Dr Ashleigh Hood
ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne

In 1922, the path of a total solar eclipse crossed the central part of Australia, presenting the first opportunity to validate Eddington’s claims that Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was a ‘representation of nature’.

Discover the work of eight Victorian early career researchers across four categories of science, and support our high achievers!

Professor Bronwyn Fox
Chief Scientist, CSIRO
Panellists: Dr Amanda Caples, Victoria’s Chief Scientist and Mr Rob Gell AM, President of the Royal Society of Victoria

Professor John Webb
Professor of Environmental Geoscience, La Trobe University