Dr Laura Watkins<p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> 👋🏻 <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> 🌟</p><p>I’m Laura. I’m an <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a>-<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AURA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AURA</span></a> astronomer at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@spacetelescope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spacetelescope</span></a></span>.</p><p>I’m one of two deputy heads of the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ScienceMissionOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMissionOffice</span></a>, where I work on <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SciencePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciencePolicies</span></a> for our observatories and on science infrastructure for our staff.</p><p>For research, I study the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Kinematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kinematics</span></a> and <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Dynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dynamics</span></a> of small stellar systems using <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ProperMotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProperMotions</span></a> from <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/HST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HST</span></a>, <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a>, and soon <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a>. I have a particular fondness for <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/GlobularClusters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobularClusters</span></a> but also study <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DwarfGalaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DwarfGalaxies</span></a> and <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SatelliteSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteSystems</span></a> of larger hosts.</p>