Laura Driessen's guest appearances

Laura Driessen

Astrophiz Astronomy Podcasts

The Space Case Sarah Show

Katherine Johnson

Dave Hunter

Suzie Sheehy

Lawrence Krauss

Alice Gorman

Solange Cunin

Andrew Cameron

Jessie Christiansen

Elizabeth Tasker

Brad Tucker

Lisa Harvey-Smith

Emily Petroff

Elisabetta Barberio

Jamie Stevens

Sarah Maddison

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I am really excited to be speaking again with Dr Laura Driessen, who is now recognised as one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM!You first met Laura 5 years ago back in 2018 when she was doing her PhD at the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank.Laura’s back story is all there in Astrophiz Episode 54. You heard about her obsession with space starting at age 4 and her natural yet meandering academic Astro journey up to the point where she was using commensal searches on the MeerKAT array in South Africa for pinpointing and localization of FRBs, Fast Radio Bursts. Today we’re taking up that story from where we left off, and we hear of her first post-doc with the CSIRO in Perth, her FRB and Radio Star research and her outreach work in the outback with indigenous school kids who live near the iconic Murchison Widefield Array and the ASKAP Array. Laura tells us about her current research and her work as the joint Science lead on the VAST project and you will love the clarity of her description of the power and nature of Commensal Searches, and how she uses archival data to verify that her radio data is actually coming from her targeted star and not from a radio galaxy hiding behind it. Another gift Laura gives us is her brilliant explanation of how scientists establish and maintain collaborations both big and small, and how scientists often begin with a large number of hypotheses to explain observed phenomena and how the null hypothesis is such a powerful tool in developing an accurate understanding of our universe.On social media you’ll find Laura, she’s @AstroLauraD on Twitter. And her non-astro work can be found on Etsy at Oomigoomi ….. and her Whippet dog is astro.the.whippy on Instagram

I am really excited to be speaking again with Dr Laura Driessen, who is now recognised as one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM! You first met Laura 5 years ago back in 2018 when she was doing her PhD at the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank. Laura’s back story is all there in Astrophiz Episode 54. You heard about her obsession with space starting at age 4 and her natural yet meandering academic Astro journey up to the point where she was using commensal searches on the MeerKAT array in South Africa for pinpointing and localization of FRBs, Fast Radio Bursts. Today we’re taking up that story from where we left off, and we hear of her first post-doc with the CSIRO in Perth, her FRB and Radio Star research and her outreach work in the outback with indigenous school kids who live near the iconic Murchison Widefield Array and the ASKAP Array. Laura tells us about her current research and her work as the joint Science lead on the VAST project and you will love the clarity of her description of the power and nature of Commensal Searches, and how she uses archival data to verify that her radio data is actually coming from her targeted star and not from a radio galaxy hiding behind it. Another gift Laura gives us is her brilliant explanation of how scientists establish and maintain collaborations both big and small, and how scientists often begin with a large number of hypotheses to explain observed phenomena and how the null hypothesis is such a powerful tool in developing an accurate understanding of our universe. On social media you’ll find Laura, she’s @AstroLauraD on Twitter. And her non-astro work can be found on Etsy at Oomigoomi ….. and her Whippet dog is astro.the.whippy on Instagram

Astrophiz169: Dr Laura Driessen ~ Radio Stars

Everything you wanted to know about radio astronomy, supernovae, regular novae, hypernovae, kilonovae, and the Jetsons with astrophysicist Dr. Laura Driessen.   The Space Case Sarah Show is produced and distributed exclusively byiRoc Space RadioYour go to place in the galaxy for space news, culture, entertainment and music. For access to the full mind blowing line up, visit us at iRoc Space Radio or listen on iHeart Radio.

Everything you wanted to know about radio astronomy, supernovae, regular novae, hypernovae, kilonovae, and the Jetsons with astrophysicist Dr. Laura Driessen. The Space Case Sarah Show is produced and distributed exclusively byiRoc Space Radio Your go to place in the galaxy for space news, culture, entertainment and music. For access to the full mind blowing line up, visit us at <a href="https://www.irocspaceradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iRoc Space Radio</a> or listen on <a href="https://www.iheart.com/live/iroc-space-radio-8834/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iHeart Radio</a>.

Stars that go Boom! with Dr. Laura Driessen

In this episode our feature interview is with Laura Driessen who is an astrophysicist and PhD candidate based at Manchester University who is working with the MeerTRAP team  using radio and optical data from the SKA precursor MeerKAT array to pinpoint the sources of mysterious Fast Radio Bursts.For observers and astrophotographers Dr Ian Musgrave gives us ‘What’s Up Doc’ and he tells us what to look for in our morning and evening skies, what planets, galaxies and nebula to look for, what occultations are happening, strategies for imaging both faint and bright objects, and how various imaging and stacking softwares can be used to do this. We mention how sometimes Mars can be ‘ rediscovered’ and in Ian’s Tangent, we talk about the reasons for the premature demise of Humanity Star and the much anticipated re-entry of Tiangong I over the upcoming Easter Weekend, which coincides with a very rare second Blue Moon in one year.In the News:  1. Launch preparations for the Parker Solar Probe2. Brendan has a gentle dig at the Australian Space Agency &amp; orders a t-shirtFollow @AstroLauraD, @Astrophiz and @ianfmusgrave on FB &amp; Twitter.And check out Laura's blog at Astrolaura.com and Ian’s Astroblog at astroblogger.blogspot.com.au

In this episode our feature interview is with Laura Driessen who is an astrophysicist and PhD candidate based at Manchester University who is working with the MeerTRAP team using radio and optical data from the SKA precursor MeerKAT array to pinpoint the sources of mysterious Fast Radio Bursts. For observers and astrophotographers Dr Ian Musgrave gives us ‘What’s Up Doc’ and he tells us what to look for in our morning and evening skies, what planets, galaxies and nebula to look for, what occultations are happening, strategies for imaging both faint and bright objects, and how various imaging and stacking softwares can be used to do this. We mention how sometimes Mars can be ‘ rediscovered’ and in Ian’s Tangent, we talk about the reasons for the premature demise of Humanity Star and the much anticipated re-entry of Tiangong I over the upcoming Easter Weekend, which coincides with a very rare second Blue Moon in one year. In the News:   1. Launch preparations for the Parker Solar Probe 2. Brendan has a gentle dig at the Australian Space Agency &amp; orders a t-shirt Follow @AstroLauraD, @Astrophiz and @ianfmusgrave on FB &amp; Twitter. And check out Laura's blog at <a href="http://Astrolaura.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Astrolaura.com</a> and Ian’s Astroblog at <a href="http://astroblogger.blogspot.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astroblogger.blogspot.com.au</a>