Dr. Suzie Sheehy
Suzie Sheehy is a physicist, science communicator and academic who leads a research group at the University of Melbourne (formerly at the University of Oxford). Suzie is a multi-award-winning author, science communicator and presenter, dedicated to bringing stories of science and diverse scientists to the wider community. Her TED talk on ‘The Case for Curiosity Driven Research’ has been viewed over 2 million times, and she was an expert TV presenter for four seasons of Impossible Engineering.on Discovery Channel. Her debut popular science book ‘The Matter of Everything’, released in 2022, has been published worldwide in 12 languages (Bloomsbury/Knopf).
As an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, her team’s research bridges the curiosity-driven and applied, focusing on developing new particle accelerators for both colliders and applications in medicine. You can read more here.
She is represented by Chris Wellbelove.
(For colleagues and collaborators, Suzie’s FindAnExpert University of Melbourne page is here.)
2024, Finalist, Eureka Prize for Public Understanding of Science
2016, Institute of Physics HEPP group Science in Society Prize
2011, Institute of Physics, Finalist Very Early Career Physics Communicator Award
2010, British Science Association Lord Kelvin Award
2010, University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Civic Award