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#142 What is it like to move through career uncertainty?

#141 What is it like to be a Diabetes Educator?

#140 What is it like to work at the intersection of Science and Business?

#139 What's it like to work as a Science informed Artist?

#138 What's it like to be a green careers coach?

#137 What's it like teach SciComm and research climate?

#136 What's it like to research Bees and Bee Hotels?

#135 What's it like to research Plant and Insect Interactions? Part 2

#133 What's it like to research Diabetes?

#132 What's it like to be the COO of RadInnovate?

#131 What's it like to be inspired by Antarctica?

#130 What's it like to be a Principal Geologist?

#129 Avid Research in 2024

#128 What is it like to be the COO of FLEET?

#127 What is it like to work in textiles and sustainability?

#126 What is special about the Australian Dry Lands?

#125 What is life like to support someone with Type 1 Diabetes?

#124 What is life like with Type 1 Diabetes? Part 2

#123 What is it like to work as a paleontologist?

#122 What is it like to research plant genetics?

#121 What is it like to help develop insect protein based pet food?

#120 What is it like to research Evolutionary biology?

#119 What is it like to be diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes as an Adult?

#118 What is special about the Spider Crabs in Port Phillip Bay?

#117 What's it like to research plant-insect interactions?

#116 What's it like to research Mitochondria?

#115 What's it like to enable philanthropy?

#114 What's it like to be a Calm Pet Vet?

#113 What's it like to research Octopus?

#112 What's it like to research breastfeeding?

#111 What's it like to be a facade consultant? 2

#110 What's it like working for Double Helix Magazine?

#109 What's it like to research penguins?

#108 What's it like to do Forensic Chemistry?

#107 What's it like to research the world using the Synchrotron?

#106 What's it like to research Heart Health and Lipids?

#105 What's it like to write software for telescopes?

#104 What's it like to be a Cyber Security Analyst?

#103 What's it like to be a Chief Technology Officer?

#102 Creating Heart Disease Prevention Shirty Science edition

#101 Reflections on a trip from Darwin to Broome

#100 What's it like to coach high performance cloud teams?

#99 Why is it so hard to do a dual language podcast about STEM?

#98 What is it like to be a Senior Delivery Lead in Software Testing?

#97 Creating "Worming in Memories" - Shirty Science Edition

#96 What is it like to help businesses implement AI and ML?

#95 Creating "Galactic Bloom" - Shirty Science Edition

#94 What is it like to run Shirty Science?

#93 What is it like to optimise insect nutrition?

#92 What is it like to research ecology with drones?

#91 What is it like to run a STEM mentoring initative?

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#90 What's it like to use statistics to research coral reef changes?

In this episode I chat with Dr Julie about her career as a statistician investigating the Great Barrier Reef. We talk about the challenges of getting data for such a diverse area and the changes that will be impacting the reef into the future. Dr Julie shares some of her insights into citizen science, AI and combining skill sets!

Episode Guest - Dr Julie Vercelloni

Statistical Researcher

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#89 What's it like to do a PhD in cardiovascular research?

#88 What's it like to be Geologists? Portugese and Italian version

#87 What's it like to research an underwater paradox from a ship?

#86 What's it like to match-make industry and researchers?

#85 What's it like to be an adventurous Park Ranger?

#84 What's it like to be a Sound Technician?

#83 What's it like to be a Geology Lab Manager?

#82 Some thoughts on questions and Avid Research plans!

#81 What's it like to enable inventors?

#80 What's coming up in May?

#79 What's it like to be a Computational Biologist

#78 What's it like to be a full stack web developer?

#77 What's it like to be a Statistician?

#76 What's it like to work towards diversity in tech?

#75 What's it like to be a plant ecologist and conservationist?

#74 What's it like to work in the space industry? Law and Education Edition

#73 What's it like to research decarbonisation with liquid metals?

#72 What's it like to research childhood brain cancer?

#71 What's it like to research adaptive materials Engineering?

#70 What's it like to professionally wrangle worms?

#69 What's it like to be a Space Environmentalist?

#68 What's it like to research informal burials?

#67 What's it like to be a Geologist at the Synchrotron? Family Edition

#66 What's it like to be the Chief Scientist of Australia?

#65 SciCommSeptember Special 3

#64 SciCommSeptember Special 2

#63 What's it like to research coasts?

#62 What's it like to work at the Defence Science and Technology Group?

#61 SciCommSeptember Special 1

#60 What's it like to research Seaweed?

#59 What's it like to work in Reproductive Research?

#58 What's it like to work in Mineral Exploration Research?

#57 What's it like to teach heresy?

#56 What's it like to work in Marine Conservation and Knowledge Visualisation?

#55 What's it like to be a Structural Geologist?

#54 What's it like to be an Academic and Entrepreneur?

#53 What's it like to work in Cellular Agriculture?

#52 Celebrating 1 year of Avid Research!

#51 What's it like to run a Rum Distillery?

#50 What's it like to investigate COVID-19 in waste water?

#49 What's it like to be a Genomics Researcher?

#48 What's it like to be an Anaesthetist?

#47 A reverse Avid Research Interview!

#46 What's it like to research Dementia using Phenomics?

#45 What's it like to run an edible bugs business?

#44 Lets bust some career myths!

#43 What's it like to work in a Nuclear Power Plant?

#42 What's the deal with the Career Maps?

#41 What's it like to be a Breast Cancer Researcher?

#40 What's it like to work in R&D in water recycling?

#39 What's it like to research bird song?

#38 What's it like to work in a Zoology Museum?

#37 What's it like to study hurricanes and coral reefs?

#36 What's it like to write a kids book about the Ocean?

#35 What's it like to develop cultured meat?

#34 What's it like to be an Antarctic Geoscientist?

#33 What's it like to research Human Computer Interactions?

#32 What's it like to be a Marine Evolutionary Biologist?

#31 What's it like to be a Reproductive Researcher?

#30 What's it like to be a Reptile Biologist?

#29 What's it like to be a Neuropsychologist?

#28 What's it like to be a Human Physiologist?

#27 What's it like to be an Animal Nutritionist?

#26 What's it like to be a Shark Researcher?

#25 What's it like to be a Heart Health Researcher?

#24 What's it like to be a Facade Consultant?

#23 Reflections on Podcasting in 2020

#22 What's it like to be a Civil Engineer?

#21 What's it like to research Stingrays?

#20 What's it like to work in Medical Technology and Recruitment?

#19 What's it like to be an Academic in Soil Science?

#18 What's it like to be a Business Analyst?

#17 What's it like to be a Livewire Facilitator?

#16 What's it like to be a Nanotech Researcher?

#15 What's it like to be Diabetes Researcher?

#14 What's it like to be a Vet?

#13 What's it like to be a Digital Producer at Starlight?

#12 What's it like to be a STEM inspired Musician?

#11 What's it like to be an Astronomer?

#10 What is Avid Research all about?

#9 What's is like to be a Marine Technician?

#8 What's is like to be a Conservation Project Officer?

#7 What's is like to be a LiDAR Technician on Films?

#6 What's is like to work in Emergency Medicine?

#5 What's it like to teach kids about making computer games?

#4 Why are there happy fat birds in the Arctic Polar Night?

#3 What's it like to be a research diver?

#2 What's the difference between Antarctica and the Arctic?

#1 Why shouldn't you explode a dead whale?

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