Public Speaking
I have been involved in public astronomy discussion since my high school internship at a local Planetarium and Observatory. My professional career as a NASA scientist and consulting hydrogeologist, where I have acquired the following additional field experience ...
• Served on several NASA missions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the following roles
-- Ingenuity Mars Helicopter; Campaign Implementation and Downlink Leads;
-- Europa Clipper; Mission Planning and Sequencing Team member;
-- InSight Mars Lander; Deputy Science Operations Coordinator, Science Plan Integrator, and Sequence Integration Engineer;
-- Perseverance Mars Rover at Jezero Crater; Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry Uplink and Downlink Leads;
-- Mars Exploration Rovers; Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer Uplink/Downlink Lead, and Mineralogy/Geochemistry Science Theme Group Lead; and
-- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Science Team Member on Wide Angle Camera and Narrow Angle Cameras.
• Several of my areas of scientific and engineering expertise are of interest to the public, and also work well as motivational material for corporate gatherings interested in project managment. The most commercial and entertaining of these are ...
Caves on the Moon
Meteorites found on Mars
Meteorites found on Earth
Asteroid Impact
Environmental cleanup
Flying a helicopter on Mars
Over 900 planetarium presentations
• Over 300 professional scientific presentations at conferences, workshops, science team meetings, and robotic space mission operation venues
• Adjust professionship, ASU staff Osher Life Long Learning Institute
• History Channel, Discovery Channel, and Discovery Science Channel documentaries
• Over 2,000 stargazing events
He is prepared to speak on the following topics of interest.
TV and film
Click here for a list of talks. Click here for a qualifications summary in various area of expertise.
Meteorite Men appearance ...
Misdirection Performance Theatre