Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Hannah Moon 12/15/2021- Starving for Darkness #35 (Full Version) – Hannah Moon 53:12 Hannah Moon is a PhD Candidate at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in Dr. Megan Porter’s vision lab. Her work focuses on understanding the physiological and molecular aspects of light perception in birds and has won multiple … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Dr. Meredith Kernbach 12/8/2021- Starving for Darkness #34 (Full Version) – Dr. Meredith Kernbach 55:41 Dr. Meredith Kernbach is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg in the lab of Dr. Mya Breitbart. For her doctoral dissertation, she studied how light pollution may affect zoonotic disease … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Dr. Andreas Jechow 12/1/2021- Starving for Darkness #33 (Full Version) – Dr. Andreas Jechow 1:02:01 Dr. Andreas Jechow is an interdisciplinary physicist with a broad expertise in photonics, the science of light. Earlier in his career Andreas worked in laser physics and quantum optics, for example on imaging the “shadow of … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Dr. Sam Illingworth 11/24/2021- Starving for Darkness #32 (Full Version) – Dr. Sam Illingworth 55:41 Dr. Sam Illingworth is an Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He is a leading expert in using poetry to develop a dialogue between scientists and non-scientists. Sam write’s books, tweets, blogs, composes poetry, podcasts, … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Gail Walker 11/17/2021- Starving for Darkness #31 (Full Version) – Gail Walker 1:01:14 Gail Walker is the founder of Nantucket Lights, an all-volunteer citizen advocacy group recently formed to combat the growing light pollution on Nantucket, the island off the coast of Massachusetts that is a popular summer destination for many. … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Hilding Neilson 11/10/2021- Starving for Darkness #30 (Full Version) – Hilding Neilson 1:00:18 Hilding Neilson is an interdisciplinary scientist currently working with the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and is Mi’kmaw from the Qalipu First Nation band. Hilding is working at the … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Dr. Tyler Nordgren 10/28/2021- Starving for Darkness #29 (Full Version) – Dr. Tyler Nordgren 59:55 Dr. Tyler Nordgren is an artist, author, astronomer, and night sky ambassador. He holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Cornell University where he did work on dark matter as well as a B.A. in Physics … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Megan Porter 10/27/2021- Starving for Darkness #28 (Full Version) – Megan Porter 1:01:41 Megan Porter PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research program is focused on understanding the evolution of animal eye diversity, particularly from a molecular perspective. … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Kelly Beatty 10/6/2021- Starving for Darkness #25 (Full Version) – Kelly Beatty 1:02:38 Kelly Beatty has been explaining the science and wonder of astronomy to the public since 1974. An award-winning writer and communicator, he specializes in planetary science and space exploration as Senior Editor for Sky & Telescope magazine. … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Ashley Wilson 9/22/2021- Starving for Darkness #23 (Full Version) – Ashley Wilson 1:01:21 Ashley is the Director of Conservation for the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) where she collaborates with advocates and volunteers around the world to help them promote effective uses of outdoor lighting and protect pristine dark skies. Ashley … Read more