Joe is a science communicator. He has worked in Australia, Africa and the Pacific training academics, museum staff and NGO representatives in fundamental science communication and worked with these partners to co-develop culturally relevant science communication approaches.

He has worked with Australia’s National Science and Technology Centre and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science training and developing the next cohort of Australian science communicators and in more recent time has worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to explore how these organisations may better work with indigenous groups.

He began his academic career as a marine scientist at the social-ecological interface researching a small commercial fishery working with leaseholders, policy makers and researchers to understand and inform management practices.

Joe is also the creator and co-ordinator of ‘Is This How You Feel?’ A project designed to engage the general public with the human side of climate change that has engaged hundreds of thousands of people in its five year history.