Lee Constable

Lee Constable is a science communicator, television presenter, children's author, and biologist. She is best known for her work as a presenter on Scope between 2016—2020, Network Ten's science show aimed at children aged 7–13.[1]

Early life and education

Constable grew up on a sheep farm in New South Wales. She undertook a double degree in science and arts, followed by honours in biology at Australian National University in Canberra.[2] This was followed by a Master of Science Communication Outreach program at Australian National University.[3]

Career

As part of her Master of Science Communication Outreach programme, Constable toured remote areas of Australia performing science shows involving fire as part of the Questacon Science Circus,.[1] She started SoapBox, a youth-run radio show on sustainability and social justice.

Constable was the host of Scope, Network Ten's science show for children aged 7–13, from 2016 to 2020.[2] The show, produced in association with CSIRO, airs on Network 10's channel 10 Peach.[4] With Constable as presenter, the show became 'more intentionally accessible to kids who might not consider themselves stand-out students.'[5]

In 2018, Constable was part of the largest all-female Antarctica expedition with Homeward Bound.[2][6][7][8]

As well as working as a science communicator herself, Constable founded Co-Lab, an organisation that connects scientists and street artists to facilitate the creation of live public science communication events.[1][3][9] She is also frequently invited to speak in industry events, including the Australian Science Communicators conference.[10] She was selected by the Emerging Producer Program by the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers in 2018.[1]

In 2019, to tie in with World Environment Day, Penguin published Constable's book How to Save the Whole Stinkin' Planet, illustrated by James Hart, under its Puffin imprint.[11][12][13]

gollark: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OL0D5ujUX3Eyd3xcSbeXaEWe0nRmT5U1 ← you can run it using aitextgen
gollark: It wasn't very good.
gollark: I *did* make a me simulator using GPT-2 some time back.
gollark: (they aren't actually that similar apparently, as brain-neurons do more logic than neural-network ones)
gollark: Neural networks are deliberately patterned off human brains, and the universe is quite different.

References
  1. Power, Shannon (11 April 2019). "Meet these LGBTI geniuses of science and engineering who are shaping our future". Gay Star News. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Crockford, Toby (2018-02-11). "Brisbane scientist picked for elite Antarctic trip giving women a global voice". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  3. "Canberra scientists, street artists team up to paint picture of local discoveries". ABC News. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. "Scope: Science television for kids". www.csiro.au. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. Andrews, Eve (2017-10-18). "How to stamp out sexual harassment when it's reached the ends of the Earth". Grist. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  6. "Female Superheros of Science in Antarctica: #TeamHB Correspondent Lee Constable". Homeward Bound. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  7. Frishberg, Hannah (13 May 2019). "Scientists who pose for selfies are more trustworthy: study". New York Post. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  8. Lambert, Tara (2018-02-12). "Eighty scientists set for Antarctica in world's largest-ever female expedition". Women's Agenda. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  9. "2018 ANU Graduations: Alumni spotlight Lee Constable". ANU. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  10. "Lee Constable". ASC2017 - 23-24 Feb, Adelaide. 5 February 2017.
  11. "How to Save the Whole Stinkin' Planet by Lee Constable". www.penguin.com.au.
  12. Cramsie, Debbie (3 June 2019). "Saving the whole stinkin' planet". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  13. Lush, Amelia (2019-07-09). "From Greta Thunberg to Sally Morgan: 10 books to help kids come to grips with climate crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
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