Authors

Adilah Ahmad
Science writer
Adilah is an avid science lover, feline fanatic, and photography enthusiast. She has a degree in Human Anatomy…
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Alan Duffy
Special guest writer
Associate Professor Duffy is an astronomer at Swinburne University creating baby universes on the nation’s most powerful supercomputers…
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Alex Dook
Freelance writer
Raised by a physics teacher and a university professor, Alex had no choice but to be a science…
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Amalyah Hart
Freelance Writer
Amalyah is a science writer with a background in archaeology. Her work runs the gamut from fruit fly…
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Anastasia Beasley
Freelance Writer
Anastasia is a scientist and artist who cultivates curiosity through workshops in science, art, sustainability and technology in…
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Cahli Samata
Digital Content Creator
Cahli keeps her finger on the pulse of research and innovation changing our world and is on a…
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Caitlin McLeod
Writer
Caitlin is a science communicator and freelance science writer. She has a masters in science communication and a…
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Camila Pardo Uribe
Freelance Writer
Camila is a science communicator from Colombia with a background in literature and biology. When she's not talking…
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Cody Robinson
Freelance Writer
Cody is a freelance writer with a degree in marine science and science communication. He’s passionate about the…
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Cristy Burne
Science writer
Perth-based Cristy loves to inspire creativity, daring and resilience in her readers. She has worked as a science…
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Damien Boccamazzo
Technology and Innovation Writer
With a curiosity for emerging technology and new ways of business, Damien is an enthusiast for science, innovation…
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David Satterthwaite
Freelance writer
David manages his own communications and marketing company, with a focus on the innovation sector. He has worked…
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Dr Ben Skuse
Freelance science writer
Ben is a professional freelance writer and editor of all things science. For the likes of Sky &…
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Dr Jae
Scitech contributor
It may sound like the name of a rapper but alas, instead of rapping rhymes Jae spends her…
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Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie
Award-winning designer & keynote speaker
In an age when disruption is the new normal, curiosity is the becomes the key 21st century skill.…
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Dr Laura Glitsos
Academic, Researcher, and Freelance Writer
Dr Laura Glitsos is a postdoctoral research fellow at Curtin University and has been reporting on science, health…
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Dr Laura Masters
Laura is research microbiologist with an interest in viruses, particularly those that are important in pregnancy and early…
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Emily Evans
Freelance Writer
Emily has worked in the media and communications industry in Western Australia as both a TV journalist and…
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Jackson Ryan
Freelance Writer
Jackson Ryan is an award-winning freelance science journalist and President of the Science Journalists Association of Australia. He…
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Kaitlin Britto
Freelance Writer
Kaitlin is a freelance science writer, with a background in Anatomy and Human Biology. She loves reading, lifting…
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Karl Gruber
Freelance Science Writer
Karl is an Evolutionary Biologist and a science communicator, passionate about the beauty behind science.
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Kassandra Zaza
Freelance Writer
Kassandra bravely chose to do a Master of Arts in Creative Writing and is miraculously putting it to…
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Kate Holmes
Particle Content Creator
Kate is a former West Aussie farm kid, linguist and speech pathologist. A jack of all trades, she’s…
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Kerri Duncan
Freelance Writer
Kerri is an Adelaide-based freelance writer with a background in animal science and molecular biology. Always up for…
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Kim Cousins
Freelance Journalist
Kim Cousins is a freelance journalist who would have become a scientist if she was better at maths.…
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Kim Phoon
Freelance writer
Kim studied chemical engineering and chemistry, but found she was actually really passionate was sharing "fun facts". So…
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Kirsten Flint
STEM Content Creator & Evaluator
Kirsten takes great pride in being a Science Nerd. She is not biased in her nerdiness – she…
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Kyle Brown
Digital Content Creator
Kyle wanted to be an astronaut ever since he watched Red Dwarf and Star Trek as a kid.…
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Kyle Pauletto
Freelance Journalist
Kyle Pauletto is a seasoned journalist and multimedia producer hailing from Perth, Western Australia. Kyle specialises in a…
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Leigh Coward
Multimedia producer
Leigh Coward is a passionate filmmaker and writer, as well as being Scitech's in-house Multimedia Producer. His love…
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Leon Smith
Planetarium Coordinator
Leon runs the Scitech Planetarium. It's pretty sweet. Theoretical physics is his expertise, science communication is his passion.…
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Lisa Morrison
Freelance reporter
Lisa is a freelance journalist based in Albany, WA. She has four years' experience as a news reporter…
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Lizzie Thelwell
Freelance Writer
Lizzie is a journalist, copywriter and communications professional. She writes about a wide variety of topics but has…
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Megan Pusey
Freelance writer
Megan is a science educator and communicator. She is one-third of the podcast Press X to Science which…
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Melanie Julien-Martial
Freelance writer
Melanie is a lover of all things nature, art, and science. They are interested in the relationships between…
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Mia Georgiou
Freelance Writer
Mia loves intertwining the science and storytelling. She has worked as a medical copywriter and scriptwriter, for companies…
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Michelle Wheeler
Freelance science journalist
Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit…
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Nadene Claydon
Scitech Contributor
Nadene is one of Scitech's program coordinators, with a passion for science communication and a big dream of…
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Owen Cumming
Science Communicator
Owen is a science communicator with a background in ecology and evolutionary biology. Owen enjoys surfing, hiking and…
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Rocky McGellin
Freelance writer
Rocky is a freelance writer and a planetarium presenter at Scitech. He has a Masters in Science Communication…
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Rose Kerr
STEM Content Creator
Rose is constantly driven by a need to know why things are the way they are. She studied…
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Sally Q Davies
Freelance writer
Sally has a background in writing for performance. When not at her desk, her hobbies include knitting, gardening,…
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Sam Birmingham
Innovation expert
Sam Birmingham is the Coordinator of Startup WA, an organisation that promotes the growing tech startup sector in…
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Samille Mitchell
Freelance journalist
Samille Mitchell is a long-time freelance journalist. She has authored four non-fiction books and penned countless environment, science,…
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Saskia Scott
Freelance writer
Saskia Scott is a writer and science communicator with a background in linguistics. She's had work published in…
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Scarlet Davis
Freelancer
Lover of all thing's science and theatre, Scarlet combines her two passions across her freelance work. From science…
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Shyam Drury
Maths multiplier
Shyam has been obsessed his whole life with figuring out how things work. That led him to do…
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Steve Grant
Professional Learning Consultant
Steve has been a teacher, scientist, teacher of teachers, tinkerer, builder and all round tech head. When he's…
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Tarryn Basden
Science communicator
Tarryn Basden is a biologist and science communicator from Western Australia. While she has had the privilege of…
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Teresa Belcher
Science communicator
Teresa is a science communicator with over 20 years’ experience communicating science and engineering research and projects in…
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Thomas Crow
Freelance science writer
Thomas Crow is an Australian science writer. He has a background in professional writing, biochemistry and genetics. He…
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Tom Gurn
Freelance Writer
Tom Gurn is a freelance writer from Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide), South Australia
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Tomasz Pedlow
Freelance writer
Tomasz is an experienced science communicator and all around nerd who enjoys science writing. He studied marine science…
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Zaya Altangerel
Freelance Writer
Zaya is a writer with a question for everyone and everything, but she's especially interested in music, food…
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