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Zoya Dhillon
Economist
Zoya took a chance in studying an economics degree – and it's definitely paid off in her career as a senior analyst in financial stability at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Ben Jackman
Economist
Ben switched from biochemistry to economics after the Global Financial Crisis inspired him to make a difference
Samantha Cridland
NYSF alumni
Attending the National Youth Science Forum in 2013 was Samantha Cridland’s first step to nailing her dream job with CSIRO
Emma Gin
Chemist to consultant
Emma Gin switched from organic chemistry researcher to technology consultant and hasn’t looked back
Elizabeth Blackburn
Molecular biologist
Australian molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn is a Nobel laureate who discovered the secret to the immortality of cells
Isaac Brain
Inventive coder
Isaac Brain was one half of the duo that took home this year’s BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Award in the Engineering category, for the smart watch 'aWear'
Macinley Butson
SMART inventor
At just 18 years old, Macinley Butson has won the BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards twice and has been named NSW Young Australian of the Year 2018.
Kirsten Banks
Astrophysicist and science communicator
Kirsten Banks is bringing Aboriginal astronomy, Indigenous and Western science to the masses as a budding astrophysicist and science communicator at UNSW.
Professor Tara Murphy
Astrophysicist
Astrophysics Professor Tara Murphy has made some interesting discoveries in her career at the University of Sydney, like radio signals from space that were created 130-million light years away!
Caitlin Apcar
Data science student
Caitlin Apcar wanted to study a degree that she'd love and ensured employability. That's how she ended up studying data science at Macquarie Uni
Patrick Taylor
Hyper Anna data scientist
At just 22 years old, Patrick Taylor has chased and landed a data science career he loves at Hyper Anna. But he didn’t get it on his first attempt...
Shane Zhong
Hyper Anna data scientist
Shane Zhong moved from engineering to data science, scoring a job at Hyper Anna, one of Australia’s hottest startups.
Inspiring space careers that don’t involve leaving Earth
With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing coming up, we are more stoked on...
6 cool ways the world is celebrating the 50th Moon landing anniversary
From cookies to coins, here are some cool ways to celebrate 50 years since humans first set foot on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.
The new technologies taking over the modern tradie’s toolbox
Just like new technologies have revolutionised the way we’re working in the health, engineering and fashion fields,...