I am passionate about public engagement and outreach in science, but particularly in astronomy. Throughout my research career, I have organised and assisted in many observing sessions for primary and secondary school students, scout and guide groups (etc), and amateur astronomy societies. I am keen to reach a broad and diverse audience to share my enthusiasm for astronomy. It is highly enjoyable and rewarding to engage with young students and members of the public to discuss astronomy at various levels. I am dedicated to continue participating and organising similar outreach activities throughout my research career.

Activities as faculty at Newcastle University (2023-date)

Invited public lecture at Kielder Castle in November 2024 for local astronomical society and over 80 attendees.

Invited lecture for the annual VVS conference, held in Blankenberge, Belgium in October 2024, and had over 200 attendees.

Invited public lecture on asteroseismology at University of York.

Astronomy engagement talk at annual Year 10 conference with over 300 high-school students.

Astronomy engagement talk for over 30 undergraduate students at Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Kenya.

Activities as a postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven (2017-2023)

Participant of the KU Leuven Scientist at School program, in which I visited local schools and provided astronomy-themed lectures and workshops.

Workshops on space exploration and the solar system at the annual KU Leuven Kids University, for 25+ students aged 8–12.

Lectures on `Stellar Clusters' and `Variable Stars' at the annual Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde Zomerschool for 40+ students aged 16-18.

Workshops on `Exoplanets, Habibility and Host Star Variability' for the annual Ladies@Science event, hosted at KU Leuven for 40+ students.

Teaching fellow for the academic year 2022-2023 for the World Science Scholars program of the World Science Festival.

A series of popular-science videos in collaboration with Huawei and Pint of Science Belgium for the ``5-minute science you never knew'' YouTube channel.

Invited speaker on asteroseismology for two Belgian Pint of Science events in Brussels on 7 and 21 May 2019.

Co-author of Dutch article for the September 2019 issue of the popular astronomy magazine Heelal on pulsating blue supergiants.

Assisted in the organisation of regular KU Leuven open days for members of the public and prospective undergraduate students.

Activities as a PhD student at UCLan (2013-2016)

Regular public open days/nights at UCLan’s Alston observatory, at which visitors were given an interactive tour of the night sky using the modern planetarium and taught to use the modern 0.7-metre Moses Holden Telescope (MHT) telescope. I also visited primary and secondary school students in their classrooms to give talks and run astronomy-themed group activities. These were interactive and tailor-made to support the astronomy section of the national curriculum for students between the ages of 4 and 18.