Events
Events
Check out all the scientific talks, public outreach and educational visits I’ve made to date. Keep up to date with my schedule on the homepage and on my twitter feed.
PRESS RELEASES
05/02/09: Scientists get the measure of life on other planets:
http://www.roe.ac.uk/roe/support/pr/pressreleases/090205-aliens/index.html
Related Articles:
Plus articles in the Times, Scotsman, Telegraph, CNN online, USAToday, many international articles, and substantial blogosphere activity: Google “Duncan Forgan alien”
ARCHIVE
2011
19/1/2011: Lecturing, Universe Open Learning Course, University of Edinburgh
“Life in Space”
2010
10/12/2010: Stobie Talk, ROE:
“Virulence as a Model of Interstellar Colonisation”
21/6/2010: 2nd UK SPH Forum, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester
“Implementing Gridless MCRT on SPH Density Fields”
21/5/2010: Stobie Talk, ROE:
“The Limitations of Radio SETI with the SKA”
14/5/2010: Speaking at Astronomy, Statistics and Geometry Series, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh:
“Using Monte Carlo Realisation Techniques to Model SETI”
23/4/2010: Stobie Talk, ROE:
“Does Gravity act as a Viscosity in Protostellar Discs?”
13/4/2010: Speaking at NAM 2010, University of Glasgow
“Native Synthetic Imaging of SPH Simulations”
29/3/2010: Science in Galaxies with ALMA, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
“Creating Synthetic Observables from Star Formation Simulations”
17/3/2010: Lecturing, Universe Open Learning Course, University of Edinburgh
“Life in Space”
23/2/10: Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, University of Tübingen, Germany
“Probing Radiative Self Gravitating Discs with SPH and Native Synthetic Imaging”
3/2/10: Cafe Scientifique, City Screen Picturehouse, York
“Astrobiology: The Science of Life in the Universe”
1/2/10: Debate, Winter Talks at ROE, Edinburgh:
“Are We Alone?”
2009
20/11/09: School Talk at Erskine Stewart’s Melville College, Edinburgh
“Building Planets and Finding Aliens”
09-11/11/09: Speaker at Dynamics of Outer Planetary Systems, ROE, Edinburgh
“Direct Synthetic Imaging of SPH density fields, and Implications for Observations of Outer Planetary Systems”
09/10/09: Invited Speaker at RAS Meeting: Exoplanets and their Environment, Burlington House, London:
“From SPH to ALMA: Bridging Gaps between Theory and Observation”
26/09/09: Talk at ROE Open Days
“Are We Alone?”
18/09/09: Public Talk at BB, Scone
“A Brief History of Life, the Universe and Everything”
11/09/09: Coffee Talk at the ROE:
“Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer in SPH Density Fields: A Stobie Success Story”
02/09/09: Seminar at Cardiff University:
“Stellar Encounters: A Stimulus for Disc Fragmentation?”
16-20/08/09: Presented a Poster at Dynamics of Discs and Planets, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge
20-27/06/09: Attended Linfest, Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, Tuscany
02/06/09: Invited Speaker, ISC’2009 Loughborough:
“SETI: A New Monte Carlo Approach”
12/05/09: Visit to Sciennes Primary School
28/04/09: Cafe Scientifique at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh:
“Habitability: finding life on other worlds”
27/04/09: Talk at the Cormack Meeting, Space Technology Centre, University of Dundee:
“Stellar Encounters: A Stimulus for Disc Fragmentation?”
09/04/09: Assisting at the Edinburgh International Science Festival:
“Are We Alone?”
16/03/09: Public Talk for the British Science Association at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh:
“Astrobiology: the Science of ET”
12/03/09: Guest Lecture for Science and Society Course, University of Edinburgh:
“Astrobiology: the Modern Paradigm”
05/02/09: Press Release:
“Scientists get the Measure of Life on Other Planets”
19/01/09: Seminar at the CONSTELLATION Network Meeting, Cardiff University:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics”
2008
12/12/08: Coffee Talk at the ROE:
“Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer”
08/10/08: Talk at the ROE “Habitability in the Galaxy” Workshop:
“SETI: A New Monte Carlo Approach”
28/09/08: Public Talk at the ROE Open Day:
“Astrobiology: the Science of You, Me and ET”
21/08/08: Coffee Talk at ROE:
“SETI: A New Monte Carlo Approach”
20/07/08 - 25/07/08 - Poster Presented at Cool Stars XV, University of St. Andrews:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH”
12/06/08: Seminar at University of Exeter:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH”
28/05/08: Seminar at Cardiff University:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH”
08/05/08: Coffee Talk at ROE:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH”
28/04/08: Poster Presented at Cormack Meeting, RSE:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH”
31/03/08 - 04/04/08 - Poster Presented at NAM 2008, Queen’s University Belfast:
“Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH”