Community

Here are some of the initiatives I am currently or have been involved with. This information can also be found in my CV.

MIT astrogazers

MIT Astrogazers

Member: 2024-Present

Astrogazers is a student organization at MIT that aims to bring astronomy to the public, educating all those interested about telescopes, astrophysics, and everything else space.
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Graduates Advising Graduate Admissions (GAGA)

Co-Lead: 06/2022 – 09/2023
Organising Committee: 01/2021 – 05/2024

Provides the graduate student perspective to the Chair of Graduate Admissions and advises on improvements to the admissions process. This led me to serve on the admissions committee for the MIT graduate program in physics (2023 & 2024 cycles) and the MIT Summer Research Program (2023 cycle).
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MIT Graduate Student Union

Organising Committee: 01/2022 – 05/2023

The MIT GSU operates fairly and democratically by distributing responsibility to the division level. I assisted with union operations in the physics department and astrophysics division.
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UCC Physics and Astronomy Society

Astronomy Officer: 2017 – 2019

I worked with the committee of the University College Cork physics and astronomy society for two years, organising stargazing trips and a visit to Iceland to see the Northern Lights (no aurora were witnessed, not even entirely localized within our kitchen).

I'm also a co-organiser of the MIT Kavli Institute Graduate Student Lunch and Talk Series ("Grad Lunch") since January 2022, and a volunteer office management liaison for the same institute — though neither lunch nor desks have a logo.