Thanks to my collaborator Dr. Andrea Gokus for inviting me to squeeze in a talk at WashU in the middle of my move to Austin (where I started my postdoc a few weeks later!). It was great sharing the earliest results of some exciting new work. I'll give a hint on the theme: there are some galaxies whose emission lines change on such short timescales that may be best explained by TDEs that were not caught when the observations were taken!

In Boulder, Colorado I shared my preliminary results using Hubble Space Telescope data to determine what is so special about the galaxies that host tidal disruption events. We used Hubble to zoom into the closest region yet discerned for a TDE host, and found signs of progressive star formation as we got closer and closer to the central supermassive black hole, potentially showing that the galaxy had undergone a minor merger with another galaxy in the past!

In Napoli, Italy, I excitedly shared our results about a couple of exceptional tidal disruption events. It was such a joy to talk about our work on dust echoes, high-ionization coronal lines, and what these observations tell us about the environments around supermassive black holes! I also met some amazing scientists, which is always the most incredible part of conferences and workshops. That, and Napolitan pizza......

I've co-hosted Astronomy on Tap: Santa Barbara! Which means bigger news: AOT IS BACK to Santa Barbara!!! It's been a long couple years, but now we have an outdoor venue at M Special Downtown with an amazing AV setup and a wonderfully casual atmosphere for all space enthusiasts. Thanks to everyone for coming out!