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 | 45,265 |
| 2. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. Johns Hopkins & Santa Fe Institute. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. He/him. New book: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.c om/ Pubs: https://bit.ly/3ZTleDg Google Scholar page Video channel Patreon page | 3,343 |
| 3. |  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 of 'Folding the World' http://www.faltungderwelt.net Google Scholar page | 3,229 |
| 4. |  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 | 2,752 |
| 5. |  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 | 2,030 |
| 6. |  Robert “the Baste God” 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 | 1,819 |
| 7. |  Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist. Writing a book! Look out for HUMAN NATURE, the story of climate science in nine emotions, from Ecco press in 2024 Google Scholar page | 1,157 |
| 8. |  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 | 844 |
| 9. |  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 | 812 |
| 10. |  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 | 809 |
| 11. |  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 | 785 |
| 12. |  Karen Masters@karenlmasters.bsky.social Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Haverford College. Small liberals arts colleges are awesome place to be a professor. Pre-orders open for latest book “The Astronomers Library” about books, libraries and astronomy - three of my favourite things. Brit/US Google Scholar page | 781 |
| 13. |  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 | 691 |
| 14. |  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 | 617 |
| 15. |  Robert Rohde@rarohde.bsky.social Yet Another Social Media Account Google Scholar page | 549 |
| 16. |  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 | 518 |
| 17. |  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 | 490 |
| 18. |  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 | 471 |
| 19. |  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 | 369 |
| 20. |  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 | 369 |
| 21. |  Michael Merrifield@astromikemerri.bsky.social Professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. Too frequent appearances on YouTube. All my own views. bore→muted (“bye”); abuse→blocked. Google Scholar page | 336 |
| 22. |  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 | 336 |
| 23. |  Svenja Lohmann@svenjalohmann.bsky.social Scientist in career-change limbo | PhD in Physics | Book lover | Coffee addict | Lindy hopper | Plant friend | she/her 📍Uppsala, Sweden Google Scholar page | 332 |
| 24. |  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 | 311 |
| 25. |  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 | 309 |
| 26. |  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 | 298 |
| 27. |  Surya Ganguli@suryaganguli.bsky.social Associate Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford | Venture Partner A16Z Google Scholar page | 295 |
| 28. |  The finite physicist@finitephysicist.bsky.social don't sleep through dreams that can't come true Google Scholar page | 290 |
| 29. |  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 | 272 |
| 30. |  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 | 262 |
| 31. |  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 | 250 |
| 32. |  Matthew Buckley@physicsmatt.bsky.social Theoretical physicist, Rutgers professor. Google Scholar page | 248 |
| 33. |  John Preskill@preskill.bsky.social Caltech theoretical physicist Google Scholar page | 231 |
| 34. |  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 | 225 |
| 35. |  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 | 225 |
| 36. |  estebanmoro@estebanmoro.bsky.social Researcher, scientist at MIT and UC3M estebanmoro.org Google Scholar page | 223 |
| 37. |  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 | 216 |
| 38. |  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 | 195 |
| 39. |  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 | 194 |
| 40. |  Steven Dorsher@stevendorsher.bsky.social Former Computational Astro/Physicist (15+ yr, 3 MS) Gravitational waves, black holes, particles, exoplanets. Data analysis, numerical simulation. Disabled: seizures Devoted partner. He/him Google Scholar page | 194 |
| 41. |  Casey Handmer PhD@cjhandmer.bsky.social Physicist, Immigrant, Pilot, Dad. Former Caltech, Hyperloop, NASA JPL. Founder Terraform Industries. Build more solar! Google Scholar page | 190 |
| 42. |  Robert Fisher @fisherastro.bsky.social Caltech-UC Berkeley-LLNL-Chicago-UMass Dartmouth. American & Italian Theoretical and Computational Astrophysicist. Professor. He/him/his. Google Scholar page | 185 |
| 43. |  Petter Holme@pholme.bsky.social Scandinasian professor of network science + computational social science Google Scholar page | 184 |
| 44. |  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. Currently in Saitama, Japan. Twitter: @bendfulcher Mastodon: @[email protected] Google Scholar page | 180 |
| 45. |  Lisa L. Ouellette@patentscholar.bsky.social Stanford Law prof & physics PhD. Researching IP & innovation. Coauthor of free patent casebook: patentcasebook.org Google Scholar page | 180 |
| 46. |  @physicsteo.bsky.social The twitter-er formerly known as @physicsteo. Recovered #CompChem-ist. Doing publishing stuffs. Brooklynite from 🇮🇹 via 🇪🇸, 🇸🇪 & 🇩🇪. Came over from twitter/X, don't make me regret it! Google Scholar page | 178 |
| 47. |  Adam Becker@adambecker.bsky.social Author, journalist, astrophysicist. He/him. @FreelanceAstro on the bird site. Google Scholar page | 172 |
| 48. |  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 | 162 |
| 49. |  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 | 153 |
| 50. |  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 | 150 |
| 51. | @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 | 130 |
| 52. |  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 | 127 |
| 53. |  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 | 118 |
| 54. |  Jonathan Oppenheim@postquantum.bsky.social Quantum mechanic with a lot of ontological baggage. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/oppenheim / Google Scholar page | 117 |
| 55. |  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 | 111 |
| 56. |  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 | 106 |
| 57. |  Cathleen Fry@cefry42.bsky.social she/they, fiber artist, nuclear physicist trying to do plasma physics posts are personal views only Google Scholar page | 106 |
| 58. |  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 | 105 |
| 59. |  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 | 103 |