As a scientist and researcher, I know that the scientific enterprise is enhanced by increasing the diversity of scientists. Different backgrounds, life experiences and abilities lead to a more dynamic and innovative research environment, and helps to correct the inherent biases which all people carry with them.
This diversity in perspective helps to ensure that scientific research, especially where it is funded by public money produces results which benefit the whole of the public, not only a certain subsection. I have also found that working in science can be an socially, emotionally and intellectually enriching environment, and one which should be accessible to all people who desire it.
This diversity in perspective helps to ensure that scientific research, especially where it is funded by public money produces results which benefit the whole of the public, not only a certain subsection. I have also found that working in science can be an socially, emotionally and intellectually enriching environment, and one which should be accessible to all people who desire it.
Outreach Activities:
Below is a non-exhaustive list of active and previous outreach activities with which I have engaged.
2023:
Lepton-Photon Outreach
The Queer History of Physics (on behalf of QueersInScience (QiS)
EDI Committee Participation
Women in Physics Retreat with Melbourne University
2022:
Participated in International Day for Women and Girls in Science. (Feb. 13).
"This little girl grew up to be a scientist!". This event involved breakfasting with a group of young women studying STEMM subjects, and answering their questions about studying science in university, and what it is like to follow a career in science as a woman.
EDI Committee Participation
Joined and participated in the Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy. A non-exhaustive list of activities include:
Below is a non-exhaustive list of active and previous outreach activities with which I have engaged.
2023:
Lepton-Photon Outreach
The Queer History of Physics (on behalf of QueersInScience (QiS)
EDI Committee Participation
Women in Physics Retreat with Melbourne University
2022:
Participated in International Day for Women and Girls in Science. (Feb. 13).
"This little girl grew up to be a scientist!". This event involved breakfasting with a group of young women studying STEMM subjects, and answering their questions about studying science in university, and what it is like to follow a career in science as a woman.
EDI Committee Participation
Joined and participated in the Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy. A non-exhaustive list of activities include:
- Proposal and organisation of High Degree by Research (HDR) myDevelopment hours to be awarded for work undertaken by PhD students to improve the EDI conditions of the School.
- Organisation of the Pronoun Badge initiative for the School. We now have a functional machine for making pronoun badges. The badges were designed by Rowina Nathan.
- Reviewed and Presented on the results the National Student Safety Survey (NSSS) published March 2022 (https://www.nsss.edu.au/results); slides.
- Reviewed and Presented on the Monash University response to the NSSS; slides.
- Used the Monash University response to propose possible safety guidelines for the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy; document.
2021:
I participated as a collaborator and presenter on the talk "Supporting transgender and
non-binary colleagues" as part of the Early Career and Gender Diversity (ECGD) session for the 100th week-long meeting of the LHCb Collaboration. The details of the meeting are avaliable at: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1000115/
The slides are available at the above link, or directly here. They were written in collaboration with Eli Ben-Haim, Francesca Dordei, Dylan Jaide White, Igor Kostiuk, Tara Nanut and Nicole Skidmore, and were co-presented with Dylan Jaide White. The talk was well attended and well received with the chat comments being recorded and shared. See the Resources page for more resources suggested by participants.
