Prof Emma L Johnston AO FAA FTSE
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Prof in Marine Ecology. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research @Sydney_Uni . Co-Chief author, State of Environment Report. Director on the board: CSIRO, GBRMPA and IPF.
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This is Australia's most important report on the environment's deteriorating health. Here we summarise our team’s grim findings.
#environment
via
@ConversationEDU
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Hi I'm Emma, an
#ActualLivingScientist
studying how humans affect
#marine
ecosystems. I am also a science communicator & I
#DressLikeAWoman
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Happy World Oceans Day!
Every day the ocean presents a different face. Today is softly foggy.
#worldoceansday
#sydney
#coast
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That’s me! What an honour.
#QueensBirthdayHonours2018
Congratulations to
@DrEmmaLJohnston
on the well-deserved honour: AO Office of the Order of Australia for her contribution to
#marine
#ecology
@UNSW
#QueensBirthdayHonours
#STEM
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The full flotilla of baby blue ocean travellers has washed up on the beach this afternoon. Here’s a sea dragon flexing (or trying to get back to the sea).
#nudibranch
#glaucus
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My 12yo gave me this T-shirt for my birthday 😁 - if only he did 😉😎
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At the end of the day - and as a newly minted AO - I am truly humbled & honoured to be included amongst the diverse array of Australians who have given so much to their communities. Thank you for all the positive feedback.
#QueensBirthdayHonours2018
#ScientistsInPublic
#oceans
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My first day of work as DVCR
@Sydney_Uni
and so far so VERY good. I found the greenest wall, ate the greenest lunch, and set up ALL the gadgets. Bodes well don’t you think🍀🍀😁?
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I believe this is how
#pokemon
are born 😁
#sydney
#coast
#seasnails
(Bullina lineata - the Red-lined Bubble Snail).
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Honoured to be elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences 🎉
@Science_Academy
#evidence
#oceans
#ecology
#environment
#pollution
#ClimateEmergency
The marine research of Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE (
@sydney_uni
) has been adopted in govt policy here & overseas, to minimise impacts on these precious ecosystems.
#ShineDome22
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This is an excellent scientific explainer by
@dr_nerilie
of exactly how
#climatechange
has changed Australian temperature & rainfall patterns & why this has increased the likelihood of the current
#bushfirecrisis
.
#bushfiresNSW
#bushfiresVIC
#AustraliaBurns
#AustralianFires
Australia's angry summer: This is what climate change looks like. The catastrophic fires raging across the southern half of the continent are largely the result of rising temperatures (By
@dr_nerilie
in Opinion)
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Happy
#IWD2023
! When my daughter was tiny she drew this portrait of me & I realised that by being visible to her as a working woman I was opening a world of possibilities. Now she studies at the National Art School & I realise it was more of a direct signal 😁
#womencandoanything
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Congratulations to our Dean, Prof
@DrEmmaLJohnston
, who won the 2018 Royal Society of NSW Clarke Medal last night for her novel research on the impact of human activities in complex marine ecosystems.🎖️👏
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Since I became Dean of Science
@UNSW
in 2017 we have worked together to transform our gender equity
#scissorsplot
into something else… What would you call this… a “pair of pliers plot”? There’s still work to do but we are on the way to equal participation for
#WomenInSTEM
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Delays to ARC now worst on record. Leaders of the Australian
#STEM
sector meet in Melbourne today and call for an end to the
@arc_gov_au
funding announcement delays.
#ARCdelay
@ScienceAU
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Thanks to everyone who has wished me well in my new DVCR role at
@Sydney_Uni
. I am so grateful to
@UNSW
; my intellectual home for 2 decades. I hope to be a catalyst that brings our two magnificent Universities closer together for the benefit of our broader communities
#highered
Such bittersweet news
@DrEmmaLJohnston
.
We're so thankful for everything you've done for
@UNSWScience
and thrilled that you'll be staying close by as you join our neighbours at
@Sydney_Uni
. 💛❤️
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#QandA
was great fun this evening with our marvellous
#science
panel -
@ProfBrianCox
, Prof. David Karoly,
@AstroKirsten
and Prof. Martin Van Kranendonk. Thanks for all the curly questions! You can catch the full episode on
@ABCTV
iview.
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And then a dwarf
#Minke
#whale
cruised past me while I was on a safety stop 😍
#GreatBarrierReef
#whaleon
#oceandecade
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Proud to announce that I'm soon to become Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
@UNSW
and my lab approves!
#neverstandstill
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I’m sad to say that scientists understand there is a widespread
#coral
bleaching event happening on the
#GreatBarrierReef
. That’s the 3rd in 5 years. So very sad to see. Not surprised any more, just deeply saddened.
#dontforgettheclimatecrisis
#ClimateEmergency
#coralreefs
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Very proud to be taking on this important responsibility as a member of the
@CSIRO
board. I am reminded of the institution's legacy of pioneering research that has shaped industries and improved lives.
#science
#research
#impact
#researchtranslation
#innovation
Congratulations to our very own Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
@DrEmmaLJohnston
AO FAA FTSE on being appointed to the CSIRO board. What an incredible achievement. 👏
Read more:
#LeadershipForGood
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Can you imagine how things might be different if there were more scientists in Australia’s federal parliament? We can. New from yours truly &
@Kylie_Walker1
-
#STEM
via
@ConversationEDU
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“I suppose I was young enough to believe that doing the science was going to be enough and miraculously, people would act on it. That was a naive view, but I think that was probably fairly common among working scientists.”
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When scientists get angry they get active. My opinion piece on scientific work to save
#corals
from
#climatechange
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@bairdjulia
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Welcoming the rain while fearing for our waterways - my research team are mobilising for a vast impact assessment as the rains wash unprecedented amounts of ash, charcoal & soil into our rivers, lakes & estuaries.
#waterquality
#AustralianFires
#ClimateEmergency
#AustraliaBurns
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#stem
- we are losing too many women in mid-career - women make up only 19% of IT bosses, 17% of senior academic scientists, 14% of senior mathematicians & 9% of senior engineers.
#womeninstem
#SmP2018
#SuperstarsofSTEM
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What do you wish you’d known when you were a young girl? When I was 4 I wish I’d known that science could be just like sailing - full of adventure & fresh air. Let’s celebrate & share tips for
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
#SuperstarsofSTEM
@ScienceAU
@WomenScienceDay
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Many thanks to our Science Minister
@karenandrewsmp
for moving Australia forward on climate: "Every second we spend discussing if climate change is real is a second we don't spend addressing these issues."
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#ClimateCrisis
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#remoteworking
outfit with business-upper, casual-lower?
#workingfromhome
#WFH
#ZoomUniversity
#COVID19au
#remotework
#SocialDistancing
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On behalf of >70,000 Aussie scientists & technologists, I'm calling for intelligent investment in R&D & support for a strong & diverse
#STEM
workforce to help Australia keep pace with rapid global change.
@ScienceAU
#auspol
#Budget2019
#solveitwithscience
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As President of
@ScienceAU
I would like to warmly congratulate the new Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Karen Andrews MP. Karen is a long time supporter of the sector & we applaud the reinstatement of a dedicated
#Science
Minister.
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NSW fires: The economic cost of bushfires revealed: up to $50 million a day and rising. Can we talk about
#ClimateChange
now?
#Sydney
#NSWfires
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Happy International
#WomensDay
!
A day to remind ourselves that gender equity benefits everybody. Join the
@UN_Women
conversation as they call on us to:
🌟speak up for equality
🌟stand against discrimination
🌟& unite for a better future.
#GenerationEquality
#IWD2020
#WomenInSTEM
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@harejulie
wrote a profile piece capturing some of my personal history, fears, and fascinations. Always a bit awkward to be featured, but here it is.
#science
#environment
#leadership
#highereducation
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#BREAKING
- our study published today - examined almost 525,000 individual student experience surveys to find gender and cultural bias in student evaluations. It's disheartening, but we can learn from this.
#HigherEducation
#bias
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Came across a large & beautiful Lion’s Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) while paddling in Pittwater. I counted thousands of polyps of this species during my PhD!
#phdmemories
#jellyfish
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@StevenChown1
- with a host of wonderful scientists - we've been awarded $36m over 7y from
@arc_gov_au
.
#conservationbiology
#DecisionScience
#oceans
#cryosphere
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So proud!
@UNSWScience
@UNSW
Congratulations to Professor Veena Sahajwalla - NSW 2022 Australian of the Year.
Founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology at UNSW.
#ausoftheyear
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We welcome the new Minister for Jobs & Innovation but we are extremely disappointed that Australia no longer has a Minister for Science - the portfolio will suffer and we risk undermining the essential ingredients of innovation.
#sciencematters
#reshuffle
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Happy International Women’s Day! It’s time to make women’s rights and gender equality a reality.
#iwd2021
#InternationalWomensDay
#GenerationEquality
#sydney
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#proudmoment
! Australia has many world class scientists with expertise that can be further tapped to support our environment, society, and economy. The
@ScienceAcademy
brings many of the leaders of this community together and I look forward to working with them as a new fellow.
Congratulations to all our new Fellows for 2022!
Only the best of the best scientists in Australia join our Academy & we are thrilled to welcome these innovators & trailblazers who have made an extraordinary contribution to science & society.
#FellowsAA
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Today I've been overwhelmed by support (from all sectors) for my appointment as the new Dean of Science
@UNSW
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This is evidence-based expertise speaking truth to power. Very proud of our rivers expert Professor Richard Kingsford speaking out in the midst of an ongoing ecological disaster in
#Australia
.
#freshwater
#WorldWetlandsDay
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I am fortunate to be driving my very first
#ElectricVehicle
into work today. I wish I’d been able to get one earlier…
It’s like driving a very large computer around town😱😬
#WishMeLuck
#oceanblue
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So proud of my University -
@UNSW
is going carbon neutral on energy use by 2020! Here’s the news on our deal to go fully
#solar
powered.
#climatechange
#renewables
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Waking to read a message of inclusion, recognition, collaboration, and sustainable transformation, from the incoming leader of Australia, was a great way to wake up. Let’s hope we can move together with the urgency required.
#ClimateAction
#Ulurustatementfromtheheart
#auspol
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After much hoohah I have successfully connected my camera to my computer! You may be about to see quite a few photos from the
#GreatBarrierReef
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I really have no idea where I got my white hair from, or my dress sense...
#genetics
#sydney
#coast
#mothers
#LuckyToBeTogether
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A boat is a happy place for a marine scientist. Can you tell? 😁
#GreatBarrierReef
#marinescience
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Family portrait.
The youngest will soon be allowed to join us below.
#greatbarrierreef
#scubadiving
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Check out this new
#mapmaking
app created by scientists
@UNSWScience
- it harnesses the power of
@Google
and
@NASA
to enable the detection of
#ecosystem
change without specialist equipment.
@IUCN
#remotesensing
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After 9 weeks of lockdown I have finally achieved a 9/10
#BrianCox
hairstyle. Show us your
#lockdownhairstyles
tweeps!
#SydneyLockdown
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Society didn't expect me to be good at mathematics, so there was an expectation issue, and this became a confidence issue. We need to break down those negative stereotypes so women can see the exciting jobs and the jobs that are paying really well."
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I made it into a "Top 100"!
The Science Show’s Top 100 Australian Scientists
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It’s going to cost more if we don’t address
#ClimateChange
: “High school economics tells us that the first best solution to mitigate climate change is to charge a price for pollution, currently free in Australia.”
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