Outreach

I love sharing my passion for physics with others :) I really fell in love with physics when I started doing research...there was no answer in the back of the book anymore! I think figuring out something new about the way our universe works is exciting and super sweet. People have said that my passion for physics is contagious and that I am very good at explaining complex ideas in simple, understandable terms. I'd like to thank my family for listening to my "physics rants" all these years and giving me lots of practice explaining what I do to non-experts.

Articles:

• Time to put on your big kid pants -- life after a Ph.D.

• Dark Concentration--It-Matters!

• How special is "3 sigma"?

• Standing Out in a Crowd

Videos:

• Los Alamos "Science in 60"

  • SLAC Public Lecture Cosmic Clue: The Dark Matter Mystery

• Astronomy on Tap Bay Area What it Takes to Win the Physics Jackpot

• Guest on "Game Changers: Silicon Valley"

  • Episode 5 Dark Matter May be Everywhere

  • Episode 10 -- The Art of Detecting Dark Matter

• Featured during a "virtual field trip" of SLAC (I come in around then 21 min mark)

Live Appearances:

• Speaker at Teen Cafe at Santa Fe Indian School

• Speaker at Pojaque Science Summer camp for girls

• Guest Lecturer for UNM-LA "Astrophysics for Everyone"

• High-energy Physics lobbyist. March 2014 and 2015, I traveled to Washington D.C. to and convince Congress that funding High-energy Physics is crucial to our society and something that the federal government needs to fund.

• Guest for Q&A session on Gizmodo

• Mentor for science classes at my hometown high school (Bristol Eastern in Bristol, CT)

• Recorded Google Hangout

• Organized and performed dozens of "Fun with Physics" shows at the Ohio State Fair (2010-2012)