Scientist Communicator

Diane Nalini de Kerckhove is a scientist and a communicator.

She is an assistant professor in the department of physics at Guelph and seems to have a love of instrumentation to explore both the small (1 micron microprobe) and the large as in astronomical.

She is also a jazz singer with several CDs in her discography.

But is she a science communicator? Here's the blurb on her latest CD:
Diane Nalini’s newest album, 'Kiss Me Like That,' is a captivating blend of standards and original songs celebrating humanity's fascination with the sky and stars.

'Kiss me like that'? The complete line from the title song is:
'Oh be a fine girl and kiss me like that.'

Sky? Stars? Hmm. Well, yes actually. Here's a passage from the Guelph Mercury, March 24, 2009:

She wrote the title song, Kiss Me Like That, as a mnemonic device to help students remember the order of star types.

O-type stars are the hot, blue Super Novas that explode and later come together to form black holes. M-type stars are cooler and have different attributes.

"The mnemonic is 'Oh, be a fine girl and kiss me,'" Nalini explained. "It goes back to Victorian times. Later, two other star types were discovered, L and T types, so I added the 'like that.'

"It started as a refrain and developed to a song. For me, astronomy becomes a metaphor for relationships and how a good relationship can go bad."