The past several years I have worked as an astrophysicist using both numerical simulations and observational data to understand how gravity behaves in the extreme environments found around black holes. I am looking to utilize my skills at taking messy data sets and extracting truths about the universe to more local problems as a data scientist.

Talks

Public Talks

Pint of Science Festival: 2019

Extreme Environments: Gravity and Black Holes

Speaker at the 2019 Pint of Science Festival in Brisbane as part of the sold out Astronomy and Quantum Mechanics session, ‘Get Outer This World.’ Click here for website.

InspireU Indigenous STEM Camp: 2019

Extreme Gravity and Black Holes

Invited speaker for high school students interested in physics at the InspireU event hosted by the University of Queensland designed to engage indigenous students in STEM subjects. Click here for slides.

The Conversation: 2018

2018 Yearbook Launch Event

Invited to be a part of a panel discussion about all things outer space related with Q&A from the audience as part of The Conversation’s 2018 Yearbook launch in Brisbane.
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University of the Third Age: 2018

Extreme Environments: Gravity and Black Holes:

Invited speaker at the University of the Third Age Winter School to teach retired members of the Brisbane community about black holes and gravity. Click here for slides.

Careers That Shape The World: 2018

Careers in Maths and Physics

Invited to speak and participate on a panel discussion on careers in physics and math as part of an event for high school students hosted by the University of Queensland. Click here for slides.

ABC Science: 2018

Expert Opinon on a Black Hole Article

Invited to give my expert opinion and scientific clarification on an ABC science article covering a recent discovery of a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star. Click here to read the article.

National Youth Science Forum: 2018

Weighing Black Holes

Invited to speak to high school students interested in physics about my research at the National Youth Science Forum hosted by the University of Queensland. Click here for slides.

University of the Third Age: 2017

Cracking the Mysteries of the Universe

Invited speaker at the University of the Third Age Winter School to teach retired members of the Brisbane community about dark matter, dark energy, and general relativity. Click here for slides.

Flying Scientist Program: 2017

Weighing Black Holes

Invited speaker at the Charleville Cosmos Center as part of the Queensland Goverment and University of Queensland’s Flying Scientist Program designed to engage the general public in regional/remote areas of Queensland in science research. Click here for slides.

STEM Fest Showcase Evening: 2017

Weighing Black Holes

Keynote speaker at the STEM Fest Showcase Evening at Burpengary State Secondary College as part of their 7-8 grade regional science fair events. Click here for slides.

Brisbane Astronomical Society: 2017

Weighing Black Holes with the Australian Dark Energy Survey

Invited to speak to the Brisbane Astronomical Society, the local amateur astronomy club, about my research into black holes. Click here for slides.

Channel 10: 2017

Scope: Space Out Science

Appeared in an episode of Channel 10’s children’s TV show Scope on their space themed episode for a segment about the size of the solar system. Click here to watch the episode.

Specialist Talks

CosKASI Conference: The Correlated Universe, 2019

Black Hole Mass Measurements with the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES)

Jeju Island, South Korea

13th Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Theory Workshop, 2019

Simulating Emission from Black Hole Accretion Disks

Swinburne University, Melbourne Australia

Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018

AGN Reverberation Mapping with the Australian Dark Energy Survey

Swinburne University, Melbourne Australia

Dark Energy Survey Collaboration Meeting, 2018

AGN Reverberation Mapping with the Australian Dark Energy Survey

Texas A&M, College Station, Texas USA

Invited Seminar at Washington University in St. Louis, 2018

AGN Reverberation Mapping with the Australian Dark Energy Survey

St. Louis, Missouri USA

Dark Energy Survey Collaboration Meeting, 2017

BLR Reverberation Mapping with OzDES

University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia

Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, 2017

AGN Reverberation Mapping with OzDES

Australian National University, Canberra Australia

Dark Energy Survey Collaboration Meeting, 2017

AGN Reverberation Mapping with OzDES

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois USA

Invited Seminar at Monash University, 2016

Using Simulations of the X-ray Emission from Black Holes to Study General Relativity in the Strong Gravity Regime

Melbourne, Australia

Invited Seminar at Ohio State University, 2016

Using Simulations of the X-ray Emission from Black Holes to Dissect the Inner Regions of Accretion Flow

Columbus, Ohio USA

15th American Astronomical Society’s High Energy Astrophysics Meeting, 2016

Modeling the Observed Compton Hump Reverberation Signatures

Naples, Flordia USA

225th American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2015

General Relativistic Ray Tracing Studies for X-ray Reverberation and Polarimetry Studies of Black Holes

Seattle, Washington USA

X-Calbiur Collaboration Meeting, 2014

Measuring Black Hole Spins with X-Calibur

Chicago, Illinois USA