64. Interview with Olly Dove from That's What I Call Science

Let's Talk SciComm

This week we are so delighted to chat with Olly Dove. Living up to her bird name, Olly Dove is a marine ecology PhD candidate researching the foraging behaviour of little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters in lutruwita/Tasmania. Olly’s favourite part of working in zoology is undoubtedly the exciting fieldwork it leads her to, and she loves sharing stories about the natural world with others.

When not hanging out with critters, Olly is an incredible science communicator. She is the weekly host, a co-manager, and an editor on the nipaluna/Hobart-based radio/podcast show, That’s What I Call Science, which was recently awarded a prestigious Eureka Prize for STEM inclusion. Other recent scicomm adventures for Olly have included performing at the Festival of Bright Ideas in 2022 and competing in the FameLab Australia Finals in 2023, both with a shearwater puppet for her on-stage co-star!

You can follow Olly and learn more about her work here:

https://thatsscience.org/

https://twitter.com/olly_dove

https://twitter.com/ThatsScienceTAS

https://www.instagram.com/ols_dove/

https://www.instagram.com/thatssciencetas/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ollydove/

Transcript: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/j79s