31st January 2025 | 6:30-9:30pm
Cadigal Green, University of Sydney
As night falls, UV lights and observation screens will illuminate the hidden world of nocturnal biodiversity, letting you discover the beauty of moths and other summer creatures. You’ll also have the chance to join the Atomic Choir, making music inspired by nature — no instruments or musical experience needed!
What to Bring:
- A picnic blanket and snacks for a relaxing summer evening.
- Your sense of curiosity and a smartphone with the iNaturalist app for hands-on citizen science.
This free event is perfect for all ages, blending science, nature, and art in a celebration of our local biodiversity.
Tickets are limited, so secure yours today for an unforgettable evening with the Learning by Doing project and scientists from the University of Sydney.
We can’t wait to see you there!Featuring University of Sydney Researchers:
Dr Larissa Braz Sousa (she/her)
Larissa is a Research Associate in School Science Education using Citizen Science, at the University of Sydney. She leads the Learning by Doing research project, exploring citizen science as an approach to making scientific research more accessible and understandable. Her recent research focused on citizen science mosquito surveillance to enhance public health literacy and education outcomes, leading the Mozzie Monitors project. She is also the co-founder of the Great Southern BioBlitz, a global citizen science initiative to celebrate biodiversity during spring in the southern hemisphere.
Alexis Weaver (she/her)
Alexis is an electronic composer, sound artist and educator based in Sydney, Australia. Her experimental electronic works have been broadcast in Australia, the US, the UK, and Europe, and featured on New Weird Australia’s Collapse Theories (2022), and Solitary Wave (2019) albums. In 2023, Alexis commenced her PhD examining the role of music and sound design in science communication. In the same year, she was a resident of the College Musica at the Biennale di Venezia, where she collaborated with poet Dr Geosmin Turpin to compose a new immersive electroacoustic work. Alexis is a member of the Sonic Mutations AI project, which premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2023 and the 2023 Sydney SXSW Festival. She is an Associate Lecturer in Music Technology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Alexis is a founding member of the Atomic Choir.
Dr Caitlyn Forster
Caitlyn is an Associate Lecturer in entomology and Superstar of STEM. She spends her time teaching undergrads about the wonderful world of insects. Her research spans across a range of fields in entomology, including pollination ecology and behavioural ecology. She is also trying to untangle how insect specimens can most effectively be used for educating our future entomologists and ecologists.
A/Prof Alice Motion (They/She)
Alice leads the Learning By Doing Project which is one of the projects emerging from the interdisciplinary Science Communication, Outreach, Participation and Education (SCOPE) Research Group that Alice founded at the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney. Connecting people to science is the overarching theme of Alice’s research which spans open source drug discovery, science communication and science education. Alice is also the creator and founding member of the Atomic Choir.
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