Dr Paul Willis - RiAus at ScienceRewired

Sep 28, 2012, 03:07 PM

Dr Paul Willis is known as a science journalist and broadcaster, formerly a presenter for ABC-TV’s Catalyst. In his role as Director of RiAus, he is instrumental in determining the direction of the national science hub as it continues its mission of bringing science to people and people to science. Dr Willis’ early interest in dinosaurs and fossils lead him to Sydney University to study zoology and geology, then on to further studies at the University of New South Wales where he completed a doctorate studying fossil crocodiles. Over the past ten years, he has held many fascinating jobs including a stint as Curator of Vertebrates at the Macleay Museum in the University of Sydney, and a nine month assignment in Bonn, Germany, measuring dead crocodiles. He received the Eureka Prize for the Communication of Science in 2000 for Science in the Pub and in 2008 he presented the inaugural Reg Sprigg Memorial Lecture.

He will be hosting the Café Scientifique: Xenotransplantation on Wednesday, 10th October from 6-7:30pm at the Science Exchange. http://www.riaus.org.au