Public lectures, Outreach & Exhibitions
Aug 2018, Forces of Nature event at Murdoch University, I was the scientific adviser of this event that attracted 250 school kids to a lecture on Laser accelerators (given by the AIP Women in Physics Lecturer Ceri Brenner, a lecture by the ATSE Distinguished lecturer Kingsley Dixon, experimental displays and a panel discussion.
Mar 2018, Kids television program ‘Scope TV: Butterfly colour, Channel 11, Australia (broadcast 3 Mar 2018)
Nov 2017, “Wenn Unordnung ein Vorteil ist: Wie stochastische Modelle in der Natur die moderne Materialwissenschaften inspirieren” (When being disorderly is not a disadvantage: stochastic models inspired by nature for modern materials science), Invited talk at WiMa-Kongress (open forum of the University Ulm, Germany), 11 Nov 2017
Dec 2017, “Structural coloration in butterflies: color without pigments”, Outreach experiments and lecture as part of the Conoco Phillips Science Activities program, Murdoch University
Oct 2017, “How nature’s architecture inspires next-generation technology”, Public lecture as part of the Murdoch University Future Earth Lecture Series, Murdoch University
Aug 2017, “Nature’s Amazing Palette“, Presentation to Year 10 students at Applecross Senior High School as part of the Perth Science Festival, Perth, 15 Aug 2017
Aug 2017, Perth Science Festival, Master of Ceremony for Saturday Activities in Perth Convention Center, Perth, 12 Aug 2017
Jul 2017, AIP Women in Physics Day at Murdoch University, I was the organiser (jointly with Bruce Gardiner and Fiona Mochrie) of this event that attracted 350 school kids to a lecture on Astrophysics, experimental displays and a game-show-type event “The Boffins vs The Darwins” centered around several experiments.
Nov 2016, After-dinner speaker of the Australian Institute of Physics WA branch annual general meeting, “Only Entropy comes easy“, 16 Nov 2016, University of Western Australia
Aug 2016, AIP Women in Physics Day at Murdoch University, I was the main organiser of this event that attracted 540 school kids to a lecture on Quantum Dynamics, experimental displays and a panel discussion “Physics at University : Good for you and Good for Society”.
Okt 2013, Bierschaum und Leichtbaumaterial: Wo Geometrie die Physik macht, Public lecture as part of the university-wide open-day activity Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft in Erlangen on the physical mechanisms and properties of liquid foams, and their geometric origin.
Feb 2013, Physik auf dem Computer – Von Seifenblasen bis zu Schmetterlingsflügeln, Public lecture on the formation and purpose of spatial structure in soft matter.
Nov 2011, Minimal surfaces: from butterflies to human skin and 3D virtual reality. Public lecture as part of the university-wide open-day(or night, rather)-activity Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft Erlangen.
Nov 2011, Minimal surfaces: from butterflies to human skin and 3D virtual reality. Public lecture as part of the university-wide open-day(or night, rather)-activity Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft Erlangen.
Dec 2008, Sandman’s travel through the world of granular matter, Weihnachtsvorlesung (xmas-lecture) of the physics department of the University Erlangen (a theatrical performance involving about 20 staff and students built around eight granular matter experiments performed in front of an audience of more than 300)
Aug 2010, Development of puzzle toy ‘InfiniTiles’ to illustrate triply-periodic minimal surfaces. One of the co-inventors Stuart Ramsden received the ‘People’s choice award’ of the Australian Science Festival’s Big Ideas at Work competition in 2010.
May 2003, Participation in exhibition Factor of Ten – A Future Worth Having: science and art of the environment meet at the Australian National University. Saddle polyhedron joint with Gilbert Riedelbauch and Stephen Hyde, reported also in ’The Helix’ (Aug/Sept 2003) and Canberra Times (8 May 2003)