70. Interview with Dr Samantha Grover

To finish Season 9 of Let’s Talk SciComm, we had a truly wonderful conversation with Dr Samantha Grover, who leads the Soil-Atmosphere-Anthroposphere Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.Sam’s team explores the interconnections between food, climate change and people. They collaborate with farmers, NGOs, industry, government and other researchers around the world to more sustainably manage landscapes. They focus on high carbon systems such as peatlands, regenerative agriculture and composting. As a soil scientist, Sam applies techniques from soil physics, soil chemistry and soil microbiology with micrometeorology to explore the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. She collaborates with economists, social scientists, policy analysist as well as other biological and physical scientists to generate whole-of-system knowledge. Through her teaching of Bachelors and Masters of Environmental Science, as well as her public engagement as a Superstar of STEM, President of Soil Science Australia, VIC, various Board and Committee roles and growing media profile, she communicates her research to create impact.We talked with Sam about the many different types of science communication she’s involved with, including giving a TED talk and writing a children’s book. Sam has a wealth of scicomm experience and knowledge to share and we’re sure you’ll enjoy the conversation!You can follow Sam and learn more about her work here:https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/g/grover-dr-samanthahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-grover-169017186/https://twitter.com/drsoilsamhttps://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/profile/dr-samantha-grover/https://theleadershipfilm.org/samantha-grover/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKA6JQQBSE (Sam’s TED talk)https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7464/ (Sam’s book Exploring Soils).https://www.twma.com.au/channel/sharing-transdisciplinary-soil-stories-by-dr-samantha-grover/Transcript: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/cb62