In June 2025, I participated in the Symbiosis project at the Simons Foundation, a unique collaboration between scientists and filmmakers. Together with filmmaker Kyle Finnegan, we created the short film Who Cares About Gravitational Waves?— see for yourself how ripples in space-time might shape our everyday lives, explored through the streets of New York City.
I love sharing my excitement about the Universe and making science more accessible to everyone. I've helped run outreach events for all ages—from online workshops for kids during the pandemic, to volunteering with high school students, to giving talks for adults. Below are two examples of projects where I played a leading role.
Chair of Local Organising Committee for the ComSciCon-Flagship Workshop:
This science communication workshop for graduate students aims to empower future leaders in science communication.
As such, we place a large emphasis on diversity equity inclusion, and belonging.
Examples of workshops from this year's conference include ``Diversity in SciComm" and ``Disability in STEM".
I have been heavily involved in the organizing committee for the past 3 years, and have chaired the organization of last year’s Flagship event.
Symbiosis: Who Cares About Gravitational Waves?
Outreach and Public service.
Exhibition manager at the Old Observatory in Leiden:
The Old Observatory in Leiden is a historic building that contains a visitor center that is still actively used for astronomy outreach.
I led the development of a new exhibition for this visitor center, which was successfully installed in 2018.
In this role, I also coordinated the approximately 100 annual guided astronomy tours at the Old Observatory and oversaw the training of astronomy students to become new tour guides. With our team, we organized and hosted several yearly larger astronomy-related outreach events (each with about 100-1000 participants), including e.g., annual spring lectures and ‘the night of discoveries’.
