S03E05: Soaring with drones, swimming with whales, with Dr Vanessa Pirotta

This month, we chat with Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist and science communicator with a passion for creatively making use of technology for her work in wildlife conservation. We learn all about how she uses drones to survey the health of whales in transit and what research like this is telling us about these magnificent creatures. We also get into a wide-ranging discussion about life in science as a woman in STEM and in academia, the importance of sharing our work with society, the role citizen science can play in our understanding of the world, and so much more.

Vanessa is a real inspiration, and we think our chat with her is a perfect way to get yourself in the mood for Australia's National Science Week.

Guest: Vanessa Pirotta

Hosts: Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

Producers: Zena Assaad, Liz Williams, Robbie Slape, Martin Franklin

A video of our chat and a full (edited!) transcript are available on our website:

https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e05