Presentations

For scientists and the general public

Keynote conference talks & Invited Reviews

  1. “The surprising evolution and death of massive stars”, Mar 2021
    Colloquium at Albert Einstein Institute, Max Planck Institute for Gravitation, Germany
  2. “ULLYSES + XSHOOTER: impact on massive stars ”, Oct 2020
    Workshop 'Community discussion on Hubble ULLYSES and XSHOOTER science', online
  3. “Luminous Blue Variables”, Jul 2020 (postponed)
    Conference 'Hot Stars: Lives with Circumstellar Matter', Almaty, Kazaksthan
  4. “Properties of Infant Supernovae”, Jun 2019
    EWASS 2019 Conference, Lyon, France
  5. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Feb 2019
    Colloquium at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  6. “The evolution of massive stars”, Sep 2018
    INAM 2018 Conference, Birr, Ireland
  7. “Effects of mass loss on stellar evolution”, Jun 2018
    ISSI Workshop ''Hydrodynamics and Interiors of Massive Stars``, Bern, Switzerland
  8. “The nature of Supernova progenitors”, Apr 2018
    EWASS 2018 Conference, Liverpool, UK
  9. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Mar 2018
    Colloquium at University of Leeds, UK
  10. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Feb 2018
    Colloquium at University of Liverpool John Moores, UK
  11. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Sep 2017
    Colloquium at Dublin City University, Ireland
  12. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Sep 2017
    Colloquium at University of Sheffield, UK
  13. “Properties of Early-time Supernova”, Aug 2017
    Workshop Massive Stars and Explosions , Armagh, UK
  14. “Evolution of massive stars”, Jul 2017
    Royal Astronomical Society of the UK National Meeting, Hull, UK
  15. “Exploring the universe with supernovae and massive stars”, Jun 2017
    Workshop “Brazil-Ireland Science Opportunities”, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  16. “Properties of Luminous Blue Variables”, Jun 2017
    Workshop “LBVs, Supernova Impostors, and Eta Carinae”, Pittsburgh, USA
  17. “Massive Star Evolution”, Jun 2017
    Fifty-One Erg Supernova Conference, Corvallis, USA
  18. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Feb 2017
    Colloquium at Armagh Observatory, UK
  19. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Feb 2017
    Colloquium at University of Maynooth, Ireland
  20. “Modelling the spectra of the first stars”, Jan 2017
    First Stars Workshop, Dublin, Ireland
  21. “Spectroscopic evolution of supernova progenitors”, Nov 2016
    IAU Symposium 329, Auckland, New Zealand
  22. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Nov 2016
    Colloquium at University of Marseille, France
  23. “Astrophysics Duets”, Nov 2016
    Colloquium at Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland
  24. “Combined stellar and spectroscopic evolution”, Oct 2016
    Workshop Supernova and Nucleosyntheis, Keele, UK
  25. “SN Progenitor Spectra”, May 2016
    Royal Society Meeting “Bridging the gap: Stars and Supernovae”, Chicheley Hall, UK
  26. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Apr 2016
    Colloquium at University of Keele, UK
  27. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Mar 2016
    Colloquium at Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, Ireland
  28. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Dec 2015
    Colloquium at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
  29. “Evolution of Red Supergiants”, Sep 2015
    Red Supergiant Conference, Nice, France
  30. “The dramatic deaths of massive stars”, Sep 2015
    Colloquium at Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland
  31. “Stellar models, atmospheres, and impact on RSG evolution”, Aug 2015
    IAU General Assembly, Focus Meeting 16 “Stellar Behemoths”, Hawaii, USA
  32. “The evolution of stars and their spectra at low metallicity”, Jul 2015
    Carnegie Symposium “Nebular emission in high-redshift galaxies”, Pasadena, USA
  33. “Constraining massive star evolution with supernovae”, Mar 2015
    Colloquium at University of Bonn, Germany
  34. Invited discussion leader: “Magnetic fields and mass loss in massive stars” Oct 2014
    Massive Star Workshop, Montpellier, France
  35. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Oct 2014
    Colloquium at University of Delaware, USA
  36. “Stellar evolution and atmospheric modeling of massive stars”, Jun 2014
    ESTER Stellar Evolution Workshop, Toulouse, France
  37. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, May 2014
    Colloquium at Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
  38. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Mar 2014
    Colloquium at Weizmann Institute of Astrophysics, Rehovot, Israel
  39. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Mar 2014
    Colloquium at University of Nice, France
  40. “New insights into Eta Carinae”, Jan 2014
    VLTI/PIONIER Science Meeting, Grenoble, France
  41. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Dec 2013
    Colloquium at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  42. “Life and death of massive stars”, Oct 2013
    Meeting of the Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Basel, Switzerland
  43. “Deaths of massive stars”, Oct 2013
    Colloquium at Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
  44. “The surprising look of massive stars before death”, Feb 2013
    Colloquium at University of St Andrews, Scotland
  45. “Properties of supernovae and GRB progenitors”, Jan 2013
    Conference "Properties of Gamma-Ray Burts", Sesto, Italy
  46. “Alien views of Eta Carinae”, Oct 2012
    Colloquium at University of Geneva, Switzerland
  47. “Alien views of Eta Carinae”, Apr 2012
    Colloquium at University of Bonn, Germany
  48. “Zooming in on Eta Carinae”, Mar 2012
    Conference "Circumstellar Dynamics as High Resolution", Foz Iguacu, Brazil
  49. “Peering into the inner regions of Eta Carinae”, Mar 2012
    Colloquium at European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile
  50. “Modelling the wind and photosphere of massive stars”, Jun 2011
    GAIA Workshop GREAT, Brussels, Belgium
  51. “Massive stars close to the Eddington Limit”, May 2011
    Conference Science with the SOAR Telescope, Maresias, Brazil
  52. “Luminous Blue Variables”, Dec 2010
    Colloquium at University of Geneva, Switzerland
  53. “Properties of the prototypical LBV AG Carinae”, Oct 2010
    Colloquium at Armagh Observatory, UK
  54. “Properties of the prototypical LBV AG Carinae”, Nov 2008
    Colloquium at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
  55. “Properties of the prototypical LBV AG Carinae”, Nov 2008
    Colloquium at Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
  56. “Properties of the prototypical LBV AG Carinae”, Feb 2006
    Colloquium at University of Pittsburgh, USA

    57. Public Outreach Talks

    1. "Stars, Supernovae and Black Holes"
      CTIY event, Dublin
    2. "Live Fast and Die Hard"
      Astronomy Ireland, Dublin
    3. "Exoplanets, Stars and the Universe"
      Transition Year Physics Experience, Dublin
    4. "Live Fast and Die Hard"
      Irish Amateur Astronomical Society, Dublin
    5. "Panelist for discussion on habitable worlds"
      Public event at Trinity Space Society, Dublin
    6. "Exoplanets, Stars and the Universe"
      University Open Day of TCD, Dublin
    7. "Judge on Science Debate""
      Public event at Trinity Science Society, Dublin
    8. "Live Fast and Die Hard"
      International Space Week
    9. "Exoplanets, Stars and the Universe"
      Physics Open Day of TCD, Dublin
    10. "Exoplanets, Stars and the Universe"
      TYPE Physics teenagers, Dublin
    11. "Live Fast and Die Hard"
      TYPE Physics teenagers, Dublin
    12. "Velozes e Furiosas"
      Planetarium, Sao Paulo
    13. "Live Fast and Die Hard"
      Student Physics Society, Dublin
    14. "Observation of Mercury transit"
      Public event, Dublin
    15. "Exoplanets, Stars and the Universe"
      University Open Day of TCD, Dublin
    16. "Live Fast and Die Hard"
      Irish Amateur Astronomical Association, Belfast
    17. "Exoplanets, Stars and the Universe"
      TYPE Physics teenagers, Dublin
    18. "Supernovae and the Deaths of Stars"
      ISW, Geneva
    19. "Deaths of Stars"
      Swiss High-School professors, Geneva