Sharing Research
“Communication is not something you add on to science; it is of the essence of science.” – Alan Alda
As scientists it is imperative that we share our research, not just with each other, but with the public in order to educate, excite, and explain what it is we do and why we do it. I take every opportunity to share my science with anyone who will listen.
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The lists below only cover recent events and articles. For a complete list, please see my Scicomm Archive.
PDF slides for some of my public presentations are available on my Slides page.
Public Presentations and Outreach
- Communicating Science — UWA BPhil Summer Residence, 2023
- Solar Systems and Satellites — Joseph Banks Secondary College, 2023
- Stargirls STEM Camp — ICRAR, 2023
- Connecting WA to the Stars — Astrofest, 2022
- How We Use Satellites — ISC Space Boot Camp, 2022
- Testing Einstein to the Limit — UWA Wallal Expedition Centenary, 2022
- Peel Bright Minds — STEM careers panel, 2022
- ASITII21 — Thriving in Space panel
- Connecting WA to the Stars — Raising the Bar, 2021
- Satellite laser communications — HAMFEST WA, 2021
- Connecting WA to the Stars — UWA DVCR Webinar, 2021
- Scitech Science Cafe, 2020
- Space Lasers: seeing clearer — Astronomical Society of WA, 2020
- Pluto: the Oddball — ICRAR COVID-19 livestream, 2020
- Science Meets Parliament summary in Australia Physics, 2020
- Science Meets Parliament, Nov 2019
- Maths & Comp Sci in the Pub, Oct 2019
- Australian Science Communicators Careers Night, 2019
- School visit — Narrabundah College, 2019
- School visit — Garran School Science Fair judge, 2019
- Pint of Science — Big Problems Need Big Lasers, 2019
- Panelist for Quantum Shorts public screening, 2019
Articles and External Blogs
- Connecting Australia to space with laser communications
- Australian installs first space laser optical ground station in the southern hemisphere (ABC News)
- WA developing satellite laser communications station
- The Rocket Competition Launching Australia’s Future
- The kilogram is about to change forever
- Opportunity’s 5,000 sols on Mars
- Pluto is not a planet
- Cleaning up our space junkyard
- 2018 shapes up to be a huge year in physics and astronomy
- The challenger to WRESAT’s crown
- WRESAT: When Australia beat the world to space
Radio and Podcast
- Primary students see the big picture with Einsteinian physics (The Science Show, ABC RN)
- UWA Alumni Voices: TEDxUWA Thursdays
- Telescope Pilot (Astrophiz)
- Cassini’s Grand Finale (Spirit Radio)
- Optical Metrology and Signal Transmission Stabilisation (Vaguely Accurate)
- Science Lessons in the Sky — ABC radio, RTRFM
- Keeping Clocks Accurate (Naked Scientists)
- Better time benefits industry and research (The Science Show, ABC RN)
Media Releases and Press Articles
- WA researchers lead the way in hi-tech communications
- Laser Propagating Through Air Sets Stability Record
- Record-breaking laser link could help us test whether Einstein was right
- Moon to Earth: WA to host space communications station
- Synchronisation System Designs Chosen For SKA Telescopes
- ICRAR researchers’ precision on point
- Synchronization System Designs Chosen for SKA Telescopes
- What to do when your atomic clock just isn’t accurate enough
- Australian Researchers Have Developed Ultra-Accurate Synchronisation Tech for Largest Telescope
- West Australian Innovation Could Save SKA Millions
Contributed interviews and quotes
- Virgin Obit UK launch failure (Channel News Asia)
- Best moments in space for 2022 (ABC Perth Breakfast)
- Carnarvon dish for deep-space tracking (Channel 7)
- Could this be the tech leap that makes your next smartphone faster and cheaper (South China Morning Post)
- Chinese team syncs clocks over record distance using lasers (Nature News)
- Chinese team says laser test could improve satellite navigation (South China Morning Post)
- Why ‘space tourism’ is the next giant leap for mankind (The West Australian/ The Sunday Times)
- How atomic clocks could probe dark matter mysteries and fundamental physics (ABC News)
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