Quick highlights:
- Interviewed for ABC Radio National’s ‘Offtrack’ program
- Interviewed for Natura Pacific’s ‘Back from The Brink’ documentary series
- Invited to present a keynote speed-talk at the Ecological of Society conference 2018
- National Finalist (Australia): The British Council’s FameLab
- State Finalist (Queensland) & People’s Choice Award: FameLab
- Finalist: Fresh Science Southeast Queensland
- History Channel’s Coast Australia: Interviewed by Professor Tim Flannery
- Presented my research at 7 international conferences
- Runner-up QUT’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Comprehensive overview:
2021 Invited to present my research to a senior Biological Science class at Mansfield State High School
2020 Invited to be interviewed about my research for ABC National’s ‘Offtrack’
program: take a deep-dive into the wonders of pumice rafting and marine connectivity with Dr Ann Jones and Dr Eleanor Velasquez here
Invited to be Interviewed for Natura Pacific’s ‘Back from the Brink’ Documentary series. Watch the documentary or listen to the podcast on why we should protect urban forests of Melaleuca irbyana
2019 Invited to present my research at Pint of Science Festival, Brisbane
2019 Invited to be a part of the ‘Flying Scientists’: Meet a scientist in schools program. Provides students at local schools to engage with a ‘real’ scientist and be inspired by your research.
Invited to provide a lecture to a visiting college of undergraduate students from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Provide a one-hour basic lecture on the organisation of biological communities and ecosystems.
2018 Invited to present a speed-note plenary at the Ecological Society of Australia’s annual conference. Presentation: Pumice rafting: a hitchhiker’s guide to marine biodiversity.
2017 Invited to be part of Foxtel’s History Channel ‘Coast Australia 3’ airing on Foxtel and BBC2 in 2017 (Interview and filming occurred on Hinchinbrook Island April 2016): This segment of the highest rated Fox History Channel Documentary series features me in a segment, where I am interviewed by Professor Tim Flannery regarding my research on pumice rafting.
2016 National Finalist, State Finalist (Qld) and People’s Choice Award: The British Council’s FameLab. Watch the my presentation here
Finalist: Fresh Science Southeast Queensland. I talk about research pumice rafting here
Interviewed by Kathy McLeish ABC News Online: regarding my research into pumice rafting (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-07/hope-for-reef-revealed-by-marine-hitchhikers/7578668)
2015 Invited to present at NASA’s (QUT alumnus’) Abigail Allwood’s key note address: “Brisbane to NASA: My Research Journey”, July 2015. QUT, Brisbane, Australia. Here I presented a short piece on my career to date and my FameLab presentation.
Invited to speak on ABC radio: Spencer Howson’s morning show, Brisbane region. Interview regarding my research into pumice rafting: ‘A Hitchhiker’s guide to pumice rafting’ and my participation in the State finals of FameLab.
2014 QUT 3-minute Thesis Competition: Runner up for the Faculty of Science and Engineering component of this competition.
Invited to present at QUT SEF HDR Students’ Induction Program (2014): Invited to present a 10-minute seminar to new HDR students on the topic “Life as a post-graduate student” as part of Science & Engineering Induction Program.
Scientific conferences
2019 Velasquez, E. M., Bryan, S., Ekins. M. and Firn, J. (2018) Poster: Pumice rafting: A hitchhiker’s guide to marine biodiversity. The Ecological Society of Australia. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez
2018 Velasquez, E. M., Bryan, S., Ekins. M. and Firn, J. (2018) Invited to present a plenary speed-note: Pumice rafting: A hitchhiker’s guide to marine biodiversity. The Ecological Society of Australia, Ecology in the Anthropocene. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez.
Velasquez, E. M., Bryan, S., Ekins. M. and Firn, J. (2018) Poster: Pumice rafting: A hitchhiker’s guide to marine biodiversity. The Ecological Society of Australia, Ecology in the Anthropocene. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez.
2016 Velasquez, E. M., Bryan, S. and Firn J. (2016) Speed talk: Pumice rafting: A hitchhiker’s guide to marine biodiversity. Society for Conservation Biology 4th Oceania Congress, July 2016. Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez.
2016 Velasquez, E. M. and Firn, J. (2016) Poster presentation: Melaleuca irbyana: does reserve size drive seedling recruitment in a critically endangered tree? The 2nd International Conference on Urban Tree Diversity, February 2016. Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez.
2015 Velasquez, E. M., Bryan, S. and Firn, J. (2015) Contributed Talk: Havre pumice rafts: A unique test of the theory of island biogeography. The Student Conference on Conservation Science, February 2015. The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez.
2015 Velasquez, E. M., Bryan, S. and Firn, J. (2015) Contributed Talk: Havre pumice rafts: A unique test of the theory of island biogeography. The International Biogeography Society – 7th biennial Conference, January 2015. Bayreuth, Germany. Presented by Eleanor Velasquez.
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