Talks and presentations
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Public and Outreach Talks
August 28, 2025
Outreach talk, Astronomy Festival, Herstmonceux Observatory, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, UK
A public talk on how sky surveys evolved from early star catalogues to modern projects such as Gaia, 4MOST, DESI, LSST, and Euclid, and how these surveys help answer questions about galaxy growth, dark energy, and the cosmic web.
April 03, 2024
Outreach talk, Lewes Astronomical Society, Lewes, UK
An outreach talk on Nowruz (the Persian New Year) and the astronomy of calendars, explaining how lunar, solar, and lunisolar systems keep time and why the Persian calendar is tied to the spring equinox. It also covered the history and structure of the Iranian calendar and the cultural traditions of Nowruz, from its origins to modern celebrations.
May 04, 2023
Outreach talk, Brighton Astro, Brighton, UK
The planet Tatooine in Star Wars orbits has two suns. We want to see if it’s possible for Tattoine to exist in the real world by simulating its orbit.
Collaboration Meeting Talks
February 24, 2025
Collaboration meeting talk, 4MOST Science Team Meeting, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
The Cosmology Redshift Survey (4MOST-CRS) will enable precision cosmological measurements using spectroscopic clustering of galaxies and quasars over 0.1 < z < 2.5 across >7000 deg^2. This talk presented the CRS Bright Galaxy and Luminous Red Galaxy target selections and angular clustering tests used to assess catalogue quality and uniformity.
January 22, 2025
Collaboration meeting talk, Euclid Galaxy Clustering Meeting, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
Presented measurements of the angular two-point correlation function using Euclid Early Data, focusing on methodology, early catalogue validation, and key systematic checks relevant to clustering analyses.