I grew up in an island knowing one day this land would be gone under the sea water. For many years, I did not believe it considering it was a hoax. By the time I was about to finish my undergraduate degree, I watched it on the TV — the big wave hit the river bank, the village flooded and then it is all gone. That was the moment when I developed a great passion for environmental discipline. But, by this time I had taken a different path to be a sociologist. However, that was just a beginning.
I didn’t leave my dream behind to be an environmental scientist. Instead taking the opportunity of a doctoral study in social science, I went to the University of Sussex, UK to be a Climate Change and Development Scientist. Then I started my second bachelor degree to be an Environmental Scientist here at the Australian National University.
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I had ups and downs in my life and career. I have track record of achieving distinctions at the university, however, off the record there was a time when I failed my science exam. Well, after failing, I managed a distinction in another module of that specific course. So, here I am.
Lately, I have been focusing in science communication, too. I want this job because I feel like Geo Science Australia does a huge job for the country and its people, however, there are communities who are not familiar with the activities of Geo Science Australia yet. Communicating geo science in an extensive level with the policy makers and public is something I would be able to do better than anybody else’s.
In 2015, I was highly engaged in preparing the ‘Communication Strategy for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) State of Environment Report (SoER) 2015’ for the Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment (OCSE) based on an empirical research. It was a group project—with a team member of three student researchers. I played the Team Leader