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Talks and lectures<\/h1>\n

Over the years, I have given a large number of talks on various topics in astronomy and physics to diverse crowds. When I worked as an explainer and later Outreach Officer, many talks were about popular astronomy -- is there life in space, will we ever live on Mars, and what are black holes? Recently, I have given several talks to especially astronomical societies about my own research.
I have also a small repertoire of lecture series with one on galaxies being the most prominent one that I held in 2017 for the Danish University Extension. Furthermore, I have covered some lectures on electromagnetism for first year university students at the University of Hull.
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Galaxies \u2013 The star cities of the Universe <\/h4>\n

A four\npart 2 hour lecture series about galaxies. Using our own Milky Way as\na starting point, this series explores the many different properties\nof galaxies; their evolutionary history, their contents, their\nappearance and so on. The level is for everyone and relies on\nphenomenological understanding of concepts. It was developed as a\npart of the 2017 Danish University Extension course catalog. The\ntopics of the four lectures are:<\/p>\n

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    Quasars and active galactic nuclei<\/h3>\n

    This talk focuses on the phenomena of quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGN). Their discovery in the 1960s puzzled astrophysicists with their unusually large brightness and small size. A plethora of explanations as to what they were appeared, varying wildly from a cascade of supernovae to compact star clusters. Going through different observations of quasars and AGN, we piece together what exactly must be happening and ultimately arrive at what we believe they are today: a supermassive black hole in the heart of the galaxy.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Galaxies and their environment<\/h3>\n

    Galaxies\nare sometimes talked about as lonely star islands in the Universe,\nbut the reality is that very few galaxies are ever lonely. In fact,\ninteractions with other galaxies shape them and decide their faiths.\nThey are very much dependant on their environment. But what exactly\nis a galaxy interaction, and what does galaxy environment mean? This\ntalk goes through how some galaxies woosh past each other while\nothers collide in spectacular mergers. Some galaxies prefer to reside\nby themselves, while others find themselves among hundreds, if not\nthousands, of neighbouring galaxies. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Popular science talks <\/h3>\n

    Besides\ntalk that is very specific to my research, I also have an inventory\nof popular astronomy talks. These topics include, but is not limited\nto:<\/p>\n