He started there in 2015, and runs the (aptly named) Niemeyer Research Group. As a grad student and postdoc, Kyle started following the original GEARS blog for advice on tenure-track job applications, which while (eventually) successful cannot necessarily be attributed to Jon or Joshua’s work, since correlation ≠ causation. His path to an academic position is probably not the best for others to emulate, but nevertheless Kyle wants to share his opinions on the process, in addition to his strong feelings on open science (open access, open-source software, open data). Kyle can be reached at kyle [dot] niemeyer [at] gmail [dot] com and on Twitter as @kyleniemeyer, where he tweets regularly on varied topics including research, open science, politics (particularly when related to research funding), and typography.