Welcome to my STEM blog!

Hi there! This is a place where I document my dabblings with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in my day-to-day life. It’s a little bit of everything, so I hope there’s something here for you!

2022 QLD Women in STEM Prize

This week I won Highly Commended for the Queensland Women in STEM Prize! All the nominees are extremely inspiring, doing incredible work to change the world and it was surreal…
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Did a squid

Bobtail squid are cephalopods, closely related to cuttlefish. They are about the size of a thumb, making my painting roughly 6 times larger than life! They swim using their cute…
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Blue dragons

I painted a nudibranch! Nudibranchs (“noody branks”) are a group of squishy little molluscs that have very wacky shapes and colourations. My favourite nudibranch is the blue dragon (Glaucus atlanticus).…
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I made coffee from SCRATCH!

It took a very long time, but I managed to make a shot of espresso completely from scratch. Here’s how… 1. Plant a coffee tree in the backyard (thanks, mum).…
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Baby turtles

I was super lucky to head to Mon Repos Turtle Centre in March 2021 to watch loggerhead hatchlings crawl into the ocean! Their mumma would have laid a clutch on…
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All hail the tardigrade

I painted a tardigrade! Tardigrades (also called moss piglets or water bears) grow up to 0.5 mm long, meaning my painting is about 650 times larger than life. They might…
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I’m a gallium gal now

You know that excitement you get when you have a couple of cocktails and decide you want one of every element on the periodic table, and order some of the…
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