That's What I Call Science!

We know that fish come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever thought about how their size affects their behaviour?  Dr Amy Coghlan from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies tells Olly this week all about her work in sized-based marine ecology, and the depths she’s (literally!) gone to for her research.  Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440) Production: Rya...

Two and a half years after joining the TWICS family, it’s finally time for Olly Dove to tell us about her own work in STEMM! As a PhD candidate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Olly researches the diving behaviour of two seabirds living here in Tasmania: little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters. Join Kate as she asks Olly all about her adventures in zoology and scicomm! Show...

Inspired by her own experiences breaking into the field of coding and front-end development, Kah Men co-founded The Coding Sisterhood, a safe and inclusive group that encourages women to try coding. Starting with three female coders, the group has grown to over 300 members.    Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440) Co-Host: Anna Abela (@annaoabela) Production: Ryan Smith ...

Join us this week for part two of our mini-series in celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope! This time around, we meet with Georgia Stewart, a PhD student at UTAS, studying Active Galactic Nuclei. These objects are used by Georgia and her colleagues to age and classify stellar and star-forming regions, as well as the black holes, central to these galaxies. Listen in as Georgia discusses her...

Cade Kane is an American, but he’s spending 10 months living in Tasmania as part of his Fulbright fellowship. Listen for application info + tips and to get an idea of what a Fulbright experience can be like! He also drops some sweet tourist tips, including “the best museum [he’s] ever been to”! Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Ryan Smith  Production: Ryan Smith  Media & Promotion: Ellie C...

9 months, 15 US states, 4 countries (including the US and AUS) and 3 homes, a brief summary of Kate’s wild 2022! Ryan Smith and Dr Kate Johnson chat, separated by 17000km, about Kate’s experience as a Fulbright postdoctoral researcher in the USA. Listen for application info + tips and to get an idea of what a (very fun) Fulbright experience can be like, from start to finish! Show theme music: Kevi...

In this episode, Olly and Sarah talk to Young Professional Engineer of the Year for Tasmania in 2022 Samantha Chapman about transportation and connecting communities.  Sam walks us through the holistic aspects of her engineering job, how transport design involves the flow of unpredictable humans, and gives us lots of examples of how events and disruption to connections have shaped our state. Show...

Local marine scientist, Dr Camille White, sits down with Olly Dove and Ellie Clapham to talk about the science behind fish farming. Camille explains how and why her team conducts their research on the salmon farms in Tasmania, and talks about the work that goes into connecting the food and science industries. Camille explains some of her team’s research findings by describing the effects that fish...

Join us this week as we check in with our newest member of TWICS, Hannah Moore! She’s a UTas PhD student studying volcanology, and has just returned from fieldwork in New Zealand. Listen closely and you might even learn that you can visit an old volcano in the home of the show, nipaluna/Hobart!  Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440) Co-Host: Ryan Smith  Production: Hanna...

Coming to you from 3500 m above sea level, two Pika-chasing Tasmanians chat about mountain research. Listen to hear from Dr Rose Brinkhoff, find out what Pikas are, what it’s like to work in an alpine meadow, and why we urgently need to understand how ecosystems respond to warming. Dr Rose Brinkhoff and host, Dr Kate Johnson also share some US highlights and provide some handy tips for Aussies com...

PhD candidates produce research outputs for universities, and are a valuable part of the academic workforce. Yet, they remain to be seen only as ‘students’ and therefore do not qualify for an income, only a stipend. Did you know that the Australian federal government has the baseline for PhD stipends at 6% below the poverty line? Sadly, many universities don’t see reason to pay above this legal mi...

At the beginning of her PhD, Megan Grant joined us at That’s What I Call Science to talk about her seabird research. Now nearing the end, Megan has been awarded as one of the two University of Tasmania’s College of Sciences and Engineering Current HDR Candidate awards.  Tune in this week to hear Megan tell Olly all about the adventures she’s had during her PhD on Lord Howe Island and the emotions...

Inspired by her own experiences breaking into the field of coding and front-end development, Kah Men co-founded The Coding Sisterhood, a safe and inclusive group that encourages women to try coding. Starting with three female coders, the group has grown to over 300 members.    Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440) Co-Host: Anna Abela (@annaoabela) Production: Ryan Smith ...

In this episode we talk to Eve Poland about her research in chemistry, her advocation for zero waste in Tasmania, and her impressive music career. Interestingly, she describes her goal to combine her chemistry skills and passion for waste reduction to help large scale carbon repurposing. Tune in to learn about organic chemistry, some simple steps to reduce your waste, and how music can enrich your...

Tasmania has some of the worst results in maths testing across Australia with drastic drops in results year after year. We speak with Priya Kitchener, a passionate maths educator, about the testing results, maths anxiety and the processes that need to be put in place to improve maths education. Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Olly Dove (@littledove440) Co-Host: Anna Abela (@annaoabela) Produ...

Dr Niamh Chapman got into the nitty gritty of healthcare delivery and measures of success with Dr Alistair Fyfe. Dr Fyfe is from Tasmania and completed his medical training here but has spent most of his time practising in America. Niamh and Alistair talk about pursuing a career to improve health for individuals and societies as a whole - just how much can you really change a system to improve hea...

A science journey that started with pens, how & why trees twist and bend, how bugs unite us all + how one bug is killing entire forests. Join Dr Kate Johnson for chats with researchers in the Forest. We meet Sophie Everbach,a  PhD student at Harvard who tells us about how trees bend and Lorelei Wolf, an undergraduate student at Harvard College, who tells us about her research on eastern hemloc...

Dr Julia Drouhin is an Artist and curator with the incredible ability to manipulate and reinvent sound. From radiophonics, to edible objects, transformed technology from past generations and an exhibiton based on “my husband is a dead icecream”, we get a peek into Julia’s artistic process, her abstract inspirations and how her art is connected with science.      Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Hos...

Have you ever heard the wind howling, and imagined the howl being converted to be played on piano? Or watched a tree flutter in the wind, and pictured the branch holding a pencil and trying to draw as it flutters? On this week’s episode, Olly hears from Professor Donald Fortescue from the California College of the Arts about how his work transforms nature and science into art to help engage us in...

The Australian Antarctic Festival was here in Hobart last week, including an exhibition at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. As part of the festivities, Olly led up a panel with four expert guests that come from different corners of the Antarctic workforce: Katie Marx, Dr Nicole Hill, Megan Woods, and Dr Sophie Bestley. When we think of Antarctic research, we often think of penguins...

Join Sarah and Niamh in this episode as they talk with Phil Durbin from Finite Elements.  Phil shares his experiences in mechanical engineering including using tools like finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics within exciting projects like the DeepSea Challenger.   Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod   Host: Niamh Chapman (@nchapmanTAS) Co-Host: Sarah Lyden Production: Sarah Lyden Me...

From earth’s natural solar cells to freezing frogs, join Dr Kate Johnson for the second edition of chats with Yale researchers. Aleca Borsuk studies leaves revealing new information about their incredible internal structure, while Yara Alshwairikh focusses on wood frogs and their amazing ability to tolerate freezing. You’ll also hear Kate, Aleca and Yara chat paths to science and Australian/ US re...

This week you’ll  hear what it’s like to do research at Yale, whether Australians call stuffed-animals ‘stuffies’ and more! Join host Dr Kate Johnson to hear about Joseph Zailaa’s and Dr Leila Fletcher’s research on plants and climate change and what led them to science. Listen as Kate, Joseph and Leila exchange questions about Australia and the USA.  Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Kate Joh...

Join us for the final part of our mini-series in celebration of the first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope!  Andrew discusses his draw to our quaint little island with a huge scientific platform. He also shares some stories of his key moments as an astronomer in Tasmania, including manning the only observatory in the world to witness a star death!  Show theme music: Kevin MacLeo...

Join us this week for part two of our mini-series in celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope! This time around, we meet with Georgia Stewart, a PhD student at UTAS, studying Active Galactic Nuclei. These objects are used by Georgia and her colleagues to age and classify stellar and star-forming regions, as well as the black holes, central to these galaxies. Listen in as Georgia discusses her...