Visiting Fellow at the ANU and presenter of ABC Kids Imagine This. PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar. Awards include the 2021 Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science and being one of the ABC Top 5 Scientists, 2016. Science Producer for Phenomena.
About
A researcher, writer and presenter in Melbourne communicating at the interface of science, the environment, and society.
science
environment
Presenter of ABC Catalyst Building Greener Cities and The Grid: Powering our Future.
Principal at AEMO and co-host of the AEMO On-Air podcast. Previous roles include ARENA Postdoctoral Fellow and Renewable Energy Lecturer at the ANU, Senior Manager of Technology at Solar Victoria, Principal Energy Advisor Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria. Current Senior Member of IEEE, and International Energy Agency PV program Academic Expert.
society
Author of Behind The Screens, UQP 2026, Henry the Flying Emu, Woodslane Press 2020, the Future of Energy: An Australian Way, Future Leaders 2021, DER Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, the Electricity Journal, 2023.
Recipient of the Royal Societies of Australia and New Zealand Piasecki Prize for Outstanding Writing on Social Change 2022 and AIPS ACT Young Tall Poppy of the Year 2016. Founder Offtober.org | NoiseVsSignal.org | Raio de Sol Canberra Community Samba Band, Member of Australians for War Powers Reform, Australian Greens. Guest: Ithaka – A Fight to Free Julian Assange (ABC, BBC).
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Imagine This
Imagine This
Presenter, ABC Kids podcast, 16+ million listens
Behind the Screens, UQP
Behind the Screens, UQP
How the internet really works - a book for young people before they get a phone. Illustrated by Aśka, published by UQP.
ABC TV Catalyst: The Grid- Powering our Future
ABC TV Catalyst: The Grid- Powering our Future
Rubberhose cryptography and the idea behind Wikileaks: Julian Assange as a physics student
Rubberhose cryptography and the idea behind Wikileaks: Julian Assange as a physics student
Play School Science Time
Play School Science Time
Give a little to get a little: A DER Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
Give a little to get a little: A DER Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
Lazy Harry’s – EP
Lazy Harry’s – EP
TEDx Sydney Sustainability Salon: The Future of Energy
TEDx Sydney Sustainability Salon: The Future of Energy
Ithaka: A Fight to Free Julian Assange
Ithaka: A Fight to Free Julian Assange
Phenomena (film)
Phenomena (film)
Henry the Flying Emu (2020)
Henry the Flying Emu (2020)
Children’s book about gravity and orbits.
ABC TV Catalyst: Building Greener Cities