Conference Talks

VI Amazonian Symposium on Physics   41 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Gravitational waves from boson stars and their potential signature in LIGO observations
Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil,  21 Nov 2024

KDK@65, A Symposium in Honor of Kostas Kokkotas   42 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Gravitational waves beyond general relativity and the standard model
Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece,  2 Sep 2024

XV Black Holes Workshop   16 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

The stochastic GW background from core collapse SNe in massive ST gravity
ISCTE - University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal,  20 Dec 2022

Frontiers in Numerical Relativity   34 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Boson-Star Binaries and Gravitational Waves
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany,  28 Jul 2022

Gravitational scattering, inspiral, and radiation   31 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Grazing collisions and eccentric inspirals of black holes
Galileo Galilei Institute, Arcetri, Firenze, Italy,  13 May 2021

LSC Presentation   11 Slides (pdf)   DCC

Anomalies in the recoil from non-spinning eccentric black-hole binaries
Cambridge, UK,  17 Dec 2020

GR22 & Amaldi 13 Conference   17 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Gravitational Wave Afterglow of Stellar Collapse in Massive Scalar-Tensor Gravity
Valencia, Spain,  10 Jul 2019

Eddington at Sundy   64 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Numerical relativity: From the holy grail to new horizons
Principe Island, Japan,  27 May 2019

Dynamics in the Strong Gravity Universe   42 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Orbiting black-hole binaries and apparent horizons in higher dimensions
YITP Kyoto, Japan,  6 Sep 2018

2nd Institute of Space Sciences Summer School: Gravitational Wave Astronomy   144 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Introduction to Numerical Relativity
ICE-CSIC Barcelona, Spain,  3 Jul 2018

New Horizons for Gravity   14 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Long-Lived Inverse Chirp Signals from Core Collapse in Massive Scalar-Tensor Gravity
ETH Zürich, UK,  29 May 2018

Workshop on Holography, Black Holes and Numerical Relativity (2017)   39 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black-hole collisions in higher-dimensional general relativity
Southampton, UK,  5 Apr 2017

IOP Meeting on Gravitational Waves (2016)   63 Slides (pdf)  

Strong gravity on supercomputers
London, UK,  26 Sep 2016

National Meeting of Astronomy and Astrophysics (2016)   48 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

At the dawn of a new era in astrophysics: Gravitational waves have arrived
Aveiro, Portugal,  8 Sep 2016

NewCompStar School 2016 - "Neutron stars: gravitational physics theory and observations" (2016)   175 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Introduction to Numerical Relativity
Coimbra, Portugal,  5, 6 Sep 2016

21st International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (2016)   11 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Matter does not matter: Universality in ultra-relativistic black-hole collisions
New York, NY, United States,  5, 6 Sep 2016

III Amazonian Symposium on Physics / V NRHEP Network Meeting (2015)   33 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Core collapse in scalar-tensor theory of gravity
Belèm, Brazil,  2 Oct 2015

Gravity @ all scales (2015)   33 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Core collapse in scalar-tensor theory of gravity
Nottingham, UK,  27 Aug 2015

Gravitational Radiation & Black Hole Formation in particle collisions (2015)   52 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Numerical modelling of higher-dimensional black holes
Heraklion, Crete, Greece,  24 Jun 2015

5th Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting (2015)   32 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Morphologies and phase transitions in precessing black-hole binaries
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain,  14 May 2015

Cambridge Science Festival: Einstein's Legacy: 100 years of general relativity (2015)   13 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Strong gravity theory and gravitational waves
Cambridge, UK,  19 Mar 2015

VII Black Holes Workshop (2014)   13 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Averaging the average: Morphology transitions in spin precession of black-hole binaries
Aveiro, Portugal,  18 Dec 2014

10th Rencontres du Vietnam Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe (2014)   53 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Numerical simulations of coalescing binaries
Quy N'hon, Vietnam,  8 Aug 2014

Holographic vistas on Gravity and Strings (2014)   42 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Colliding black holes
Kyoto, Japan,  26 May 2014

3rd Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics (2014)   41 Slides (pdf)   Archived Conference Page

Gravitational Recoil and Astrophysical Impact
Sant Cugat, Catalunya, Spain,  25 Apr 2014

Testing General Relativity with Astrophysical Observations (2014)   27 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black-hole binary inspiral and merger in scalar-tensor theory of gravity
Oxford, MS, United States,  10 Jan 2014

Encuentros Relativistas Españoles (2013)   66 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

The role of black-hole simulations in fundamental physics
Benasque, Spain,  11 Sep 2013

Mons Meeting 2013: General Relativity and beyond (2013)   159 Slides (pdf)

A review of numerical relativity and black-hole collisions
Mons, Belgium,  18 Jul 2013

20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation and 10th Amaldi Conference (2013)   66 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Numerical relativity: The role of black holes in gravitational wave physics, astrophysics and high-energy physics
Warsaw, Poland,  9 Jul 2013

53rd Cracow School of Theoretical Physics (2013)   195 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black holes on supercomputers: Numerical relativity applications to astrophysics and high-energy wave physics, astrophysics and high-energy physics
Zakopane, Poland,  1 Jul 2013

7th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2013)   16 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Universality and wave absorption in high-energy collisons of spinning black holes
Oxford, MS, United States,  19 Apr 2013

The SFB/TR7 Semiannual Meeting (2012)   42 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black holes in higher dimensions
Garching, Germany,  17 Oct 2012

Numerical Cosmology Workshop (2012)   67 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Numerical Relativity simulations of black holes: Methodology and Computational Framework
Cambridge, United Kingdom,  19 Jul 2012

13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (2012)   40 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black holes in D dimensions
Stockholm, Sweden,  2 Jul 2012

APS April Meeting (2012)   43 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

High-speed black hole collisions with application to trans-Planckian particle scattering
Atlanta, GA, United States,  31 Mar 2012

2nd Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting (2012)   42 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black-hole binary simulations on supercomputers
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain,  17 Feb 2012

IV Black Holes Workshop (2011)   19 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Suppression of superkicks in binary black hole inspiral
Aveiro, Portugal,  20 Dec 2011

Parma Workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves (2011)   16 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Spin alignment and superkick suppression in black-hole binary inspiral
Parma, Italy,  7 Sep 2011

3rd Jerte Advanced Relativity Workshop (2011)   82 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Colliding black holes in 3+1 and higher dimensions
Navaconcejo, Spain,  4 Mar 2011

IOP Meeting on Black Holes, Extra Dimensions and Colliders (2010)   89 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Colliding black holes in 3+1 and higher dimensions
Cambridge, UK,  9 Dec 2010

Física 2010 Meeting for Physics Education (2010)   73 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black-hole collisions and gravitational waves
Vila Real, Portugal,  2 Sep 2010

19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (2010)   13 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Relativistic suppression of Black-hole superkicks
Mexico City, Mexico,  5 Jul 2010

Capra and NRDA Meeting (2010)   29 Slides (pdf)  

11 Orbit Inspiral of Unequal-Mass Black-Hole binaries
Waterloo, Canada,  24 Jun 2010

LISA Astro-GR@BCN (2009)   88 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Black-hole binary systems as gravitational wave source
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain,  9 Sep 2009

12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (2009)   15 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

High-energy grazing collisions of black-hole binaries
Paris, France,  13 Jul 2009

3rd Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis (NRDA) Meeting (2009)   39 Slides (pdf)  

Accuracy in numerical simulations of unequal-mass black-hole binaries
Postsdam, Germany,  6 Jul 2009

22nd Spring School on Particles and Fields (2009)   123 Slides (pdf)   Conference Webpage

Numerical simulations of astrophysical black-hole binaries
Taichung, Taiwan, 31 Mar - 3 Apr 2009

Seminars/Colloquia/Outreach

University of Sussex (2024)   41 Slides (pdf)  

Gravitational waves from boson stars and their potential signature in LIGO observations
BrightonUK,  24 Oct 2024

The Archimedeans (2024)   57 Slides (pdf)

The dawn of a new era: Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves
CambridgeUK,  23 Feb 2024

Albert Einstein Institut Potsdam (2023)   23 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

The gravitational-wave background from supernovae in massive scalar-tensor gravity
PotsdamGermany,  19 Apr 2023

Queen Mary University, London (2022)   22 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Long-Lived Inverse Chirp gravitational waves in scalar-tensor gravity
LondonUnited Kingdom,  25 Oct 2022

Cambridge University Astronomical Society, Cambridge (2020)   58 Slides (pdf)  

The Dawn of a new Era: Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves
Cambridge United Kingdom,  24 Nov 2020

King Edward VI School, Chelmsford (2017)   59 Slides (pdf)  

Gravitational wave observations: The dawn of a new era in astronomy
Chelmsford United Kingdom,  12 Oct 2017

University of Mississippi, Physics Colloquium (2017)   43 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Searching for smoking gun effects of modified gravity in supernova core collapse
Oxford, MS, United States,  28 Mar 2017

University of Oxford, Physics Seminar (2016)   55 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Searching for smoking gun effects of modified gravity in the gravitational-wave era
Oxford, United Kingdom,  18 Oct 2016

TH Theoretical Seminar, CERN (2016)   46 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

The dawn of gravitational wave astronomy
Geneva, Switzerland,  8 Jun 2016

General Relativity Seminar, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (2014)   27 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Black-hole binary inspiral and merger in scalar-tensor theory of gravity
Cambridge, United Kingdom,  24 Jan 2014

Maths HEP Lunchtime Seminars, Durham University (2013)   62 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Collisions of black holes and gravitational wave emission in four and higher dimensional spacetimes
Durham, United Kingdom,  24 May 2013

Southampton Gravity Seminars, University of Southampton (2013)   59 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

The impact of spin-orbit resonances on astrophysical black-hole populations
Southampton, United Kingdom,  16 May 2013

Pathways to Higher Education (PHEP) Seminar, University of Cambridge (2013)   12 Slides (pdf)  

The iterated Prisoners' Dilemma
Cambridge, United Kingdom,  22 Mar 2013

HEP-GR Colloquium Series, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (2012)   50 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Black-hole simulations on supercomputers
Cambridge, United Kingdom,  7 Nov 2012

ICE Pizza-lunch seminar, CSIC-IEEC, Barcelona (2011)   20 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Spin alignment and suppression of superkicks in black-hole binary inspiral
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain,  4 Nov 2011

Southampton Gravity Seminars, University of Southampton (2011)   65 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Black-hole simulations in the context of experiment and observations
Southampton, UK,  31 Mar 2011

Gravitational Physics Seminar, CSIC Madrid (2011)   87 Slides (pdf)   Seminar Webpage

Colliding black holes in 3+1 and higher dimensions
Madrid, Spain,  13 Jan 2011

Kurs der Volkshochschule, Henstedt-Ulzburg (2009)   65 Slides (pdf)  

Schwarze Löcher in der Physik und Astrophysik (In German)
Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany,  5 Oct 2009

General Relativity Colloquium, The University of Mississippi (2009)   42 Slides (pdf)  

Gravitational recoil in the coalescence of astrophysical black-hole binaries
Oxford, MS, United States,  24 Mar 2009