Talking about science and my research and performing outreach to different communities is a crucial part of my work.

I value talking to the public about my research and sharing our exciting findings as well as advocating for science in general.
Encouraging children who are interested in science to pursue their passion is very important to me, which is why I volunteer at the local science fair and Science in the classroom events.

If you have a question about science and my research or would like me to speak to your class or group, please contact me.

Recent outreach events

The Cambridge Science Festival is always a great event and it was a pleasure to talk about my research at the Science Pint Night organizes by the Tufts Postdoctoral Association.
The planaria were a great hit with the audience and my presentation was voted as the Best Talk of the evening by the jury.

In March, I had the pleasure of serving as a poster judge for the fantastic Scientista Symposium "Science without Borders". It was a pleasure to talk to so many talented young scientists about their work.

For the 3rd year running, I have been a poster judge at the local and regional Science & Engineering fair here in Somerville and Massachusetts Region IV.
The standard of the students work is always outstanding and it is a real pleasure seeing student projects develop over multiple years.

During my PhD years at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, I had the chance to do a number of fantastic outreach and science communication events, both through the Friends of EMBL program as well as the PhD course.

These included:

• Science Movie Night - Scientists explain the real or not so real science behind your favorite SciFi movie
• Meet a PhD student lunch - Insights into the life of a PhD students for members of the public
• EMBL Ladies Night - Highlighting the work of female researchers at EMBL
• EMBL PhD student symposium

I love a good Science Slam - here are two examples of talks I gave as a PhD student at the Heidelberg Science Slam