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The Awkward Yeti @theawkwardyeti.bsky.social Award losing Heart and Brain cartoonist, National Cartoonists Society Board Member, founder of Webcomicon, creator of OrganATTACK
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Karen Lamb @kelamb.bsky.social Associate Professor and Co-Head of MISCH Biostatistics & Epidemiology Node at University of Melbourne, Australia.
Passionate about #biostatistics, #consultancy, #communication and #mentoring.
Love literature, theatre, gigs and horror movies.
Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org Author of Raising Heretics: Teaching Kids to Change the world. Founder adsei.org
Troublemaker. Make Me Data Literate podcaster. Teacher. She/her. Australian, living on stolen Wurundjeri/Bunurong land
Dr Jodie Ward @drjodieward.bsky.social Forensic Human Identification Specialist 💀
Associate Professor (Forensic Genetics) 👩🏼💻
Leverages & democratises DNA technology to link unidentified & missing persons & reunite them with their families 🧬🔗🧑🧑🧒🧒
@donajayakody.bsky.social @donajayakody.bsky.social 
Erin Hahn (she/her) @erinhahn.bsky.social Research Scientist @CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection | Conservation Genetics | Historical Epigenetics | airborne eDNA | STA Superstar of STEM alumnus | Mama | Speed noodle snuggler
Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social Conservation ecologist, Antarctica, subAntarctic, islands. Invasion biology | threatened species |science to policy | leadership | co-founder HomewardBound | she/her
Anna G Manjón, PhD @annagmanjon.bsky.social Scientific Project Developer at Kilian Jornet Foundation | Associate Researcher at UAB | 🌿 Engaged in #sustainability #climateaction | Homeward Bound #TeamHB8
Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social Environmental scientist, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley. Remote sensing, GIS, wetlands, biodiversity, urban ecosystems, natural climate solutions. Bridges among science, landscape practice, and policy. I stand with Ukraine. Opinions are my own.
Haffie Mom @haffiemom.bsky.social Blue equestrian with two haflingers - because you can’t have just one! I am one of those childless cat ladies they warned you about. Committed to peace, justice, equality and the environment.
Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social Ecologist, public health scientist
Sam Burnham @samburnham.bsky.social 
Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social Evolutionary Ecologist #CNRS @cefemontpellier | quantitative genetics | wild birds response to climate change & urbanization | #TeamHB3 #womeninSTEM
Jane U @jusher.bsky.social Scientist, Irish living in England, music and gig lover, rookie allotment owner, own views #TeamHB7, BBSRC Discovery Fellow
Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir @hafdishanna.bsky.social Director at the Sustainability Institute, University of Iceland | Plant ecologist and lifelong learner committed to global sustainability, environmental education, and leadership for climate and biodiversity action
Sarah Cresswell @cresswell-sl.bsky.social Forensic chemist, lifelong learner and avocate for learning by doing, academic, scout leader and mother - what free time?
#HomewardBound
#SDG
Rachael Bice @rachaelbice.bsky.social Soul-led life, systems thinker, animal lover, creative, Natural Changer, #HBTeam2019, leadership for environmental growth & nature recovery, Wildlife Trusts. Cornish citizen, Yorkshire resident.
@aditigup.bsky.social @aditigup.bsky.social 
Kristen @kristenengineer.bsky.social 
@alaskaclimatedoc.bsky.social @alaskaclimatedoc.bsky.social 
Ali Jones @alikjones.bsky.social Global health lawyer on a mission to keep the food industry honest.
PhD (Pub Health), LLM (Global Health Law). Program Lead, Food Governance @georgeinstitute.
Sarah Frankland @drfrankland.bsky.social Scientist, educators, Homeward Bound 8
Hannah E. Murdock @hannahmurdock.bsky.social Researcher, Imperial College London
Transport Policy | Energy | Health | Data Science
linkedin.com/in/hannahmurdock
#TeamHB9 #WomeninSTEM 🌈
Bec Handcock PhD @bechandcock.bsky.social 🫖 Spatial Data Scientist 🫖
Telling stories about the planet with data.
PhD Geography / Remote Sensing
🗺🛰🌡🐟🌱🐄🤖📚🐍
Devin Fitzpatrick @dmtfitz.bsky.social PhD Candidate at UCalgary 🗺️🐗
Invasive Species | Movement Ecology | Conservation
#TeamHB8
Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social Senior lecturer in climate science and science communication at @unimelb. She/her. Born 344 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere
Saffron @saffyb.bsky.social Scientist. Author. Artist.
www.saffronbryant.com
Karen Livesey @karenlivesey.com A/Prof of Physics. Studies tiny magnets. Superstar of STEM (Australia). Speaker and advocate
The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com To see weekly new comics, daily comics from our archive and subscriber videos - patreon.com/lifeofsharks. Merchandise from - thelifeofsharks.com
Our book on Puffin books: https://tinyurl.com/mwdnusyy
Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com Irish scientist living in Berlin. Loves tea, travelling and the science. Occasional #Gaeilgeoir. Opinions mine. She/Her
https://drclairemurray.com/
Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding.bsky.social Adventures of the Cosmic Pudding & sidekick Vanessa: astronomy, telescopes, data, #automation, #scicomm... also #TFOM! #SuperstarsofSTEM ✨
Dr Sara Webb @sarawebbscience.bsky.social Astrophysicist and Dog lover
www.sarawebbscience.com
Dr Taylor Szyszka @taylorszyszka.bsky.social She/Her.
Postdoc in Synthetic Biology @SydneyChemistry.
#SuperstarsofSTEM 🌟
Just a gal who loves proteins.
Views my own
Dr Vanessa Pirotta @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social Wildlife scientist 🐋 | Woman in STEAM | author | vessel operator | Sydney | 🇲🇹🇮🇹 | 🐳🐳 calves
www.vanessapirotta.com
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Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw 🍉 @drheaddamage.bsky.social Science, sailing, sea and scattering (X-ray flavor). Against genocide in any form. Opinions are mine.
I run a blog at https://lookingatnothing.com/
Grace Vincent @phdsleepy.bsky.social Associate Professor at CQUniversity. Mum | Sleep | Physical Activity | Shift Work | Running | Donuts. 🥝 living in 🦘.
Catriona Vi Nguyen-Robertson (she/her) @nyuroscientist.bsky.social A singing immunologist and science communicator with Museums Victoria, the University of Melbourne, and the Royal Society of Victoria | views are mine | she/her 🏳️🌈🎶👩🏻🔬
Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social Inner development for outer impact. Leadership development & coaching for curious, courageous, creative, caring & conscious change agents. #CourageOverComfort #CollectiveCare #CovidIsAirborne #ActOnClimate #LoveWins #HomewardBound #IDGs #SDGs
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Dr Deborah O’Connell @deboc.bsky.social Climate adaption, disaster resilience, systems science, systems leadership
Lorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social Edinburgh Central MSP | Scottish Greens | She/Her | DMs not open.
Karin Verspoor @karinv.bsky.social Dean, School of Computing, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Professor, FTSE FAIDH.
Artificial intelligence in medicine, natural language processing #NLProc, #bioNLP, literature mining, digital health, computational biology, and more geeky science.
Lesley Sefcik @lesley-sefcik.bsky.social Scientist, mother, plant lover and academic
@tarashine.bsky.social @tarashine.bsky.social 
Jessamyn Fairfield @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social Scientist, writer, intersectional feminist. Founding director of Bright Club Ireland and half of the Jess's's's. Wanderer, like a planet or a polar bear.
Colleen Begg @colleenbegg.bsky.social No such thing as work /life balance, no sharp distinction between work and play, always doing both. Grappling with conservation, justice, wildernesses with their people, leadership, and carnivores. Photography is my kind of mindfulness.
Fern Hames @fernhames.bsky.social Rivers. Nature. Nature connectedness. Ecology. First Nations Leadership. Ethical leadership. Ways of knowing, braiding knowledges. SciArt. Living and working on Taungurung Country. @TLAWC @RMIT @HomewardBound @RoyalSocietyVictoria
Sharon Robinson @antarcticmoss.bsky.social Climate Change Biologist
Antarctica, UNEP EEAP
@arcsaef
@GlobalChangeBio
HomewardBound Faculty
University of Wollongong living on Dharawal Country
She/Her Views her own
Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Uni UK
We study the chemical language of bacteria (& what influences it) for antibiotic discovery
http://www.medicinesfromthesea.com
Editor Microbiology, Young Academy of Scotland, EAB RSC NatProdRep & EAB ACS JNatProd
Rebecca Wade @rebeccawade.bsky.social Enthusiastic Academic, award-winning STEM ambassador, Homeward Bound Antarctica participant, based in Scotland.
Alicia Perez-Porro @aliciaprzporro.bsky.social Marine biologist by training | Expert in #sciencediplomacy & #science4policy |Head of Policy Engagement & Institutional Relations at CREAF | Trustee at IIED | Advisor at SMC Spain | Environmental activist by 💙💚
Ximena A Vega @ximenaavega.bsky.social Polar scientist and artist. 
Alba Fernández-Sanlés (Dr, she/her) @albafsanles.bsky.social Biomed Research 🧬👩🏼💻 (job at UCL)
PE/Scicomms 👥
Planet & Equity Advocacy 📢♻️🌍
Expedition #HBAntarctica2025 🐧♀️ 1ªcientífica galega en expedición HB
🕸️ https://linktr.ee/dralbafs_hb8
@priyankaspace.bsky.social @priyankaspace.bsky.social 
Sophjust @sophjust.bsky.social 
@ruyle.bsky.social @ruyle.bsky.social 
Judit Jimenez-Sainz @judjisa24.bsky.social Assistant Professor MUSC-BRCA molecular research - Leadership Homeward Bound 5 - Former president (ECUSA and RAICEX)
Alison Thieme @alisonthieme.bsky.social Geographer, Ecologist, Diver
#HomewardBound
Elaine Huber @elainehuber.bsky.social A/Prof and Principal Fellow AHE, passion for education, environment, evaluation, technology, women in leadership, critical thinking #TeamHB4
Emma Kennedy @reefscientist.bsky.social 🐠 Coral ecologist, PhD 🌊 | ReefCloud.ai | Champion for reef conservation & ocean health 🌎| Diver, dreamer, and advocate for our underwater world 🐟💙
@josumner.bsky.social @josumner.bsky.social 
@natashapauli.bsky.social @natashapauli.bsky.social 
Beth Christie @bethchristie.bsky.social Snr. Lecturer, University of Edinburgh | Director, Scotland’s UN Regional Centre of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development (Learning for Sustainability Scotland)
Dr Steph Gardner @stephgardner.bsky.social Research Fellow: Microbial ecologist @Sydney_Uni @arcsaef
Interested in marine microbes 🪸🦠
@ScienceAU #SuperstarsofSTEM 2021 | @HomewardBound HB3 | she/her
📍 Sydney, Australia
Web: stephgardner.com
@drhinemoa.bsky.social @drhinemoa.bsky.social 
@anitagoh.bsky.social @anitagoh.bsky.social 
Marji @marjettalp.bsky.social I am a marine scientist that teaches kids all over the world 🌏 what penguins 🐧 and coral 🪸 reefs have in common! kidscareaboutclimate.org #kidscareaboutclimatechange
Anna Cabré Albós @annacabrealbos.bsky.social Climate-ocean physicist starting to grasp the diplomatic world / Consultant for the World Bank / UPenn / Ph.D. in Cosmology / Author of 2 children's books & documentary 'Begin Again'
Cilla Wehi @cillaw.bsky.social FBES. Here for isotopes, curiosity, community. Also human ecological relationships. Biologist. Director Te Pūnaha Matatini national centre of research excellence in complex systems, AoNZ. Hapainga te reo Māori. https://priscillawehi.com
@strategykit.bsky.social @strategykit.bsky.social 
Tam Stutchbury @tamstutch.bsky.social Passionate about science, equity, and helping great ideas and people improve our world through Entrepreneurship @uow @iAccelerate #HB5 #HBUshuaia #Entrepreneurship #WomenInSTEMM
Dwan Price @dwanprice.bsky.social Scientist: 🔬Immunology 🥜🌾Allergy 💪Vigilante for STEM equality. She/Her #SuperstarsOfSTEM, Views my own
Dr Rachel Cameron, HB7 Melbourne Australia @hopeequalsfreedom.bsky.social My name is Rachel and I am a virologist by training who has worked from bench to bedside in health and for purpose organisations for decades. I am interested in the importance of climate change on our health. I love the ocean. 🌊🐠⛵️🪢🤿
@daisyscience.bsky.social @daisyscience.bsky.social 
@alexdubini.bsky.social @alexdubini.bsky.social 
Cindy Shellito @cshells.bsky.social Climate scientist, Environmentalist, Writer, Professor, Traveler #TeamHB2019 #TeamHB3
nococlimoprof.com
Tonia Gray @toniagray.bsky.social Nature lover, listen more & talk less. Dharawal Country.
Professor, Centre for Educational Research: Western Sydney Uni
@lmdo.bsky.social @lmdo.bsky.social 
@ireneeco9.bsky.social @ireneeco9.bsky.social 
Nicola Waldron @nicolawaldron.bsky.social Ocean | Coasts | Underwater Imagery
Selene FeRNAndez @selfdz.bsky.social Genomics, bioinformatics & non-coding RNA
PI of the #RegRNALab @unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Board member @iscb.bsky.social
Visited #Antarctica in 2025 as part of #HBTransform
ARC Future Fellow
🇲🇽/🇭🇲 #Latina
Opinions == mine
Patricia Menéndez @patriciamenendez.bsky.social Senior lecturer at the School of Maths and Stats @University of Melbourne. Interested in maths, stats, science, art, wood carving, running ...#Homewardbound #Womeninmaths #womeninstats #ETHalumni
Natalie Unterstell @unatalie.bsky.social Gosto de mar.
Katharina Fabricius @fab-coral.bsky.social Coral reef ecologist, passionate about conservation, biodiversity and climate change solutions.
@cal-k.bsky.social @cal-k.bsky.social 
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Mars Buttfield-Addison @themartianlife.com Academic in radio telescope instrumentation by day, game dev tools + scicomm by night
📍 lutruwita/Tasmania
💚 Skeets as @yarnspinner.dev
Find me at https://themartianlife.com
Dr Charlotte Birkmanis @charlottebirky.bsky.social • Wildlife scientist
• Shark biologist
• Superstar of STEM
• Australian STEM Ambassador
• Keynote speaker & MC
• Broadcast producer & host
• Director, Marine Philanthropic Foundation
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck
A/Prof Jen Martin #scicomm @scidocmartin.bsky.social Mum • Scientist • Ecologist • Science Communicator • Leader, UniMelb Science Communication Teaching • Co-host, Let's Talk SciComm podcast @letstalkscicomm.bsky.social • Dr Jen on 3RRR 📻 • Author of 'Why Am I Like This?' • MC • Writer • Runner 🏃♀️ • she/her
Caitlyn Forster @bambiraptorf.bsky.social Entomologist and professional graphic novel reader at Sydney Uni. Not particularly professional fisho 🎣🐞🐛
#SuperstarOfSTEM 
Dr. Mel Humphries @melhumphries.bsky.social Mum | Statistician | #SuperstarOfSTEM 2023-24 | Chef
Sitting in the space between maths and AI
Anna Barwick @annapharm.bsky.social Pharmacist | Senior Lecturer | Non-exec Board Director | Rural Health Advocate
Dr Caitlin Cowan @cc-phd.bsky.social Neuroscientist • Psychologist • Microbiome-gut-brain-ist at UNSW
NHMRC Investigator • UNSW Scientia Fellow • NSW Health EMCR Fellow #SuperstarsOfSTEM 23-24 #TallPoppyNSW 22
Trish Kerin @leadlikekerin.bsky.social Trish Kerin Author. Process Safety Leader. Keynote speaker. 2022 Leader of the Year. #SuperstarsofSTEM #PlatypusPhilosophy #FindYourPlatypus
Enrico Della Gaspera @dellagasperalab.bsky.social Professor and research group leader in #chemistry and #nanoscience based at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
#nanomaterials & coatings for #optoelectronics, #sensing & #energy generation
Georgia Watson @ecologee.bsky.social Working w iAccelerate removing barriers for #WomenInSTEM & #Entrepreneurship 👩🏼🔬 Heading to Antarctica in Jan-Feb 2025 with #TeamHB8 🇦🇶 Connection with community for #ClimateCourage ☀️
Dr Tatiana Soares da Costa @tatiana-biochem.bsky.social Group Leader in Biochemistry 👩🏻🔬
ARC Future Fellow 🌿💊🔬
Superstars of STEM ✨
SA Young Tall Poppy of the Year 🙏🏻
Mum 👩🏻🍼
Adelaide, Australia 🇦🇺