ATNF outreach
New outreach appointments
It is a pleasure to announce two recent outreach appointments. John Smith joined the ATNF in late August to take up a position as the Manager at the Parkes Visitors Centre and Coordinator of the Parkes and Narrabri Visitors Centres. John has a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts degree in Science Communication, a Graduate Diploma in Scientific Communication and a broad range of experience in science communication. In his previous career he has presented science shows and exhibitions around Australia, provided scientific research and support for a children's television program and developed and presented educational programs for the CSIRO Science Education Centre in Brisbane. More recently, John has worked for CSIRO as a Multimedia and Visual Resources Officer and as a Web Communication Officer. John is based at Parkes but will make regular visits to Narrabri to support Narrabri outreach activities and the Narrabri Visitors Centre.
Rob Hollow arrived in early October to take up a new position as Education Officer in the National Facility Support group. Rob has a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Physics, a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education and considerable experience in science and astronomy education after working as a high school science teacher for many years. He has been strongly involved with science curriculum development and was the principal writer for the astrophysics course currently taught to senior high school students in New South Wales. Rob is also one of the writers for a Cosmology Distinction Course for gifted students. As the ATNF Education Officer, he will develop and promote educational resources in astronomy. Over the next few months we plan to develop internet-based astronomy materials for high schools, to build up a public talks program and to set up workshops for teachers.
Jessica Chapman
(Jessica.Chapman@csiro.au)