Teresa is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia, studying gravitational waves (...
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University of Western Australia, OzGrav, Curtin University, ASTRO 3D, Australia
Teresa is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia, studying gravitational waves (ripples in the fabric of spacetime) that are emitted when black holes and/or neutron stars collide, and is a science member of both OzGrav and the LIGO Scientific Community. She is also an Outreach Officer for Curtin University and ASTRO 3D, where she organises the science communication activities of the those at Curtin researching the Epoch of Reionisation (the formation of the first stars and galaxies).
She first fell in love with space at 10, when she completed a school assignment on black holes. It is likely the TV show Stargate SG1 and the character of Samantha Carter, the show's astrophysicist and all-round scientist inspired her to choose black holes as the topic, but she doesn't specifically remember that. From then on she has wanted to understand what is happening within the event horizon of a black hole, and in doing so expand upon Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
Scitech Planetarium presenter 2011 - 2015. Over the nearly 5 years there, Teresa has lead ~2,500 night sky and deep space planetarium tours, always including the effect light pollution has on the night sky in Perth.
President of the Curtin Astronomy Club 2011 - 2014. Over the 4 years Teresa lead ~100 weekly observing on clear nights, of which there are many in Perth.
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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