When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. – John Muir.
At 2019 SACNAS, the National Diversity in STEM conference, with the UC Davis crew.
Presenting Secrets of the Universe at the 2019 SACNAS conference.
Mentoring student presenters during the 2019 SACNAS conference.
The 2019 SACNAS experience was like a breath of fresh air!
Science advisor , narrator, and featured scientist for the giant screen film “Secrets of the Universe“, Directed by Stephen Low.
At the Premiere of Secrets of the Universe. Smithsonian Institute National Air and Space Museum, July 2019.
On location at CERN, filming for “Secrets of the Universe”. Nov 2018.
The film was shot on location at CERN, November 2018, and Perimeter Institute, January 2019.
With Director Stephen Low, “Secrets of the Universe”.
Nuclear Physics DC Day, Washington DC. Advocating for Nuclear Science funding with elected representatives in the House and Senate. 2013-2018.
With Rep. Mark Takano. Spring 2018.
Member of the Strength Through Equity and Diversity (STEAD) Committee with focus on Diversity and Equity for faculty hiring. Received the “Soaring to New Heights” Award recognizing UC Davis Diversity and Principles of Community. 2015.
Invited speaker, Family Science Days, AAAS Meeting, San Jose, CA. Feb 2015.
Osher Lifelong-Learning Institute, Lectures on “The Physics of the LHC”. October-November, 2014.
Discussing Quantum physics with students at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 2014.
REU Program at UC Davis for Mexican students 2014. Physics News article, UC Davis Today article. 
Hot Quarks Conference Organizer, HQ2008, HQ2010, HQ2012. (Conference for early career graduate students and postdocs in Heavy Ion Physics.)
Hot Quarks 2012, Puerto Rico.
Hot Quarks 2010, La-Londe-les-Maures, France.
Hot Quarks 2008, Estes Park, Colorado.
High-School “Adopt-a-Physicist” Forum:
SACNAS Chapter, UC Davis: Dinner with Professionals, 2012-2014.
UC Davis, Science Panel member during visit from O’Dowd High School (2011-2014).
UC Davis Physics Department REU Program for 2011.
Visit to B.B. Rice Elementary School, Conroe TX. Oct 2010.
Panel on the search for Academic jobs, Professors for the Future Program, UC Davis.
SACNAS member, 2002-Present. Scientific Symposium (2009) Presentation on “Have we reached the bottom at RHIC? Learning about the strong interactions with bottom quarks: The quest for beauty in STAR.”
Wayne State University, MLK/Rosa Parks/César Chávez Visiting Professor, 2009. Visit to Detroit Public Schools. Presentation on “Exploring the Forces of Nature. Having a ‘blast’ doing Physics!”