Dr. Judith Irwin (The Cosmic Radio Show), is an Associate Professor of Physics at Queen's University, specalizing in Radio Astronomy.

Radio astronomy is the next most mature subdiscipline in astronomy, after optical, and has flourished since the Second World War. It has also facilitated some of the most exciting modern discoveries in astronomy, from the cosmic background radiation to interstellar molecules, to the binary pulsar. Judith's talk will highlight key research areas that can be tackled via radio techniques and outline new plans for next-generation radio telescopes.