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Henry Zhao
CommSec Developer
Coding and finance go hand in hand at the Commonwealth Bank for graduate software developer Henry Zhao.
Jackson Cleary
Financial Wellbeing Warrior
Wellbeing isn’t just about food and exercise – financial stress can be bad for you too. It’s Jackson Cleary’s job to help.
Michael Seo
Digital Metal-maker
Tech is everywhere – and scientists like Michael Seo increasingly spend as much time in front of a screen as in the lab.
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!
Kicking goals: Pathology careers in footy
There are so many exciting off-the-field medical science careers in sport, and a pathway in pathology is just one of them.
Winning formula: How one school is using the Bragg science writing prize to challenge gifted students
Santa Sabina College first entered the UNSW Bragg Prize in 2018 – coming away with the winning and a runner-up essay that year. We spoke to the teacher driving the school's participation about how they use the competition to challenge and enrich their gifted student cohort.
5 quizzes that’ll help narrow down your Uni preferences
Stumped on what to study after high school? Welcome to Planet Overwhelmed. Population: all of us.