I am committed to bring my knowledge and passion for astronomy to society. I regularly give outreach talks and collaborate with the press to write about my scientific output and my career path. I am also passionate about inspiring young generations to pursue a career in science. Most of the outreach I do is targeted to my home country Colombia, so most of the content in this page is in Spanish.
For a full list of press releases and news about my research you can go to Planet Formation in Extreme Environments (XUE) or to The Outcome of Massive Star Formation

Videos

Fuerza Latina is a project from the Deutsche Welle that aims to exalt the work of Latin American women in several areas. I was invited to participate in a conversation with other Latin American astronomers and space scientists about what it is like to be an astronomer.


I participated in several events to commemorate the launch of JWST. You can watch the videos here:

  • "MPIA goes Webb"

    You can see the whole playlist here

  • ACDA

    (my contribution starts at 1:03:30)

  • Planetario de Bogotá

    (my contribution starts at 34:55)

Here are some other recorded talks about my research:

  • Ciencia en bicicleta

    I was invited to give a talk about my work on massive stars and planet formation in extreme environments at Ciencia en Bicicleta, an initiative from the Planetario de Medellín and Parque Explora.

  • Origenes Seminar

    I was invited to give a talk about young massive stars and their efect on proto-planetary disks at the seminar Origenes from the Astronomy Department of Antioquia Univeristy in Colombia.

  • Global WiDS conference

    I was invited to participate in the Colombian regional event of the global Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference. I gave a talk about "Deriving stellar properties through spectroscopic data"

  • The Colombian Association of Astronomical Studies (ACDA) invited me to talk about my research on "Young massive stars and their effect on planet formation" where give an overview about the outcome of massive star formation and talk about how we will be able to study the effect of these stars on planet-forming disks.

  • Hablemos del Universo

    Together with my friend and colleague Camilo Peñaloza from the University of St. Andrews we talked about the origin and evolution of stars at Hablemos del Universo (let's talk about the Universe), a space created by the Planetarium of Bogotá, Colombia.

Podcasts


Science Unscripted "What was it like when the Earth formed?"
I had the pleasure to chat with Conor Dillon and Gabriel Borrudabout XUE1 and the implications of our results for rocky planet formation.(listen to podcast).

Contra TIC Impacto TIC is a news agency specialized on technology, innovation and science. As a special series of podcasts about women in science they invited me to talk about my career and our upcoming observations with JWST.


All things considered
"So far so good for the James Webb Space Telescope after its long-awaited launch"
I was interviewed by Joe Palca with the occasion of JWST's launch (listen to interview).

Shots de Ciencia
I was invited to participate in the podcast Shots de ciencia to talk about massive stars and their importance in the Universe.

Press releases

You can find a full list of press releases and news about my research in the project pages. Go to Planet Formation in Extreme Environments (XUE) or to The Outcome of Massive Star Formation.


2024-01-04: We made it to the front page of El Espectador: Señales para otra Tierra

2023-11-06: Check out this beautiful article by Kate LaRue in the New York Times about JWST and featuring our results: A Beginner’s Guide to Looking at the Universe.

2022-02-27: I am very happy to share this Forbes Science article by Andrew Wight about my research and scientific career.

2020-01-20: Our paper about the formation of massive binaries was covered by MPIA's press office and in the Anton Pannekoek Institute's website.

2017-02-17: Here is a press release (in Dutch) about our paper about the lack of close binaries amongst the Massive young stars in M17. Our result was also featured in iflscience.com .

Teaching

Clubes de Ciencia Colombia
In July 2019 I had the opportunity to participate as an instructor in Clubes de Ciencia in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Together with my friend and colleague Juliana Sandoval we designed a one-week workshop called El supermercado Galáctico (the Galactic supermarket), where we developed several activities to familiarize high school students with the concepts spectroscopy and stellar classification.

Beta in the City
Together with my PhD supervisor, Lex Kaper. We gave a public talk called "Are stars born with a companion or single?" as part of the event Beta in de Binnenstad, a discussion platform organized by SPUI25 in the city center of Amsterdam, where scientist from different disciplines talk to students and the public about their research topics.