Stanley Yen
Profile Type: 
Astronomy Ambassador
Speaking Topics: 
neutrino astronomy and supernova neutrinos
Other Astronomical Organizations: 
UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy
Email: 
stan@triumf.ca
Telephone: 
604-222-7414
Can deliver other talks similar to the above: 
Yes
Willing to consider creating a custom presentation: 
Yes
Starting Airport: 
YVR
Regional Availability: 
Northern Alberta
Southern Alberta
Northern and Central BC
Lower Mainland
Victoria and Sunshine Coast
Target Audiences: 
General audiences (adults)
Languages: 
English only
I am a nuclear/particle physicist by profession.  My current research is in building underground detectors that will detect neutrinos from the next core-collapse supernova in our galaxy.  My group is currently operating the HALO detector in Sudbury, Ontario http://www.snolab.ca/halo and we are planning a much larger detector in Italy.  I have also been an amateur astronomer for most of my life, and currently observe what I can from the light-polluted sky of urban Vancouver.