Melanie has a PhD in Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, from the University of Adelaide, has completed part of the MBA program at University of Adelaide and more than 10 years of experience in science communication, marketing management and education outreach. Melanie has joined the team from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide where she helped create and was inaugural editor of e-Science magazine, a unique digital science publication with international reach. Whilst at the University, she also spent over 5 years working closely with journalists at the SA Advertiser on specialist science print publications and a weekly “Can you believe it?” Column. Melanie is extremely passionate about science communication and outreach, in particular the way science is presented to the public via the media.