Dr. Golden is an Associate Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway. He is an astronomer and experimental physicist interested in applying advanced data analytics to contemporary societal challenges in healthcare, the environment and with the planets climate. He currently serves as the Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation for the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Galway. 2023 - Vice-Dean for Research amp; Innovation, College of Science amp; Engineering, University of Galway 2022 - Associate Professor in Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway 2017 - 2020 Research Associate amp; Visiting Astronomer, Armagh Observatory amp; Planetarium, College Hill, Armagh, United Kingdom 2016 - 2022 College Lecturer, School of Mathematical amp; Statistical Sciences, University of Galway 2014 - 2016 Visiting Scientist, Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A. 2013 - 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Yeshiva University, New York, New York, U.S.A. 2011 - 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, U.S.A. 2009 - 2011 College Lecturer, School of Mathematical amp; Statistical Sciences, University of Galway 2009 European Molecular Biology Laboratory Visiting Fellow, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, U.K. 2006 - 2009 College Lecturer, College of Engineering amp; Informatics, University of Galway 2004 Human Frontiers Science Foundation Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, U.S.A. 2004 Visiting Astronomer, Observatoire de Paris, Boulevard de lObservatoire, Paris, France 2003 Visiting Astronomer, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico, U.S.A. 2002 - 2004 Visiting Professor, Centro do Astrofisica de Porto amp; Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Porto, Portugal 1999 - 2006 Junior Lecturer, Dept. of Information Technology, University of Galway 1998 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Golm, Germany 1998 Visiting Scholar, Department of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:goldenlab.orgPersonal website

Stellarsubstellar magnetosphere processes and the space weather associated with stellar flares amp; impact on exoplanets; Transient processes associated with compact objects (neutron stars, black holes) and their use to probe fundamental physics (condensed matter equation of state, gravitational waves)Application of artificial intelligence methods to problems in radiomics, genomics and climate science.

Im interested in taking full advantage of the the new paradigm in computational notebooks (such as Jupyter notebookslabs and the use of RStudio) as a powerful means of teaching students how to fully engage with practically oriented material. The beauty of the notebooks (either in Python (Jupyter) or R (R-studio)) is that are easily adapted to encourage play based learning around the topic at hand. This is exactly how scientific researchers develop their skills and programming abilities, and so offers students precisely the same means to learn techniques and domain expertise. I am also interested in exploring how self-efficacy, in particular research self-efficacy can be enhanced during this learning process.