AMplify - Conversations at the Australian Museum

The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, leadership, science communication and school science. In this podcast, Trailblazers of Australian Science at the 2016 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes launch include Dr Rebecca Johnson, Professor Terry Speed, Professor Maree Teesson, Dr Phillip Urquijo, Professor Emma Johnston and Dr Robyn Williams AM. “To...

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Dr Mark Eldridge, Principal Research Scientist in Mammalogy Collection at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI). "It’s the thrill of discovery, but more than that it’s just an appreciation of how amazing Australia really is, and every day you learn something new about how animals have survived in this continent f...

Kim McKay, the Director and CEO of the Australian Museum talks with Dr Jodi Rowley, amphibian biologist about her love of frogs and passion for communicating biodiversity conservation.

The first Trailblazers Talk taking place at the Australian Museum is a conversation between Australian Geographic's founding editor, Howard Whelan, and renowned Aussie explorer and mountaineer, Greg Mortimor. Greg Mortimor was the first Australian to reach the summits of Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna II and Chongtar in the Himalaya – all without supplementary oxygen. Greg also enables adventurous t...

Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Dr Chris Reid about his work in Entomology and field trips to Papua New Guinea .

Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Dr Rebecca Johnson, Director of the Australian Museum Research Centre (AMRI) about her motivations to become a wildlife geneticist. "I look at the DNA of pretty much any species of animal, wildlife in our world here at the Australian Museum basically means all animals but not typically plants, and that also excludes humans... There's so many re...

Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Dr Jodi Rowley, amphibian biologist in Herpetology, whose research reveals amphibian diversity and her a passion for communicating biodiversity conservation.

“Here at AMRI, I’m so passionate about the work we do, of our three most senior scientists, two of them are women, we are very fortunate here to have that kind of leadership, that kind of expertise” Dr Rebecca Johnson Director, Australian Museum Research Institute, Science and Learning