Scientific communication

I enjoy communicating science and believe that one of the most important roles of a scientist is transferring their research to a broad audience. I also enjoy teaching about the fascinating world of biology to undergraduate and postgraduate students. I am interested in teaching scientific writing and have taught courses about writing at IST Austria, including courses where English is a second language and to people wanting to become more effective scientific writers. For all my teaching I am interested in designing and using innovative teaching methods.

Teaching and communication experience

  • Co-author of the seminar 'The secret world of plant sex' for the Selected Topics in Evolutionary Biology series (https://sites.google.com/view/steb/en/category-b)
  • Trainer and developer of the course ‘Scientific Writing Boot Camp for the Life Sciences’ at IST Austria
  • Lecturer for the scientific writing component of the core postgraduate course at IST Austria
  • Lecturer in the postgraduate course ‘Molecular Population Genetics’ at the University of Vienna, Austria
  • Teaching assistant for the postgraduate course ‘Principles of Evolution’ at IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
  • Lecturer for the second year subject ‘Evolution and Adaptation’ at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Casual Education Officer at the Green Machine Science Education Centre at CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra, Australia
  • Facilitated workshop groups for the Australian National Plant Conservation Network (ANPC)
  • Demonstrated second year biology Plant Structure and Function in the Department of Botany and Zoology at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Guest Lecturer for the third year subject Conservation Biology at the University of Wollongong