About Us

ScienceAlert is a website devoted exclusively to delivering Australian & New Zealand science, technology, and innovation news to science, industry, the media, government and the broader community. The prominent Australian science writer Julian Cribb established ScienceAlert in 2004 in response to the need to provide easy access to the best of Australian and New Zealand science news and opinions. ScienceAlert news is selected from the websites of the top Australian and New Zealand universities and research organisations. Each news release is evaluated for quality and relevance before being posted. Most stories are presented in their original form, though minor edits to the title and text may be made to increase readability. All content is categorised, cross-referenced and archived to encourage information discovery.

In addition, ScienceAlert offers a public science events calendar, as well as job listings for Australian & New Zealand science jobs. Readers can subscribe to a variety of RSS feeds or email to be notified of the latest updates.

We hope you enjoy ScienceAlert and make it one of your regularly visited web sites.  We welcome all questions and comments. Contact Us

The ScienceAlert Team

  • Julian Cribb (Senior Editor / Co-Partner) is a award winning science writer with over 7000 published articles. He is Adjunct Professor of Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). He is principal of Julian Cribb & Associates, consultants in science communication.
  • Christopher Cassella (General Manager / Co-Partner) is a MSc student at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the Australian National University. He previously worked at Microsoft for 10 years as a programmer.
  • Fiona MacDonald (Chief SubEditor) graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science and went on to complete a Graduate Diploma in journalism at Deakin University.
  • Katja Grace  (SubEditor) is studying science and economics as an undergraduate at the Australian National University.
  • Ben Griffiths (Web Programmer) is an IT student at the Australian National University.