Chair

Jenni has been an accidental science communicator for 30 years. She couldn’t decide whether to do science and arts so ended up doing both science and journalism degrees. She started working for CSIRO in 1989, and founded Australia’s first science communication agency, Econnect Communication, in 1995.

Panelists 

Rebekah Collins started her science communication career touring a mobile greenhouse gas lab around to school fetes for Griffith University. She then moved into informal science education and public engagement at the Queensland Sciencentre. She has been the audience and learning specialist on a number of Queensland Museum exhibition developments, and has managed the Discovery Centre and Sciencentre. Most recently, she was one of two content and learning specialists on the design of SparkLab.

Lee Constable is the host of Network 10 Scope, where she also produces, researches, writes and post-produces as part of her role. She recently published her first book for kids, ‘How to Save the Whole Stinkin’ Planet’. Lee has had passion projects ranging from giving evening spotlight tours of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, touring with the Questacon Science Circus, working in waste and recycling education, working in a plant genetics lab, founding Co-Lab: Science Meets Street Art, and creating a sustainability and social justice radio show and podcast called ‘SoapBox’.

Joel Gilmore loves talking about science, and started by founding a science performance troupe while completing his PhD. He now shares his passion for science through public science talks on everything from black holes to the science of baking the perfect cake, as well as touring a science/comedy panel show ("Science Says!") around Australia. He currently co-hosts Food Lab on SBS Food, talking about the science behind cooking, and regularly appears on kids' science show Scope on Network Ten.