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  • 21 scientific presentations hosted at locations throughout the globe

  •  16 oral presentations, 5 posters

  •  2 talks geared toward the general public

  • 19 technical presentations

PhD Thesis Defense 2023. Cambridge, MA

1) "Observational Techniques for identifying Aerosol-free Atmospheres " 

International Astronomical Union General Assembly XXXII in Cape Town, South Africa

August 2024


2) "Exploring Correlations of Aerosol Formation in Exoplanet Atmospheres" 

Colloquium in Imperial College, London UK

June 2023


3) "The Similar Seven: Identifying correlations of  high-altitude aerosol formation rates and physical parameters"

National Society of Black Physicist (NSBP) annual conference in Charlottesville, VA

November 2022


4) "The Similar Seven: Using identical systems to test for correlations between metallicity and aerosol formation"

Exoplanet IV in Las Vegas, NV

May 2022

NSBP 2022. Charlottesville, VA

Exoplanets IV  2022. Las Vegas, NV

5) "High altitude aerosol formation rates in 'twin' planets"

CfA Exoplanet Pizza Lunch in Cambridge, MA

March 2022


6) "Exoplanet atmospheres: Methods towards better characterization"

CfA Summer Colloquium. Virtual 

August 2021


7) "Fact or Fiction: What's true and what's the ‘Fi’ in Sci-Fi?"

Onaketa Summer outreach series. Virtual

June 2021


8) "Stellar Decomposition Using Out of Transit Transmission Spectral Data"

NASA SAG21 Symposium. Virtual

March 2021


9) "Correlating cloud formation in hot Jupiter’s  to other planetary parameters"

JPL Exoplanet Lecture Series. Virtual

December 2020


10) "WASP-31b: Further confirmation of no potassium, contrary to HST observations"

NSBP annual conference. Virtual

November 2020


11) "WASP-31b: Further confirmation of no potassium, contrary to HST observations"

CfA Exoplanet Presentation Lounge. Virtual 

September 2020


12) "Finding and Characterizing Habitable Planets" 

Astronomy on Tap (AoT) Austin,TX. Virtual

July 2020

AoT 2020. Virtual (youtube link)

Onaketa Outreach  Series 2021

ChimaMcGruder_Sci_in_Color2021.mp4

13) "ACCESS: Studying Exoplanetary Atmospheres through Ground-based Transmission Spectroscopy"

NASA SEEC Symposium in Greenbelt, MD 

November 2019

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14) "ACCESS: Studying Exoplanetary Atmospheres through Ground-based Transmission Spectroscopy" 

Extreme Solar Systems (ESS) IV Symposium in  Reykjavik, Iceland

August 2019

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15) "New ACCESS observations of WASP-31b: Is there Potassium in its atmosphere?"

Exoplanets II in Cambridge, UK 

July 2018

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16) "Determination of the Fundamental Properties of the  Eclipsing Binary V541 Cygni"

ASS annual winter conference in Grapevine, TX        

January 2017

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17) "Accurate Stellar Parameters for Eclipsing Binaries, and Tests of Stellar Evolution Theory"

Harvard-SAO REU Symposium in Cambridge, MA     

August 2016

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18) "Resolving Volcanism on Io with Aperture Mask  Interferometry"                    

Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP) in Knoxville, TN 

February 2016 -- Awarded FIRST PLACE in presentation competition 

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19) "Resolving Volcanism on Io with Aperture Mask  Interferometry"

AAS annual winter conference, Kisssimmee, FL       

January 2016

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20) "Resolving Volcanism on Io with Aperture Mask Interferometry"    

National Astronomy cohort (NAC) annual  conference at Howard University, D.C.

September 2015

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21) "Resolving Volcanism on Io with Aperture Mask  Interferometry"

STScI SASP Symposium in Baltimore, MD                 

August 2015

AAS 2017. Grapevine, TX

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