Welcome to science communication portfolio

Here’s some highlights from my career in science communication. 


Vogue Codes in Conversation

Vogue Australia invited me to speak at their breakfast event Codes in Conversation in Brisbane. I spoke with Charlie Calver from Vogue Australia about my career so far, fisheries science, my experience in STEM and lessons I’ve learned. 

Some takehome messages the audience shared with me include: surround yourself with a good network and ditch those who don’t lift you up, ‘normal’ doesn’t exist and however you do things is valid, you don’t have to know the end of your journey before you begin. 


Science Stand-up Comedy

In 2024 I participated in the Future Science Talks program which taught me to weave comedy into my science communication. This culminated in a 10 minute stand-up set that I wrote and performed at the Brisbane Comedy Festival to 200 people! I later did an encore set at the Anywhere Festival a few months later. 

 


Flying Scientists

In 2023-24 I participated in the Queensland Flying Scientists program, which sends STEM professionals to regional and remote areas. I got to travel to Charleville for a week and present alongside a fellow Flying Scientist and the Queensland Chief Scientist Professor Kerrie Wilson.

After the trip, a school wrote to say: “thank you from myself, my team, and the students. We all agree that your team has been one of the best visits we have had. From a teacher point of view, we were appreciative of how engaging the activity was but also that your team was able to adjust the teaching of it for each year level.”


Aqualibrium

I developed and taught a classroom-based card game called Aqualibrium, which teaches students about population modelling and fishery management.  

This game was play-tested across grade 8, 9, 10 and 12 classes, as well as at a community event with an audience primarily composed of children under 8 years old. 

In response to requests, the game is being packaged for commercialisation and includes lesson plans for the aforementioned age groups. 

World Science Festival

I hosted a stall at World Science Festival Ipswich in 2023, for which I developed the interactive app below. Children and parents passing the stall learned about population modelling using my very simplified model which allowed them to dynamically adjust fishing intensity on a touch screen, and see real-time effects on their population of fish. 


Science Comedy Spectacular

In 2022 I got to be a mathemafishian panellist on this science comedy game show. It was like Spicks & Specks crossed with Good News Week but for science nerds. My team placed second (out of 2).

You can check it out here.


Food Investigators

In 2021 I filmed segments for several epiosdes of Food Investigators, a childrens food science themed television show, to be aired on ABC Me. 


Education Queensland 2022 STEM Teacher symposium

In 2022 I got to be a panellist at the Queensland Department of Education STEM Teacher Symposium, talking about how educators can prepare their students with the skills and attitudes to play a role in sustainability.


Fishing Monthly magazine

I wrote an article for Fishing Monthly magazine, published in December 2022. This piece describes the complex mathematics used to determine biomass estimates, in a digestible format for a non-STEM audience. 

These are just my highlights. Click here to see the rest of my science communication work.