Astronomy Beyond the Visible Spectrum

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 27th February 2025 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Meeting Room

The light humans can see is but a small fraction of the light that exist in the universe, and using that light we find weird objects, incredible events, and the answers to some of the enduring mysteries of the cosmos 

Speaker: Dr Alfredo Carpineti

Dr Alfredo Carpineti (he/him) is an astrophysicist and science communicator. He's the Senior Staff Writer & Space Correspondent for IFLScience. He's writing his debut book called Invisible Rainbows. He is the chair and founder of Pride in STEM, an award-nominated British charity dedicated to supporting and showcasing LGBTQIA+ people in science, technology, engineering, and maths. He has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics, an M.Sc. in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College, and a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astrophysics from Rome’s first university, La Sapienza.