Associate Professor Jen Martin spent many years working as a field ecologist until she decided the most useful contribution she could make was to teach other scientists how to be effective and engaging communicators. 

Jen founded the University of Melbourne’s Science Communication Teaching Program in 2010. She also practises what she preaches: she’s been talking about science weekly on radio for 20 years (3RRR and ABC), hosts the Let’s Talk Scicomm podcast, MCs events and is Ambassador for The Wilderness Society’s Nature Book Week. Jen published her first popular science book, ‘Why am I like this? The science behind your weirdest thoughts and habits’ in 2024.