A leader in the work that led to the detection of gravitational waves, Distinguished Professor Susan Scott is one of the world's leading physicists.

A childhood interest in mathematics and gravity has led to remarkable discoveries around black holes and neutron stars.

Distinguished Professor Scott has become the first Australian to win the prestigious Blaise Pascal Medal, and the first Australian to be elected as a Fellow of the International Society on General Relativity.

In the Drawing Room, she shares her path to science and what it felt like to see the result of decades of work.