Interviews +
New York Times: Scientists Chirp Excitedly for LIGO, Gravitational Waves and Einstein
There was a social media storm which led up to and included the announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves.
This excitement caused many physicists to "chirp" for LIGO, under the hashtag #chirpforLIGO. The chirping comes from the final part of the black hole binary's coalescence, when the frequency increases dramatically, making this characteristic chirp. My colleagues and I are featured here, chirping for LIGO, in a clip featured in the New York Times. |
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BBC Stargazing Live on BBC Midlands Today
My interview with David Gregory starts at 2:30. I'm also joined by Kat Grover.
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- March 2016: Invited Blog Series for Amy Poehler Smart Girls "Conversations with a Theoretical Astrophysicist"
- August 2015: Q&A to accompany interview by Megan Amram for Amy Poehler Smart Girls
- April 2015: Featured in the University of Birmingham's "Alumni Profiles" (pdf)
- April 2015: Caltech's Astronomy Brochure "The Postdoc Perspective" (page 11, pdf)
- March 2015: Interview by "Occupy Me", a website for career inspiration for women.
- March 2014: Congratulations on my MC IOF from the IoP's Women in Physics Group in their March newsletter (page 3).
- December 2012: College of Engineering and Physics Sciences Newsletter. Feature, page 13-14.
BBC Midlands Today Interview (13/01/2012)
An interview with the BBC WM about the recent Stargazing Event in Victoria Square, 13/01/12, Birmingham. (see 2:32 in the video below)
Social Media Outreach: If We Ran the World (June 2010 - present)

If we ran the world (IFRTW) is an online forum where you can create an "Action Platform" and then break down your ideas into "microactions". Other members can pick these up and do them for you, helping you to complete your action.
My Action Platform is called "Make science accessible to everyone" and was started in June 2010. I currently have 9 "superheroes" who are helping me achieve my goals and 14 microactions have been completed :)
My Action Platform is called "Make science accessible to everyone" and was started in June 2010. I currently have 9 "superheroes" who are helping me achieve my goals and 14 microactions have been completed :)
** this article was, in opinion, ruined by rookie editors who spliced the intro and conclusion paragraph together and cut everything else out. Needless to say this was upsetting.