Brie is a marine scientist, equally passionate about field work and communicating results. She is the technical lead at Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership, a not-for-profit that communicates waterway health in the Great Barrier Reef catchment between the inshore corals of Bowen and the seagrass meadows of Clairview. Data from over 30 freshwater, estuarine, and marine monitoring programs is collated and analysed, with fellow Roving Scientist and sci-comm star Bek Smith to create resources that share waterway health to the wider community. These resources are then used to help advocate for regional investment for on-the-ground improvements and research.
Research keyword: Data Whisperer
About the BEAKER STREET ROVING SCIENTIST PROGRAM
Each August, hundreds of Roving Scientists descend upon Hobart, filling up pubs and chatting to strangers as part of Beaker Street Festival. Discover a new world down the lens of microscope, and joining the least-boring bar conversations you’ve ever heard and these free (the chats – not the drinks) events.
For Scientists, Beaker Street’s Roving Scientist Program offers an excellent outreach, professional development, and networking opportunity. It’s the nerdiest and funnest way to share your research with the public, expand your network, and be inspired by leaders in all sectors of science and science communication.
