Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith
Australian Space Agency Advisory Board member

States: Tasmania and New South Wales

Current positions:

  • Professor of Practice in Science Communication, UNSW
  • Research Group Leader, CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facilities Science Program

Expertise:

  • Award-winning astrophysicist and science communicator
  • Over 15 years conducting fundamental astrophysics research at universities and institutes around the world
  • Past presenter of the ABC television show Stargazing live
  • Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador from October 2018 to May 2024.

Qualifications:

  • PhD in Radio Astronomy, University of Manchester
  • Master (Hons) of Physics in Astronomy and Astrophysics