Recently I’ve been featured in some interesting articles:

• Simulating the Universe (Quanta magazine)
• Life Cycle of Black Holes (Popular Science)
• QCC feature article (QCC website)

I am available to give talks on my research (massive black hole formation and evolution) to scientific audiences and the public, as well as on diversity and inclusion.  A selection of invited talks I have given is below.  Feel free to contact me if you’d like me to speak at your institute or event!

Public Talks:

• How to Build a Supermassive Black Hole
  • Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association, November 2017
  • Astronomy on Tap, November 2015
  • Shapley Lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, November 2015
  • Science Club Nashville, May 2015
• Gravitational Waves: Ripples in SpaceTime
  • QCC Presidential Lecture, April 2018
  • Westport Astronomical Society, January 2018
  • New Jersey Astronomical Association, July 2016
  • Columbia Astronomy, February 2016

Selected Research Talks:

• NASA Goddard Colloquium, May 2018
• NOAO Colloquium, November 2017
• Computing the Universe, Oaxaca, MX, June 2016
• Astronomy Colloquium, Penn State, October 2015
• CCAPP Seminar, The Ohio State University, February 2015
• Astronomy Colloquium, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, February 2015
• KITP Seminar, July 2013

Diversity and Inclusion Talks:

• Barriers to Access/Creating an Inclusive Environment, Inclusive Astronomy 2015
• The Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program, AAS 2014, 2015
• STEM GIRLS Keynote Speech, Columbia State Community College, October 2013