Dylan kickstarted his STEM journey by studying a Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation at Macquarie University. He loved that this degree had a wide range of subjects and that it was very science based. Awesome electives were a highlight too!
“There were quite a lot of elective subjects which meant I could broaden the scope of my degree,” Dylan explains.
Fast forward and he’s currently undertaking a graduate role at AgriProve, Australia’s largest carbon soiltech developer. AgriProve works with farmers to help them improve the carbon in the soil on their farms. Their aim is to help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
“I love being a part of an innovative soil-tech company working to progress our understanding of soil science, food security, and build climate resilience for Australian farmers,” Dylan says.
His science + agriculture gig involves undertaking scientific trials and working with farmers on the best way to improve soil for storing carbon.
The non-STEM electives Dylan studied at uni have also helped him in his job, giving him a good understanding of how broader ecological concepts tie in with enabling action from business and government.
As for exciting opportunities popping up in this area of STEM, Dylan believes that the carbon offsets and nature-based solutions industry offers lots of avenues to apply scientific education to address the biggest, dynamic, real-world issue facing our generation – climate change.
“Being a growing scientific industry, there exist massive career opportunities and significant investment into companies developing nature-based offsets, and this creates huge opportunities to fund science and innovative technologies to scale this action globally.”
Dylan’s top career tip
“Discover and follow your passions, don’t be rushed into picking a career or degree based on anyone else’s opinions or expectations.”
Dylan’s study and career path to becoming a soil scientist
- Business Development Manager, Cynosure Australia
- Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation, Macquarie University
- Global Leadership Program (completion with merit), Macquarie University
- Inaugural graduate, AgriProve
This profile was brought to you in partnership with Macquarie University and a version of it was originally published in Careers with STEM: Science.
