |
| 44. |  Knut Morå@knut.dundasmora.no Physicist looking for dark matter, nothing found so far. Han/him/Dr. Legger ut poster på [email protected] (RSS: https://snabelen.no/@kdund.rss) hjemmeside: https://knut.dundasmora.no Signal: kdund06.68 Google Scholar page | 352 |
| 45. |  Matthew Buckley@physicsmatt.bsky.social Theoretical physicist, Rutgers professor. Google Scholar page | 346 |
| 46. |  Yaneer Bar-Yam@yaneerbaryam.bsky.social Complex Systems Physicist | President of NECSI, co-founder World Health Network (WHN) Author: Making Things Work (download pdf at https://necsi.edu/making-things-work) | 344 |
| 47. |  Athene Donald@athenedonald.bsky.social Retired professor of physics, interested in science policy and EDI issues; author of Not Just for the Boys; Master of Churchill College Cambridge; blogging at https://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonal d/ | 339 |
| 48. |  The finite physicist@finitephysicist.bsky.social don't sleep through dreams that can't come true Google Scholar page | 323 |
| 49. |  Freya Blekman@freyablekman.bsky.social Particle physicist at @CMSExperiment at @CERN - Lead Scientist DESY & Professor of Physics University of Hamburg - She/her/Dr - World citizen ➡🇳🇱🇺🇸 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇧🇪🇩🇪 Posts: #physics #SciComm + summaries of all #CMSpapers | 318 |
| 50. |  Jacopo Bertolotti@jbertolotti.bsky.social Associated Professor of Physics at the University of Exeter. Would like to post scientific visualizations/animations, but bsky doesn't support animations, so... 🤷🏻♂️ He/lui/on. All opinions are my own fault. Google Scholar page | 317 |
| 51. |  Patrick Koppenburg 🐧@pkoppenburg.bsky.social Nikhef physicist at LHCb Experiment at CERN. Offline software. #OpenAccess #Outreach #FlavourAnomalies🐧📷🎓💻💫. H/EW/t factory WG convener at #ECFA. Born at 327.55 ppm CO₂. Google Scholar page | 309 |
| 52. |  Dr. Lizzly Atoms@iamplatypus.bsky.social Nuke physicist/policy nerd. Formerly neutrinos, now 'trons. Bear/beer aficionado, lousy 𝄢ist. Posts are mine, especially the bad ones. Follow/❤️/🔃 ≠ E, &c. AFOL. Trust the process ᕕʕ•ᴥʔ୨⚛ | 308 |
| 53. |  Andreas Wallraff@andreasateth.bsky.social Research and education in physics with a focus on quantum computing, communication and sensing with team Qudev at ETH Zurich.. Director of the Quantum Center at ETHZ . Google Scholar page | 296 |
| 54. |  drmag00@drmag00.bsky.social Dad of 3, husband, liberal, no - more liberal than that, geek in many ways, writer, former physics teacher, consultant, maker of puns. He/him/his | 294 |
| 55. |  Paul Halpern@phalpern.bsky.social Physicist and Science Writer. Author of eighteen books, most recently The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes | 281 |
| 56. |  estebanmoro@estebanmoro.bsky.social Researcher, scientist at MIT and UC3M estebanmoro.org Google Scholar page | 272 |
| 57. |  Petter Holme@pholme.bsky.social Scandinasian professor of network science + computational social science Google Scholar page | 269 |
| 58. |  Misty Bentz@astronomisty.bsky.social Astronomer and Professor at Georgia State University. Big fan of black holes, cats, and cross-stitch. Google Scholar page | 268 |
| 59. |  Katie McCormick@mccornut.bsky.social Physicist-turned-science writer. Writing about quantum computing for Google Quantum AI and about other stuff at Quanta, Knowable, News from Science, APS Physics Mag, etc. Google Scholar page | 266 |
| 60. |  Lewis MacKenzie @lemackz.bsky.social #NewPI: developing upconversion nanoparticle biosensors | podcasts & scicomm | bass player |Glasgow 🏴 | he/him | expect typos | |www.mackenzie-lab.org | Google Scholar page | 264 |
| 61. |  Mikhail Kats@mickeykats.bsky.social Optics/photonics researcher, applied physicist, and faculty at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Personal account + opinions @mickeykats on Twitter and Threads, but no longer on them much Google Scholar page | 263 |
| 62. |  Cliff Burgess@cburgescliff.bsky.social Particle Theorist and one Helluva Guy | 250 |
| 63. |  Ben Pine@yafizicist.bsky.social Physicist, consultant, code monkey, recovering runner, coffee drinker. | 244 |
| 64. |  Daniel Whiteson@danielwhiteson.bsky.social Particle physics and ML (http://sites.uci.edu/daniel). Co-creator @DanielAndJorge podcast and @ElinorWonders TV. Patreon: https://patreon.com/DanielWhiteson. Google Scholar page | 228 |
| 65. |  Casey Handmer PhD@cjhandmer.bsky.social Physicist, Immigrant, Pilot, Dad. Former Caltech, Hyperloop, NASA JPL. Founder Terraform Industries. Build more solar! Google Scholar page | 226 |
| 66. |  Lisa L. Ouellette@patentscholar.bsky.social Stanford Law prof & physics PhD. Researching IP & innovation. Coauthor of free patent casebook: patentcasebook.org Google Scholar page | 223 |
| 67. |  Amir Caspi, Ph.D.@astronamir.bsky.social Astrophysicist (solar/stellar) @SwRI in Boulder, CO. Instrumentalist, data jockey, programmer. Gamer. Nerd. Vell, I'm just zis guy, you know? | PI @CubIXSS @citizenCATE2024 Google Scholar page | 217 |
| 68. |  Jonathan Oppenheim@postquantum.bsky.social Quantum mechanic with a lot of ontological baggage. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/oppenheim / Google Scholar page | 216 |
| 69. |  Cassie Herbert@cassieherbert.bsky.social philosophy & wgss prof. she/her. often talks excitedly about philosophy of language, gender, and social media | 214 |
| 70. |  Haley Wahl, PhD@hwahl16.bsky.social Pulsar PhD turned science writer for MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 213 |
| 71. |  @physicsteo.bsky.social The twitter-er formerly known as @physicsteo. Recovered #CompChem-ist. Doing publishing stuffs @AIPP. Brooklynite from 🇮🇹 via 🇪🇸, 🇸🇪 & 🇩🇪. http://matteo.cavalleri.eu Google Scholar page | 208 |
| 72. |  Robert Fisher @fisherastro.bsky.social Caltech-UC Berkeley-LLNL-Chicago-UMass Dartmouth. Sabbatical 23-24 @Institute for Advanced Studies and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. American & Italian Theoretical and Computational Astrophysicist. Professor. He/him/his. Google Scholar page | 207 |
| 73. |  Steven Dorsher@stevendorsher.bsky.social Former Computational Astro/Physicist (15+ yr, 3 MS) Gravitational waves, black holes, particles, exoplanets. Data analysis, numerical simulation. Personal account. Disabled: seizures Devoted partner. He/him Google Scholar page | 207 |
| 74. |  Jens Eisert@jenseisert.bsky.social Scientist, professor of quantum physics at Freie Universität Berlin and affiliated with Helmholtz Center Berlin and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute. ERC Fellow. Google Scholar page Video channel | 205 |
| 75. |  Ben Fulcher@bendfulcher.bsky.social I lead the Dynamics and Neural Systems Group at the School of Physics, the University of Sydney We use physics/stats to understand dynamics of complex neural systems. Twitter: @bendfulcher Mastodon: @[email protected] Google Scholar page | 204 |
| 76. |  Adam Becker@adambecker.bsky.social Author, journalist, astrophysicist. He/him. @FreelanceAstro on the bird site. Google Scholar page | 202 |
| 77. |  Ben Monreal@benmonreal.bsky.social Nuclear, particle, and astrophysics experimentalist at Case Western. Posting about physics, climate, urbanism, Cleveland. See also: mastodon.social/@BenMonreal https://bmon real.github.io/personal.html https://www .project8.org/ Google Scholar page | 191 |
| 78. |  Kyle Cranmer@kylecranmer.bsky.social Director Data Science Institute @UWMadison, Professor of Physics, EiC @MLSTjournal. Physics, stats/ML/AI, open science. Google Scholar page | 186 |
| 79. |  Lisa M@physicistlisa.bsky.social Health Physics professor, environmental consultant, animal lover, garbage can not a garbage can’t. She/her | 181 |
| 80. |  ieva@hyperboieva.bsky.social Quantum information, useless information, generally informed. CS and Physics combined in one desperate PhD. Quantum algorithms researcher at phasecraft.io https://ievacepaite.com/ Google Scholar page | 180 |
| 81. |  Margaret Harris@drmlharris.bsky.social Science journalist at Physics World magazine. Also available as @[email protected] and @DrMLHarris on Twitter (while it lasts). All views on science, politics, etc. my own. | 179 |
| 82. | @quantumaephraim.bsky.social Quantum physicist and generally curious human. (Physics prof, Univ Toronto; Director, CIFAR programme on Quantum Information Science; New Yorker / Parisian –in-absentia) Google Scholar page | 174 |
| 83. |  Edd Edmondson@eddedmondson.bsky.social (Former) physicist with alliterative name waiting for the lab accident that will grant him superpowers. Now does HPC IT. 🏳️⚧️-ally | 170 |
| 84. |  Ben Brubaker@benbenbrubaker.bsky.social Staff writer @quantamagazine.bsky.social covering computer science. Formerly freelance physics writer (Quanta, SciAm, Physics Today, elsewhere), ex-physicist. Google Scholar page | 149 |
| 85. |  Matt Reece@mreece.bsky.social physicist, obsessed with axions. Boston resident. never had a twitter or a mastodon, but here I am, inexplicably. Google Scholar page | 147 |
| 86. |  Will Kinney@wkcosmo.bsky.social Cosmologist, physicist, dirtbag mountain biker, expat Montanan, Copernican extremist. Part of the problem. Google Scholar page | 147 |
| 87. |  Justin Read@readdark.bsky.social Astrophysicist hunting for dark matter. All opinions my own. | 145 |
| 88. |  Robert Garisto@robertgaristo.bsky.social Physicist. Editor. Writer. | 139 |
| 89. |  Eve Vavagiakis, PhD@evevavagiakis.bsky.social NSF Postdoc Fellow at Cornell, exploring the cosmos w/ACT, CCAT and SO & the great outdoors w/🥾🚴🏻♀️. Author at MIT Kids Press, incoming faculty at Duke '24. Google Scholar page | 134 |
| 90. |  Stefan Franczuk@stefanfranczuk.bsky.social IT Architect. PhD in Photo-Nuclear Physics, unpaid Astronomer. Half Ukrainian 🇺🇦 Manc living in Scotland, European 🇪🇺 old PPL. Views own. | 131 |
| 91. |  John Dudley@johnmdudley.bsky.social Physicist, loves science communication. Research in nonlinearity, optics, extremes and anything else I find interesting. Posts on academic life, science & history. Sometimes politics. @johmndudley on Twitter Google Scholar page | 128 |
| 92. |  Stephen Bartlett@bartlettquantum.bsky.social Professor at the University of Sydney. Quantum computing enthusiast Google Scholar page | 127 |
| 93. |  Philippe Faist@phfaist.bsky.social Quantum information researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin (previously: PhD at ETH Zurich & post-doc at IQIM Caltech) https://phfaist.com/ Google Scholar page | 124 |
| 94. |  Cathleen Fry@cefry42.bsky.social she/they, fiber artist, nuclear physicist posts are personal views only Google Scholar page | 123 |
| 95. |  Christian Grefe@cgrefe.bsky.social Particle physicist at University of Bonn, working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN. Convener of the ATLAS Tracking group. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7050-5301 Google Scholar page | 121 |
| 96. |  James Wootton@decodoku.bsky.social Helping to make quantum computers. Occasionally misusing them for fun and/or science. Two Ts and no Es. All nonsense here is my own doing Google Scholar page | 121 |
| 97. |  Joe Fitzsimons@jfitzsimons.bsky.social Physicist turned startup founder. CEO @Horizon Quantum Computing. Google Scholar page | 117 |
| 98. |  Maria@mmylova.bsky.social Postdoc in theoretical cosmology | 117 |
| 99. |  Dra Jara Juana Bermejo-Vega 🏳️🌈🐀 La Cuántica@queenofquanta.bsky.social Quantum mama. Computer Diva. Activist. Cofounder Q-Turn Workshop. Researcher at University of Granada. #Queer 🏳️🌈 #Trans 🔥 Ehpañola 💃 ♥️ she/ellas Google Scholar page | 114 |
| 100. |  JP Dervan@punsnparticles.bsky.social physicist | phd candidate in particle smashing | he/his 🔬💫 | 108 |
| 101. |  Josh Combes@joshkoomz.bsky.social Australian physicist, quantum mechanic, and engineer. Lived and worked in Japan, USA, and Canada. Prof. @CU Boulder Google Scholar page | 104 |