Work Outside the Lab

Communicating my results and passing on my excitement for science is another passion of mine. On this page I include the details of some projects I have participated in as well as a list of the seminars I have given as well as the panels and career talks I have given.

For All the Curious Girls: Stories of Wonder, Exploration, and Scientific Discovery (link)

by SOWIF Stories of Women in Fluids (Author), Kelli Hendrickson (Introduction)

This book is written for middle grade audiences (8-12 yo) and is comprised of stories written by scientists about their research and how they initially became interested in science.

I contributed the chapter titled “A Story About A Girl Who Dreams of Going to the Olympics” about how my swimming career sparked my interest in fluid dynamics.

I also contributed to the editing and curation process as a member of the content committee for this book.

Seminars and Panels

  • “Snake Swimming Hydrodynamics, Biomechanics, and Maneuverability,” Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Haptic Intelligence Seminar Series, Stuttgart, GE, September 18, 2025
  • “How Divers use Shape Change to Alter the Entry Event and Reduce Splash,” University of New Orleans Physics Department Seminar Series (virtual), January 31, 2024
  • “Air cavity deformation by single jointed diver model entry bodies,” Experiments in Fluids Seminar Series (virtual), January 9, 2024
  • “How Divers Use Shape Change to Reduce Splash,” Guest lecture for Bioinspired Robotics at University of Colorado Boulder (virtual), September 7, 2023
  • “A Deep Dive: Entry Body Dynamics of Human Divers,” Hamline University Physics Seminar Series, St Paul, MN, March 31, 2023.
  • “Understanding the Fluid Dynamics of Divers,” 3 Minute Thesis Competition, George Washington University, Washington D.C., February 22, 2023
  • “Graduate Students in Physical Science” panel at Physics Conn 2022 in Washington D.C.
  • “Navigating Graduate School Q&A,” event for Women in Physics Student Organization at Longwood University (virtual), February 18, 2021
  • “Navigating Graduate School Q&A,” event for Women in Physics Student Organization at Middle Tennessee State University (virtual), February 11, 2021
  • “Navigating Graduate School Panel,” panel at National Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (virtual), January 23, 2021

With a Science Degree

I am the Founder and Curator of “With a Science Degree” a Science Career Blog active between 2019 and 2021. As a part of this project, I published interviews with 74 people about what they did with their science degree and built a follower base of 800+ people across platforms.