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| CSIRO | SOLVE | Issue 6 Feb 06 | |
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ARTICLE
COMMUNICATION:
Radio Rewards By Rebecca Thyer
Just before lunch every second Sunday, CSIRO research scientist Dr Fiona Scholes morphs into her alter ego, Dr Fifi.
Dr Fifi is one of several volunteer DJs who help make radio station RRR’s ‘Einstein A Go Go’ program an energetic and entertaining hour-long slot. Dr Scholes started working on the program in 2002 and finds it a great outlet for her love of science. “Radio work and interaction with the public through our monthly ‘Dial-A-Scientist’ slot complements my work at CSIRO,” she says. Dr Scholes works across a range of projects at CSIRO – from developing self-healing surfaces for aircraft to building low-cost, nano-structured surfaces for chemical sensing applications. She says that being involved in the radio show helps her research: “It makes me a better communicator and helps me to consider my work in a different light. “Different scientists have their own ‘science language’. My radio presenting work has helped me cut through the jargon and get to the heart of an issue. “And a lot of the time, callers’ questions and viewpoints can positively influence where science goes and how future research is carried out. A different way of thinking about an issue always helps.” Dr Scholes hopes to continue engaging people on science issues because of her belief in the vital role played by science in people’s lives: “Research and innovation are essential for our country and its industries to prosper and I’m really optimistic about where Australian science is heading,” she says. ‘Einstein A Go Go’ airs every Sunday at 11am on Melbourne radio station RRR 102.7FM (www.rrr.org.au). For further information contact: |
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Dr Scholes’ transformation into radio DJ is not the product of experiments in her lab in Clayton, Melbourne, but the result of a passion to communicate science to the public.
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