Academia is a journey of learning, self-discovery, and friendship—here are some memorable moments, in no particular order! More to come :-)
Astro Masters students, Year 2, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France, September 2021
Rainy excursion day during the AGN Across Continents event: We explored Newcastle Castle and braved the rain while touring the city!
Spacetime & Gravity, last class (& exam day!), June 2022
Astro-Halloween Oct. 2021
Nancay Radio Observatory visit & workshop, January 2022
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), research interns 2022
With my Masters thesis supervisor Gary Mamon & Eduardo Vitral (his then PhD student), June 2022
a very cold observing night sometime in January 2021
Parisian coffee break with Clara Puerto-Sanchez, 2022
Accretion Alliance Newcastle-Durham workshop, March 2023
With Chi Onwurah (Newcastle MP) at the STEM for Britain competition, March 2024
With Cristina Ramos Almeida at the AGN on the chesapeake conference, May 2023
With some of the GATOS members in Madrid, on a sunny January day 2024
Women's day, with Astro-Obs NCL women and allies, March 2024
Some of AGN across Continents LOC dressed up for the cultural conference dinner, July 2024
Coffee break on the IAP terrace overlooking the Paris Observatory dome with Paloma Guetzoyan some day in April 2021
Checking out the Christmas market after work with Manthos Charidis and Devang Liya, December 2023
Three Minute thesis regional final, June 2024
DEX conference in Edinburgh with some Newcastle Astro-Obs members, January 2023
DEX 2024 Conference dinner - I got to bring my husband! (left to me :-).)
Full AGN across Continents LOC, July 2024
A walk around Newcastle with Paloma Guetzoyan, July 2024
Fun experience teaching a Masters class on behalf of my PhD supervisor, some day in October 2023
Filming for Space Investigators with Samuel Ward asking really good questions (e.g., why is astronomy fun?), Feb 2024
NativeScientists Arabic science workshop, with a fun demonstration of how JWST works! March 2023 (parental permission to share granted)
DEX 2025 workshop hosted at Newcastle University