I have
regularly given talks on astronomy, both technical ones
on my research to
professional astronomers, as well as popular talks to
the general public. My popular talks include those that I gave when
I was selected as a Sigma Xi
National Lecturer to speak at locations around the United States.
At the Center for Astrophysics I have given talks to the
Telescope Makers of Boston as well as to Observatory Night
audiences.
My professional presentations around the world
include ones at the
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)
and at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR), as well
as at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS).
I gave a plenary talk at the 224th meeting
of the American Astronomical Society.
Beyond talks on astronomy I have spoken on gender and equity issues in science,
long a concern for me.
Selected Recent Talks on Astronomy
- ITC Colloquium
Mass Transfer within Hierarchical Triples:
New Routes to Gravitational-Wave Events and Type Ia Supernovae
13 December 2018
- Supernovae: The LSST Revolution,
Northwestern University
Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae:
The Role of LSST
2 June 2017
- The 29th International Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
(via Skype to Capetown)
Making the Invisible Visible:
Astrometric Mesolensing by
Nearby Stellar Remnants
5 December 2017
- CHASC Astrostatistics Collaboration
Microlensing by Globular Cluster Stars:
using microlensing to study mass overdensities
22 November 2016
- Chandra Science for the Next Decade
Proper Motion:
An X-Ray Frontier for Chandra
and X-Ray Surveyor
16 August 2016
- NAOC Colloquium: University of the Chinese Academy of Science
Planets and Stellar Remnants
in and out of Globular Clusters
7 June 2016
- SI Visitors
Order from Complexity
Data Visualization in Astronomy
4 May 2016
- Exoplanet Lunch (CfA)
Planets in Globular Clusters and Opportunities
for Life and Advanced Civilizations
8 February 2016
- CfA press conference (Rosanne DiStefano)
Globular clusters could nurture
interstellar civilizations?
Led to 420 online articles including
ABC, BBC, Huffington Post, MSN,
NBC, National Geographic,
Smithsonian magazine,
Yahoo! News and The Washington Post
- Michigan Technical University, Colloquium
Exoplanets Searches and the
Quest for Intelligent Life
22 October 2015
- FOE 2015, North Carolina
All in the Family:
Discovering the nature of Supernova Ia progenitors
by identifying close cousins
3 June 2015
- CfA Observatory Night
Lighting Our Way through the Universe:
The Birth of Type Ia Supernovae
12 January 2010
Talks on Gender and Equity
- Equity and Inclusion Journal Club (CfA)
Measuring Gender Equity
Summary for Journal Club Finale
18 May 2018
- Equity and Inclusion Journal Club (CfA)
Measuring Gender Equity:
Making Changes that Matter
27 April 2018
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