Popular Science Articles

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​​APS News: Gravitational Waves Caught in the Act, by Emily Conover
New Scientist:I Fucking Love Science: What's Causing These Mysterious Radio Bursts From Beyond Our Galaxy?, by Alfredo Carpineti
Astrobites "Fast Radio Bursts: Shocking Neutron Stars with Black Hole Batteries", a popular summary of Mingarelli, Levin, Lazio (2015), "Fast radio bursts and radio transients from black hole batteries".
older articles
2013: BBC Stargazing Live at the University of Birmingham (download here)
  • 2013: Outreach Activities for BBC Stargazing Live 2013 (IoP Women in physics newsletter)
  • 2012:  The Dark Side of Gravity, SatNav Article (full article)

Amy Poehler Smart Girls

Working with Amy Poehler Smart Girls has been a delight! The tweets below are a shortcut to my interview with Megan Amram with Q&A,
Dr. Chiara Mingarelli Answers 39 Smart Questions.
Then there is my invited Blog Series: Conversations with a Theoretical Astrophysicist.
  1.  Conversations with a Theoretical Astrophysicist: Getting to Know Dr. Chiara Mingarelli
  2.  Conversations with a Theoretical Astrophysicist: The High School Years
  3.  Conversations with a Theoretical Astrophysicist: The (Under)Graduate
  4.  Conversations with a Theoretical Astrophysicist: Making Gravitational Waves
An interview with Megan Amram for her satirical "Experimenting with Megan Amram" webisodes. Here I talk about black holes and gravitational waves :) I enter at around 1min 40 seconds.

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.

Probably Science: Episode 197 with Dr. Chiara Mingarelli!

Here I talk about about low-frequency gravitational waves, pulsar timings arrays and black hole binary systems with masses that are billions of times that of the Sun. This episode was recorded before LIGO's recent announcement confirming the existence of gravitational waves. :) Enjoy!

Titanium Physicist:  Black Bells with Brent Knopf and Matt Sheehy

On the Titanium Physicist, we talk about Einstein's theory of gravity, black holes, how black holes "ring" and how we can detect this with gravitational waves.

Before the Abstract: How I ended up at the center of the universe

The story of how I got to the center of the Universe :) Springer Storytellers with Story Collider

Here I tell the story of how I came to work in STEM, and how I almost dropped out due to imposter syndrome and a bad fit with my former Ph. D. supervisor.

AstroMcGill Podcast: Interview about gravitational waves (21/04/2015)

Thank you to the AstroMcGill club for inviting me to talk to them after giving a seminar at the McGill Space Institute. In Episode 68, I talk about how timing the rotation of pulsars can be used to detect gravitational waves---ripples in the very fabric of the cosmos.
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Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria (13/07/2015)

In this podcast with Cara Santa Maria, we talk about black holes, Einstein vs Newton, and gravitational waves! We also touched on STEM education, and how to develop a special relationship with Science.

Physics Central: Listening for black holes and neutron stars (19/11/2014)

Interview by Meg Rosenberg for Physics Central.
Summary: Scientists around the world are trying to catch some waves, some gravitational waves. Find out what these warps in space-time are, the ways to find them and how we could use them to "listen" to the movements of black holes and neutron stars.

Voice of the Future 2013 (20/03/2013)

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On Wednesday 20 March 2013, the Science and Technology Committee hosted a session 'Voice of the Future 2013' which is the Society of Biology’s major contribution this year’s National Science & Engineering Week 2013.
The Society has a duty under its Royal Charter “to serve the public benefit” and it was in that spirit that it co-operated with the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and with other science organisations to make this event possible.
I was asked to participate in this event as a representative of the Royal Astronomical Society. It was a live televised forum where one could ask MPs questions about policy pertaining to science. My question appears at 11:14:36 in the broadcast, which was posted here  
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news/voice-of-the-future-2013/

​​Pulsars Point to Gravitational Waves: Naked Scientist (25/06/2012)

 Podcast Interview: Here is my interview done at the National Astronomy Meeting 2012 in Manchester, England, for the Naked Scientist. Interview by Ben Valsler. *note, clock corrections are not limiting all pulsar timing precisions _yet_ :)

BBC Radio Interview with Ed Doolan

Here I talk about what a PhD student does, and what gravitational waves are. This interview was done during the run up to BBC Stargazing Live 2012.

BBC Stargazing Live on BBC Midlands Today

My interview with David Gregory starts at 2:30. I'm also joined by Kat Grover.

Interviews +

  • 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)

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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 :)
** 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.
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