I have been involved in various aspects of outreach and public engagement since taking a part-time job at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre during my undergraduate degree. That experience, 20 years ago, was truly transformative in how I came to see academia and research.
Since then, I have designed, prepared or delivered over 200 events, ranging from talks, schools workshops, planetarium shows, open science days/nights, teacher training, training of academics in outreach, and more.
From 2016-2021, I co-directed the Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) group for SDSS.
Currently, I lead a project with national partners that trains Science secondary school teachers in the UK and abroad to use SDSS data and SDSS plug plates in the classroom. You can find out more about it here: https://plates-for-education-scotland.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk