Simon Allen
Me and my Work: Leading a team of scientists dedicated to understanding Australia’s coastal environment
Status: Shocked to have made it to the final two! Worried I might win :-) Still trying to juggle project finances, but today also dreaming up new projects! That is always fun.
Latest Question:
@jenny
do u know anything about frogs
Latest Comment:
I'm a Scientist - the final two are... (1 comments)
Shona Marks
Me and my Work: I collect and identify invertebrates (animals without a back-bone) from aqautic habitats to see how healthy or polluted an ecosystem is. I specialise in marine habitats (oceans, beaches and mudflats) and freshwater habitats (creeks, rivers and dams).
Status: Aww I'm out. It was a blast!!! good luck to the other scientist
Jennifer L. A. Shaw
Me and my Work: I ensure our rivers and drinking waters are healthy and clean for us to enjoy by looking at the bacteria and microscopic animals in the water by sequencing their DNA!
Status: Can't believe I won! So happy right now! Thanks to everyone who voted for me! I will be giving the prize money to an amazing charity called 'Room to Read'. They help children from impoverished communities in Africa, Asia and India reach good levels of literacy by providing textbooks in their language, teachers to teach them how to read and build schools in some of the poorest communities. Check out the amazing work the do at www.roomtoread.org
Latest Question:
Have would we be able to adapt to a nother planet?
Latest Comment:
what happened at school?
were you ever picked on for being different (1 comments)
Elizabeth Stark
Me and my Work: I use statistics to describe how the environment changes over time and to test whether it’s being impacted by us humans.
Latest Question:
what happened at school?
were you ever picked on for being different
Latest Comment:
How do engines work? (2 comments)
Blaire Dobiecki
Me and my Work: I travel around Australia, talking to people about emerging technologies (e.g. genetically modified foods, nanotechnology, etc…) and getting them to think critically about the consequences of that technology.
Status: Hope I don't get evicted today! It's so scary waiting to find out!
