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Today's episode is a deep dive with Dr Yee Lian Chew.

If you google her, you're likely to come across left-of-field descriptions like Worm Wrangler, Worm Nerd, and Worm Lady — because she's the head of the Chew Worm Lab at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute.

In addition to her day job, she's a passionate science communicator. She was part of the superstars of STEM  2022 cohort. She's appeared on ABC Science and given public lectures at great events like National Science Week. 

Today, we're going to be exploring Yee Lian's experience as an EMCR who's passionate about building communication skills, both in terms of comms and engagement efforts with the public as well as in terms of becoming a leader in research.

Our conversation covers: 

Becoming "the worm lady"

Tapping into people's curiosity

Finding the joy in your science

Defining and following your values

Investing in being a better communicator

Institutional support for science communication

Communicating about basic research and the scientific process

Making your science relatable

Uniting your team

Embracing feedback

And a whole lot more...

Find Dr Yee Lian Chew online:

• https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/yeelian.chew

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