JUMP TO: Convention Panels // Science Representation Articles // Invited Talks and Other Videos // Sharing Science // Research Highlights // Press Releases // Blog Posts Written At Sea
I co-host the podcasts Star Warsologies and The Facts & The Furious, about science representation in those popular franchises.
I’ve also written hundred of articles for Nerdist about Science and Technology. Many have a pop culture tie-in, of course.
Convention Panels:
San Diego Comic-Con 2024 panel: How Science Advisors Make Sci-Fi Better
Los Angeles Comic Con 2023: Science Advisors in Science Fiction
Los Angeles Comic Con 2023: The Science of Ahsoka
Dragon Con 2023: Female Presenting in the Digital Space
San Diego Comic-Con 2023 panel: The Science of Superpowers
Star Wars Celebration 2023 panel: Making Star Wars Magic: Behind the Scenes Stories
LA Comic Con 2022: The Living Force: Evolution in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
SiliCon with Adam Savage 2022 panel: ILM Creatives Celebrate 20 Years of Attack of the Clones
San Diego Comic-Con 2022 panel: The Mandalorian: Under the Helmet
San Diego Comic-Con 2022 panel: Costumes of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars Celebration 2022 panel: Galactic Critters Big and Small
How to: Present a Panel at Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition panel: The Grant Imahara Tribute Panel
San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition panel: The “Science” of Fast & Furious
San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition panel: The Science of Star Wars
San Diego Comic-Con @Home panel: The Science of Star Wars
Star Wars ForceFest panel: Wildlife in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars ForceFest panel: Thank You, Grant Imahara
Science Representation in Popular Media:
Nerdist: “How Vampires Mess Up the Ecosystem”
Nerdist: “The Mandalorian’s Troubling Attitude Toward Wildlife”
Star Wars Insider: “The Secret Life of Porgs”
Star Wars Insider: “Slugs in Space”
Star Wars Insider: “The Eyes Have It”
Star Wars Insider: “Virtual Fandom” (print only, issue 204)
Star Wars Insider: “Industry, Laughter & Magical Times”
Star Wars Insider: “Do You Speak Bocce?” (print only, issue 206)
Star Wars Insider: “Spice: Just Say No!” (print only, issue 209)
Star Wars Insider: “Stewards of the Forest Moon” (print only, issue 212)
Star Wars Insider: “Troy Kotsur: Tusken Translator” (print only, issue 215)
Star Wars Insider: “Fon Davis: Model Shop Role Model” (print only, issue 223)
Star Wars Insider: “Jake Lunt Davies’ Star Wars Sketchbook” (print only, issue 224)
Star Wars Insider: “Purrgil Power” (print only, issue 226)
Star Wars Insider: “Got Blue Milk!” (print only, issue 227)
Fleet Science Center: “Reality Vs. Hollywood: Chemistry”
Fleet Science Center: “Reality Vs. Hollywood: Oceanography”
Fleet Science Center: “Reality Vs. Hollywood: Forensic Science”
JUMP TO: Convention Panels // Science Representation Articles // Invited Talks and Other Videos // Sharing Science // Research Highlights // Press Releases // Blog Posts Written At Sea
Invited Talks and Other Videos:
Invited Panelist: The Art of Science Writing, the San Diego Press Club
How CODA’s Troy Kotsur Created Sign Language for the STAR WARS Universe
Inside The Practical Effects of the Star Wars Prequels
Invited Talk: Mystic Seaport Museum’s Adventure Series: Crossing Every Ocean for Science
Invited Talk: Scripps History is Women’s History
Ask A Fleetster: How deep is the ocean?
Oceanographer Miller Reads about Young Jacques Cousteau
Honoring Sally: Tam O’Shaughnessy Aboard the R/V Sally Ride
A Legacy of Seagoing Science Continues
AGU’s The Plainspoken Scientist: “Two scientists walk into a bar”
San Diego Science Writers Association blog, “Sally Ride Research Vessel Tour: Part II”
Nature: “Advice from the high seas: how to transition to a new lab”
Scientific American: “Self Isolation? I’m an Expert”
JUMP TO: Convention Panels // Science Representation Articles // Invited Talks and Other Videos // Sharing Science // Research Highlights // Press Releases // Blog Posts Written At Sea
Research Highlights and Profiles:
“New Postdoctoral Fellows Add Expertise, Diversity to Physics Department”
“Grouper Moon Project Uses Scripps Science to Revive a Caribbean Fish”
“Using Artificial Intelligence to Understand Deepwater Horizon’s Effects on Dolphins”
“San Diego Math Circle Widens at UC San Diego”
Press Releases:
“Midlife Refit of Research Vessel Roger Revelle Completed”
“New Cages to Trap Molecules Push Boundaries of Protein Design”
“New Study Identifies Thermometer for the Past Global Ocean”
Blog Posts Written At Sea:
Research Vessel Revelle and Quarantine blog posts
“The Roger Revelle Sails Again”
Research Vessel Mirai blog posts
Research Vessel Sally Ride blog, more than 100 posts
Research Vessel Agulhas II blog posts
“Teamwork makes the dream work: the Scripps technicians of GP15”