Hello!
I am Dr. Jarita Holbrook.
Welcome to my new video blog: Astronomy in
Cape Town.
Today we are at the African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).
AIMS is three buildings in downtown Muizenberg,
one block away from Surfers' Corner.
There is an active cosmology group at AIMS.
Researchers and students from all over Africa
and a few Europeans and Americans thrown in!
Today University of Western Cape's Kim McAlpine
gave a lecture about her recent research.
Dr. McAlpine: I'm mostly working in radio
astronomy because were going to be having
SKA and MeerKAT telescopes here in South Africa
and that's what really attracted me to get
involved.
After the lecture there's a group lunch at
the nearby restaurant at Surfers' Corner.
After lunch Kim McAlpine goes back to the
University of the Western Cape.
Thanks so much for visiting, it was such a
good talk!
