Live events
MC Closing Ceremony, Asian Physics Olympiad, Adelaide, 12th May 2019
MC Opening Ceremony, Asian Physics Olympiad, Adelaide, 6th May 2019
Panel Discussion host, An Army of Perfect Soldiers; possibilities for CRISPR technology, World Science Festival Brisbane, 24th March 2019
Panel Discussion host, Science and The Law, World Science Festival Brisbane, 23rd March 2019
Panel Discussion host, Antarctica; the Canary in the coal mine, World Science Festival Brisbane, 22nd March 2019
Panel Discussion host, Brain Food Breakfast: Bad Science, World Science Festival Brisbane, 22nd March 2019
Panel Discussion host, Our Jewelled Seas; saving the Great Barrier Reef, World Science Festival Brisbane, 21st March 2019
Panel Discussion host, Brain Food Breakfast: Ethics in Research, World Science Festival Brisbane, 21st March 2019
Panel Discussion host, Ancient DNA; How genetics can reveal the secrets of evolution, World Science Festival Brisbane, 24th March 2018
Panel Discussion host, The Longest Walk; Winning the Human Race, World Science Festival Brisbane, 23rd March 2018
Host, Science Meets Parliament SA, 26th September 2017
MC, Ocean Essence, South Australian Museum, 20th September 2017
Guest Speaker, NMRA Dinner, Hope Valley, 16th September 2017
3MT Judge, Graduate Research Week, U Tasmania, 8th September 2017
Panel Discussion, Graduate Research Week, U Tasmania, 8th September 2017
Keynote Speaker, Graduate Research Week, U Tasmania, 7th September 2017
MC, Plenary Sessions, RZSNSW Annual Forum 2nd September 2017
Keynote Speaker, Engagement Australia Conference Dinner, July 2017
MC EISS, Deakin University, July 2017
Numerous MC, Host and Presenter events at The Science Exchange May 2011 - July 2017
MC South Australian Science Excellence Awards 2016
MC RZSNSW Annual Forum 2016
MC South Australian Science Excellence Awards 2015
MC South Australian Science Excellence Awards 2014
MC South Australian Science Excellence Awards 2013
MC South Australian Science Excellence Awards 2012
MC South Australian Science Excellence Awards 2011
MC for the Australian Skeptics Amazing Meeting 26th-28th/11/2010
MC: Sustainable Populations, UNSW, 4/11/2010
Judge, Three Minute Thesis, UNSW, 8/9/2010
Introducing Chris Smith, 3/9/2010
Launching Ultimo Science Festival, 3/9/2010
Discussion; The Messy Universe, Brisbane Writers Festival 15/9/2010
Discussion; Would You Like Some Nanotech With That? Canberra Festival, 21/8/2010
Presenter: Would you like some Nanotech with that? 23/08/10
Hypothetical: Food in 2050, Dieticians Association of Australia, 28/5/2010
Presenter: Centenary of UQ, 17/5/2010
Presenter: Cosmology at The Basement, 17/5/2010
Presenter: Media Skills for Scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 6/5/2010
Presenter: Big Night Of Science, Ultimo Science Festival, 21/8/2009
MC: Youth ANZAAS, 10/7/2009
Presenter: Sydney Writers Festival 24/5/2009
Presenter: Science in the Pub Canberra 31/5/2009
Presenter: Winton Dinosaurs, 28/3/2009
MC and Presenter: Landcare Awards, 27/10/2008
Presenter: Ultimo Big Night of Science, 22/8/2008
Presenter: Canberra Science Festival, 17/8/2008
Presenter: National Science Week, 26/8/2008
Exhibition Launch: Macleay Museum, 28/4/2008
Presenter: Royal Easter Show, 10/4/2007
Presenter: Sydney Writers Festival, 2/6/2007
Presenter: IMAX Dinosaurs, 3/6/2007
Panelist: Science Careers, UTS, 14/6/2007
Presenter: Future of Genetics, Aust. Mus., 27/6/2007
MC: Green Homes, ACF, 25/10/2007
MC: Australian Conservation Foundation, 25/10/2006
MC: Rio Tinto Big Science Competition, 24/11/2006
MC: Rio Tinto Big Science Competition, 1/12/2006
MC: Plenary Sessions, UQ, 2/9/2006
Presenter: Science In The Pub, Canberra, 13/8/2006
Presenter: Margaret Wertheim, 17/8/2006
Presenter: ABC Science Day, 19/8/2006
Presenter: Café Scientific, 20/8/2006
Presenter: Sydney Writers Festival, 5/6/2006
Presenter: The Science and Philosophy of Resilience, 27/05/06
Presenter: Science at the Movies, Broome, 28/11/2005
Presenter: Science of Siblings, 21/08/2005
Presenter: Einstein and the Big Bang, 25/5/2005
Presenter: Are creative brains are born or made?, Perth, 20/02/2005
Presenter: Science Lounge at Woodford Festival, 27-31/12/2004 (Several events)
Presenter: Are writers' brains different?, Brisbane, 03/10/2004
Presenter: Are you conscious now?, 20/08/2004
Presenter: The Science of Drugs – A Users' Guide, Canberra, 15/08/2004
Presenter: The Internet: saved your life or utterly ruined it?, Dunedin (N.Z.), 9/07/2004
Presenter: From Chips to Cyborgs, Dunedin (N.Z.), 8/07/2004
Presenter: Power to the People, Dunedin (N.Z.), 4/07/2004
Presenter: Could your genes predict your future?, Rockhampton, 28/6/2004
Presenter: Why do we walk on two legs?, 20/5/2004
Presenter: What's the Big Idea?, 11/5/2004
Presenter: Greenies versus the scientists, the battle for the environment?, Brisbane, 5/10/2003
Presenter: The pros and cons of genetics, Albury, 27/8/2003
Presenter: Science of Secrecy: lessons from the Enigma code, Canberra, 20/8/2003
Presenter: Ferals in the Pub, Canberra, 17/08/2003
Presenter: Man, Beast or Zombie?, Melbourne, 25/05/2003
Presenter: Top Ideas from the Top End, Darwin, 7/5/2003
Presenter: Does it really matter if big bits fall into the sea and melt? Hobart, 20/6/2002
Presenter: Pub science at the PCYC, Bundaberg, 14/6/2002
Presenter: Life, the Universe and Everything!, Newcastle, 19/3/2002
Presenter: Do We Really Want to Resurrect the Thylacine, the Dodo and Elvis?, 26/02/2003
Presenter: This wont hurt a bit! What price for immunisation?, Brisbane, 10/5/2001
Presenter: Science in the Pub Plays Games, Canberra, 29/4/2001
Presenter: God and Science, Canowindra, 19/4/2001
Presenter: Can we understand the mind and consciousness? 14/3/2001
Presenter: Celestial considerations: stardust, sunspots and solar storms Parkes, 20/2/2001
Presenter: Genetically Modified Organisms, 11/1/2001
Presenter: Maths for Christmas, 20/12/2000
Presenter: Information for Atomic Masses, 24/10/2000
Presenter: Aussie culture for our overseas visitors, 11/9/2000
Presenter: New Millenium Medicine: Alternative or Genetic?, 30/8/2000
Presenter: Cheats or Champs - the use of drugs in sport, 28/6/2000
Presenter: Water use in the Murray-Darling, Bourke, 11/5/2000
Presenter: Greenhouse warming is a lot of hot air, Longreach, 8/5/2000
Presenter: Land use issues, Birdsville, 6/5/2000
Presenter: Life the Universe and Everything!, Silverton, Friday 5/5/2000
Presenter: Life OFF Earth, Melbourne, 3/5/2000
Presenter: Science in the Pub goes Forensic!, Canberra, 30/4/2000
Presenter: What's the use of Maths?! 26/4/2000
Presenter: Are we loving the wilderness to death?, Hobart, 7/4/2000
Presenter: The Next Species?, 23/2/2000The Age of the Universe, 24/11/1999
Presenter: Aussie animals as pets: out with puss and in with poss? 18/11/1999
Presenter: Whither Antarctica: Science and Tourism - are they compatible? 27/10/1999
Presenter: Scales of injustice: a feral fish fallacy?, Albury, 19/10/1999
Presenter: The Quantum team, 29/10/1999
Presenter: Atomic angst and the way ahead, 25/8/1999
Presenter: Australia - lost in space? 28/7/1999
Presenter: Greenhouse warming is a lot of hot air, Melbourne, 8/7/1999
Presenter: Waiter! There's a Gene in my Soup!, 30/6/1999
Presenter: Science and Fraud 26/5/1999
Presenter: Emerging diseases, are we ready?, Melbourne, 8/5/1999
Presenter: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Pub - an evening with Douglas Adams, Newcastle, 6/5/1999
Presenter: Trekkies or Test Tubes: what turns kids on to Science?, 5/5/1999
Presenter: Science and Politics, Canberra, 2/5/1999
Presenter: Can we live to 150 years?, Brisbane, 28/4/1999
Presenter: Popularise or Perish: communicating CRC research, Melbourne, 22/4/1999
Presenter: Views of the Universe: Astronomy and Culture, 31/3/1999
Presenter: Gut Feelings on Water Quality', 24/2/1999
Presenter: Dead fish spark life in rural town?, Canowindra, 6/2/1999
Presenter: Biotechnology- friend or foe?, Brisbane, 8/12/1998
Presenter: Science in Art - Art in Science, 25/11/1998
Presenter: Animal Rights and Wrongs, 28/10/1998
Presenter: Rocks - Why on Earth should we care?, 30/9/1998
Presenter: Immigration and Science: please explain!, Brisbane, 2/9/1998
Presenter: The Science of Boozology, 26/8/1998
Presenter: The Future Drinkers, 24/8/1998
Presenter: Feeling for the Future: information technology and computer science, 29/7/1998
Presenter: Genetics: a reality check, Gold Coast, 7/7/1998
Presenter: Science and the Media: Friend or Foe?, 24/6/1998
Presenter: Frogs are dying - who cares?, 7/5/1998
Presenter: Road Blocks in the Path of Cancer Research, 6/5/1998
Presenter: Dark Matter: the stuff that holds the Universe together, 4/5/1998
Presenter: God and the Big Bang, 25/3/1998
Presenter: Bones of Contention - interpreting Australia's past, 25/2/1998
Lectures and presentations
Reg Sprigg Memorial Lecture (inaugural): 25/3/2008
Phillip Crosbie-Morrison Lecture 19/5/2008
Australian Museum Dinosaur Symposium: 16/5/2008
Australian Institute of Biology: 11/3/2008
Talks to school and university groups
Newcastle University, 10/12/2010
University of Western Sydney, 2/12/2010
University of Sydney, 16/9/2010
Blakehurst High School, 17/6/2010
Scotch College, 26/10/2008
Barker College, 23/9/2008
Barker College, 22/8/2008
University of Tasmania, 18/8/2008
Australian Skeptics, 8/4/2008
Barker College, 2/3/2008
Graduation Address, UNSW, 30/3/2007
St Pauls College, U Syd, 21/5/2007