Luisa's talks

Links related to the talks

• Links for the SHAPE talk, which was in March 2023 and was both NITARP and accessing data
• LONG list of links related to my "astronomy data talk"
• Universe in the Infrared, recording of online talk from Dec 2020 to the UAA Planetarium

Older talks:

• public talk on Spitzer (2012)
• rotation in young stars (2004)

List of possible talks

• General public:
  • "More Than Your Eyes Can See: Infrared Light" - basic introduction to light beyond the visible (good for beginning public)
  • "The Universe in the Infrared: Spitzer's Final Voyage" - basic description of the Spitzer mission and its important discoveries
  • "From IRAS to Spitzer and Beyond: 30 years of Space-Based Infrared Astronomy" - interested general public
  • "Getting Your Hands on Real Astronomy Data" - introduction to how to get access to astronomy data online (good for amateur astronomy clubs, educators, students).
  • "So You Want to be an Astronomer" - career talk, good for high school/college students
• Astronomy colloquium (peer level):
  • "Stellar Rotation in Clusters with K2" - recent work on rotational evolution of stars based on data taken with K2
  • "YSOVAR: Mid-Infrared Variations in Young Stars" - diversity of ways that young stars vary in the infrared.
• Professional astronomer training:
  • "How to use IRSA Tools" - introduction to the many online tools at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, one of NASA's astrophysics archives.
• Astronomy education community:
  • "The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP): 12 Years of Working with High School Teachers" - our program that partners small groups of educators with a research astronomer for a year-long authentic astronomy research project.
  • "Major Outcomes of an Authentic Astronomy Research Experience Professional Development Program: An Analysis of 8 Years of Data from NITARP" - the impact of NITARP on our participants
  • "A Way to Categorize Programs that Bring Data to the Classroom" - about the diversity of programs that get data into the hands of teachers and students