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Kathryn Aston-Mourney

City Coordinator

I am a scientist passionate about research and training our next generations of scientific leaders.  I'm also a musician, dog-lover and auntie to many (what I hope will be) little scientists! I'm always keen for a scientific chat, especially over a pint.

Katie Ardipradja

Katie Ardipradja

Volunteer

Hi! I'm Katie, your friendly neighbourhood microscopist! I work at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness in Geelong. I specialise in fluorescent microscopy imaging techniques and I have research interests in pathogens that invade the nervous system.

Darcie Cooper

Darcie Cooper

Volunteer

Darcie is a microbiologist at Deakin who grows slime, dabbles in Long COVID research and has an uncanny ability to make everything a pop culture reference.

Fiona Russell

Fiona Russell

Volunteer

I am an academic librarian with a passion science communication. I love working with scientists to help bring their research to life and seeing the amazing impact that science has on our lives.