Presentations

Below, I list some of the presentations I have made to public audiences. Where possible given the 25MB file size limit on this site, I also include links to the slides I showed (but beware that even the low resolution versions can be tens of megabytes). These talks were mainly aimed at audiences of physicists, so general physics background knowledge is assumed. Of course, the words that were spoken during the presentations are not available; however, by looking through the talks you can still get a feeling for the sort of work particle astrophysicists do, and what the experiments are like.

Shedding Light on the Dark Universe

Public outreach presentation
The Guelph Summer Lecture Series and the Guelph-Wellington Men's Club (2021).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (8MB), High Res.(22MB)

It's a (Particle) Zoo Out There! A quick tour of the Standard Model of Particle Physics

Public outreach presentation
Astronomy on Tap Event , Kingston ON (2020).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (3.5MB), High Res. (9.5MB)

Future Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search Experiments

Invited talk at the XXVII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino 2016).
London, UK (2016).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (5MB)

Liquid Scintillator Based Double Beta Decay Experiments

Invited talk at the International Workshop of Baryon and Lepton Number Violation (BLV 2015).
Amherst, MA, USA (2015).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (1.5MB), High Res. (7MB)

The SNO+ Experiment at SNOLAB

Invited talk at the 2015 Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference (WNPPC2015).
Mont Tremblant, QC, Canada (2015).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (3.5MB), High Res. (19MB)

Tellurium Preparation for the SNO+ Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search

Talk at the 2014 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress (CAP2014).
Sudbury, ON, Canada (2014).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (2MB), High Res. (8.5MB)

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with SNO+

Invited talk at the 2013 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress (CAP2013).
Montreal, QC, Canada (2013).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (3.5MB), High Res. (21MB)

Taking a "ν" Look: Studying Solar and Terrestrial Neutrinos with Borexino

Physics Departmental Colloquium, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.
Kingston, ON, Canada (2012).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (7MB), High Res. (13MB)

Shedding Light on the Dark Universe

Institute of Particle Physics Tour
Seminars at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, SNOLAB, University of Toronto, University of Alberta, TRIUMF,
Simon Fraser University, and University of Victoria (2012).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (5.5MB), High Res. (21MB)

Taking a "ν" Look: Studying Solar and Terrestrial Neutrinos with Borexino

Institute of Particle Physics Tour
Seminars at Carleton University, and Université de Montréal (2012).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (5.5MB), High Res. (12.5MB)

Studying Low Energy Neutrinos with Borexino and SNO+

LEPP Seminar, Cornell University.
Ithaca, NY, USA (2012).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (6MB), High Res. (16.5)

The DarkSide Dark Matter Program

LEPP Journal Club, Cornell University.
Ithaca, NY, USA (2012).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (5.5MB), High Res. (19.5MB)

Taking a "ν" Look: Studying Solar and Terrestrial Neutrinos with Borexino

Physics Departmental Colloquium, Princeton University.
Princeton, NJ, USA (2011).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (6MB), High Res. (13MB)

Solar Neutrino Results from Borexino

High Energy Physics Seminar, University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, PA, USA (2011).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (6MB), High Res. (14MB)

The DarkSide Program at LNGS

Invited talk at the 13th ICATPP Conference on Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications (ICATPP2011).
Como, Lombardy, Italy (2011).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (2MB), High Res. (5MB)

The DarkSide Program at LNGS

Contributed talk at the 2011 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society (DPF2011).
Providence, RI, USA (2011).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (2MB), High Res. (9MB)

Shedding Light on the Dark Universe

Physics Departmental Colloquium, Carleton University. Ottawa, ON, Canada (2011).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (2MB)

Solar Neutrino Results from Borexino

High Energy/Astroparticle Physics Seminar, Carleton University.
Ottawa, ON, Canada (2011).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (5MB), High Res. (14MB)

Neutrino Mixing of 7-Beryllium and Low-Energy 8-Boron Solar Neutrinos

Invited talk at the 2010 Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society (DNP2010).
Santa Fe, NM, USA (2010).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (3.5MB), High Res. (9MB)

A High Efficiency Neutron Veto Based on Boron Loaded Liquid Scintillator

Contributed talk at the 3rd Topical Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT2010).
Sudbury, ON, Canada (2010).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (2MB), High Res. (13MB)

DarkSide-50 Status Report

Invited talk at the 9th Annual Workshop on the Science and Experiments of SNOLAB (SNOLAB2010).
Sudbury, ON, Canada (2010).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (2.5MB), High Res. (11.5)

Borexino: A Multi-Purpose Detector for the Study of Solar and Terrestrial Neutrinos

High Energy Physics Seminar, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago.
Chicago, IL, USA (2010).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (4MB), High Res. (25MB)

The SNO+ Experiment at SNOLAB

Astroparticle Physics Seminar, Princeton University.
Princeton, NJ, USA (2009).

The SNO+ Experiment at SNOLAB

Invited talk at the 2008 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress (CAP2008).
Quebec City, QC, Canada (2008).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (8MB), High Res. (13MB)

SNO+ Status Report

Contributed talk at the 2006 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress (CAP2006).
St. Catherines, ON, Canada (2006).
PDF Slides: Low Res. (700KB), High Res. (3.5MB)