From outer space to the classroom.
Are you a student or teacher interested in learning more about black holes? We’re excited to offer age-appropriate presentations and Q&A sessions—led by one of our BHI Fellows or Graduate Students—designed especially for elementary through high school classes.
Sessions are held via Zoom from September through April.
Please fill out this form and we will be in contact.
(Please note: this program is intended for K–12 audiences.)
Angelo Ricarte
Fellow
Dr. Angelo Ricarte is an expert in the study of black holes at the centers of galaxies: how they eat gas, how they affect their host galaxies, and even how we can take pictures of them! He is part of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which produces images of supermassive black holes. When he isn’t setting up simulations on supercomputers, he enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Dominic Chang
Graduate Student
Dominic Chang has expertise in black hole phenomenology. Dominic has dedicated his life to studying the observational signatures of black holes. His interests lie in the intersection of black hole physics along with other topics such as thermodynamics, quantum mechanics and hydrodynamics. He is a member of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI). In his free time he likes to play and sing along to his guitar.
Hyerin Cho
Graduate Student
Hyerin Cho is a graduate student at Harvard Astronomy who is deciphering how the intricate small-scale dynamics of black holes influence the vast scales of galaxies. Hyerin runs simulations that uses the theory of general relativity for unraveling the secrets of black holes. Outside of research, she is a yogi and a dancer.
Sara Issaoun
Associate Fellow
Dr. Sara Issaoun is an observational astronomer and a member of the Event Horizon Telescope. She uses global networks of radio-telescopes to image and study the immediate surroundings of supermassive black holes to understand how they spin, feed, flare, and launch powerful jets of plasma. When she’s not working, Sara enjoys running a travel guide blog and listening to music by the Korean group BTS.
Tintin Nguyen
Graduate Student
Tintin Nguyen is an Astronomy graduate student at Harvard. He is broadly interested in all things black holes, including what their images reveal about their extreme gravity and surrounding environments, how they form and grow alongside their host galaxies over time, and how they merge with each other to create ripples in spacetime that we can detect called gravitational waves! He is also passionate about STEM education and outreach, including leading the outreach initiative Astronomy on Tap Boston, which brings astronomers to pubs and breweries to give free lectures for the general public. Outside of work, he loves music, soccer, tennis, karaoke, outdoor adventures, and traveling. His passion for music can be summarized in number by 39 karaoke nights and 51 attended concerts since he started graduate school.