I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Boron Zone. It has a range of scientists studying all different topics. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
I was asked to give an invited talk at the most important conference in my area in Spain in 2009 – I felt pretty good about that. The work I was talking about was published in probably the best science journal at the end of the previous year.
However, I’ve also been pretty proud of some of the achievements of some of the research students I have worked with – it’s nice to think I had a small hand in them!
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I have one two awards – JCU supervisor & researcher of the year. That was awesome. Plus one of my PhD students graduated with a university medal. Also as Matthew said, being asked to give a talk at an international conference is also very rewarding. ON the other side many of my research findings have been used by Govt to help them manage threats to turtles.
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I was very proud of the first paper that I had published in a scientific journal, because it was quite controversial. In fact it annoyed some people so much that they wrote a response to my paper! Now it is my most highly cited paper (that means lots of people refer to it in their own work). As a scientist it is always nice to be recognised for your work by other scientists.
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Being awarded the – Unsung Hero of Science Communication for South Australia – a couple of years ago.
Through “work” itself – having initiated a fundamental change within the arboriculture (tree) industry – whereby mature trees are beginning to be recognised as valuable environmental resources for wildlife. As a consequence the industry are becoming aware of the importance of a “connectedness” across the landscape and are in the process of adjusting their pruning and tree removal practices accordingly. Historically trees were retained for their amenity value (attractiveness) or removed because they presented a potential hazard. A huge WIN!!!
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My proudest moment is getting my first publication accepted. It was a very exciting discovery which has led to a new area of research and lots of other projects. It’s pretty satisfying when people value the work that you do!
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