Educator and radio personality, The University of Melbourne
Dr Jen Martin is an award-winning educator: she founded, leads and teaches The University of Melbourne’s highly acclaimed science communication program. She has a popular weekly segment Weird Science on 3RRR Breakfasters and has also been a co-host of 3RRR’s Sunday science show, Einstein-a-go-go for more than a decade. Jen blogs about science for a general audience at www.espressoscience.com and is also a writer for Double Helix, CSIRO’s science magazine for 9 – 13 year olds. In a previous life, Jen studied the sex lives of possums among other ecological questions.
Sessions:
Evidence-based scicom: Research exploring new and social media
Research paper: The value of social media for scientists: what do students think? (Presenter)