Dr Tamara Davis (University of Queensland, Australia) "Cosmological Confusion"  Dr Tamara Davis, the
distinguished astronomer from the University of Queensland, Australia spoke to
a crowd of some 114 people at Levin’s Waiopehu College on Monday evening 22nd
September and next morning to students from the district's Colleges also at
Waiopehu. Horowhenua Astronomical Society was delighted to be given the
privilege of hosting Dr Davis who is in New Zealand speaking as part of the
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand 2014 Beatrice Hill Tinsley Lecture series.
Dr Davis is a young and inspiring cosmologist who spends her time investigating
why the expansion of the universe is accelerating and was part of the WiggleZ
Dark Energy Survey, which made one of the largest ever maps of galaxies in the
universe using supernovae to measure the properties of “dark energy”. She
proved to be an excellent engaging communicator who turned complex concepts
into everyday language. Dr Davis obviously enjoys making science accessible to
the public and interacted very well with the audience. For more information
about our guest please visit her private web page: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/download/tamarad/ |
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