Science OUTREACH
I am a passionate believer that science should be communicated to the public in a way that inspires curiosity and fires imagination.
I was recently privileged to be an inaugural speaker for TEDxLANL, a licensed TED event independently organized by Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a 10 minute talk, I discussed an intriguing theory for the origins of supermassive black holes which was developed at LANL in connection with collaborators around the world. Using visualizations from supercomputer simulations carried out at Los Alamos we show how some few supermassive black holes may have been born in the spectacular deaths of supermassive stars in the early universe. These explosions which have energies of roughly 10,000 "normal" supernovae would have conceivably been the largest explosions in the universe after the Big Bang itself.
I love giving public talks about our ground-breaking research and am always looking for opportunities to share my love for astrophysics and exciting cutting-edge research with non-specialist groups. If you have such an opportunity for which you think I might be a good fit, feel free to contact me via email ([email protected]). |
I frequently organize science shows for local schools and the community on behalf of the university's Department of Physical Science. To date, I've prepared and performed over 30 chemistry shows, all of which involve hours of careful preparation. I've had the opportunity to visit wonderful people in schools, to train teachers and have even done demos live with a full orchestra in concert! Our demonstrations ranged from the subtle and beautiful to the imposing and spectacular.
Click here to see a slideshow of some of my chemistry shows! |