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Science Communication and DEI advocacy:

2024:

Interviewed with ‘STEM With Disabilities’ a visibility project for scientists with disabilities,  Meet Dr. Laura Otter (she/her), a legally blind biogeochemist studying calcification processes in marine environments

 

2024:

Featured in ANU College of Science YouTube video What is the SHRIMP Lab?

 

2024:  

Guest lecture: "So Shall the Dead Speak: Biominerals, isotopes, and climate", Australian Science Innovations Program 2023 (non-profit) for preparing Australian high school students for the international science Olympiad

2023:

ANU College of Science News, Pearls of wisdom: what can a shell tell us? by Tabitha Carvan

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2021:  

Triple R (102.7FM) Melbourne Independent Radio science show 'Einstein A Go-Go', episode 317 Wind, fire, shells and the latest in science! broadcasted live on the 31st of October 2021​

2021:                          

Smithsonian Magazine, How Pearls Obtain Their Remarkable Symmetry by Elizabeth Gamillo

2021:                          

Jeweller Magazine, Pearls of wisdom: tidal shifts in the sector by Arabella Roden

2021:                          

ScienceNews, Researchers have unlocked the secret to pearls’ incredible symmetry: The discovery could inspire more optimal materials for solar panels and space travel by Rachel Crowell

2021:                          

Scinexx, Perlen sind präzise „Schichtarbeit“: Muscheln gleichen in neuen Perlmutt-Lagen die Beulen der vorherigen Schicht aus (in German), by Jan.Fleischer

2020:                          

Australian Geographic, Pearls of promise by Esther Beaton, Australia's award winning nature and wildlife photographer

2019:                          

ScienceDaily, Cracking the mystery of nature's toughest material

2018:                          

The Daily Telegraph, Broken Bay Pearls at centre of new study by Cathy Stubbs

2018:                        

Peninsula News, Scientific paper written about our cultured pearls by Emma Casey

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