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• Dr. Charlotte Simmonds
• Friday 03 May 2024, 15:30-16:30
• Battcock Tea area.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr. HaoyangYe.

I’m excited to announce that Dr. Charlotte Simmonds from Kavli/Cavendish, will be delivering the third talk of our Astro Career Talk Series on Friday, 3th May from 3:30-4:30 PM.

Dr. Charlotte Simmonds’ short bio:

My name is Charlotte Simmonds, I grew up in Chile and have had a very non-linear career path. I am currently a Kavli/Cavendish postdoc working on understanding the ionising properties of galaxies at the Epoch of Reionisation, mostly through JWST NIR Cam photometry. As an observational astronomer, my research spans galaxy evolution, data processing, and cutting-edge instrumentation. I obtained my Astronomy bachelor degree in Chile (PUC), and later went on to get a PhD in the University of Geneva, in Switzerland.

Before being an astronomer, I did many things, one of them was to be a high school music teacher. From that time I hold bachelor degrees in Music and in Education. The latter is still my greatest passion and I incorporate outreach and education into my career as much as possible. While obtaining my degrees I had to work on basically anything I could to make a living, so I have work experience in the service industry, as a translator, as a musician for events, as a violoncello tutor, and other weird random things.

Apart from my non-linear education and career path, I am also passionate to talk about:

• Understanding yourself and identify your strengths (and its application on career choices, and its impact on wellbeing)

• Live with chronic mental illness

• Work-life balance, impostor syndrome and time management

Here’s the schedule for the event:

• 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Presentation and Q&A
• 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Informal Coffee/Tea (group) Chat with the Speaker
• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Private Student Engagements (approximately 10 minutes per student for those who pre-sign up at Private Engagement).
• 6:30 PM: Dinner with the speaker (dinner place and exact time would be informed during the talk). Please sign up at Dinner signup

Please RSVP at https://forms.microsoft.com/e/9CmFsriH5i for us to better understand attendance. No personal information will be collected.

This talk is part of the Career Talk Series for Astrophysicists series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• Battcock Tea area
• Cambridge Astronomy Talks

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