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Dr Melanie Zeppel
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Forest Carbon, Natural Capital, #SuperstarofSTEM 2023-24 cohort | Women in AI: Agribusiness winner 2022 | Runner, parent, rainbow family. #WomeninSTEM www.melaniezeppel.com
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · Nov 28
Welcome to Bluesky ! I’m Dr Melanie Zeppel, working in tree physiology, forest & soil carbon, carbon markets and AI, across Aus, NZ, Asia, Africa, and the USA. I’m part of the #SuperstarsofSTEM 2023-24 cohort, of #WomeninSTEM.

Passionate about emissions reductions & women in STEM.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d
Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 2d
New Wiki page for Bronwen Dalton, founder of Ruff Sleepers, and recipient of the King's Birthday Honours, Order of Australia.

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Bronwen Dalton - Wikipedia
Bronwen Mary Dalton AM is an Australian political scientist and founder of Ruff Sleepers. She was recognised with the medal of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for her…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 2d
New Wikipage for Krissy Barrett, first woman to lead Australia's federal police force, starting October 2025.

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Krissy Barrett - Wikipedia
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 3d
New Wikipedia page to Karen Dobson, managing director of Dow, Chemical engineer and 2025 ATSE fellow.

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Karen Dobson - Wikipedia
Karen Dobson FTSE is an Australian chemical engineer, managing director of Dow Australia and New Zealand.[1][2] She was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 3d
New Wikipedia page for Fiona Simson, Sustainable Agriculture Champion and ASTE Fellow.

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Fiona Simson - Wikipedia
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 4d
New Wikipedia page for Fiona Kerr, neuroscience researcher and ASTE fellow.

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Fiona Kerr - Wikipedia
Fiona Kerr is a neuroscience researcher, who was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2024.[1] She founded the NeuroTech Institute in 2019.[2]
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 4d
New wiki page for Angelina Achariya, food scientist and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

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Angelina Achariya - Wikipedia
Angeline Achariya FTSE is an Australian food scientist,[1] a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology Science and Enginerering, and was inducted to the 2025 Victoria Women's honor roll.
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 4d
New Wikipedia page for Juliet Willetts, water advocacy researcher at @UTS.

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Juliet Willetts - Wikipedia
Juliet Willetts is a researcher in water advocacy and sanitation issues,[1] Professor and Research Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney. She was…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 4d
New Wiki page for Sarah Pearce, astronomer and director of the world's largest telescope.
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Sarah Pearce (astronomer) - Wikipedia
Sarah Elizabeth Pearce is an astronomer and space technologist, the director of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope,[1] a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 5d
Feminists demand climate justice 🧪
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Julie MacArthur 🍁 @jlmacarthur.bsky.social · 5d
Check out this new open access book - #Feminist #Climate #Policy in #Industrialized States - with policymaker interviews, chapters on degrowth, construction, photovoce and participatory methods + much more. Three cheers for the editors :) www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 20d
New wikipedia page for Geraldine Atkinson, Bangerang woman and Officer of the Order of Australia for contributions to education.
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Geraldine Atkinson - Wikipedia
Geraldine Atkinson AO is Bangerang/Wiradjuri woman, and who was recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for her contributions to education.[1] She was…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 20d
New Wikipedia page for Bronwen Dalton, Political Scientist and recognised with an Order of Australia. 🤩

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#WomeninSTEM🧪
@wmau.bsky.social
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Bronwen Dalton - Wikipedia
Bronwen Mary Dalton AM is an Australian political scientist and founder of Ruff Sleepers. She was recognised with the medal of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for her…
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 21d
New Wikipedia page for Krissy Barrett, first women to lead Australia's federal police force.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krissy_...

#SuperstarsofSTEM
@wmau.bsky.social
@scienceau.bsky.social
@franklinwomen.bsky.social
Krissy Barrett - Wikipedia
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 21d
New Wikipedia page for Karen Dobson, chemical engineer and fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

#SuperstarsofSTEM
#WomeninSTEM🧪
@wmau.bsky.social
@scienceau.bsky.social
@franklinwomen.bsky.social
Karen Dobson - Wikipedia
Karen Dobson FTSE is an Australian chemical engineer, managing director of Dow Australia and New Zealand.[1][2] She was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and…
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 21d
Michiyo Tsujimura #Japanese agricultural scientist #biochemist. Researched green tea. 1924 found Vitamin C, 1929 isolated flavonoid catechin, 1930 extracted tannin in crystal form, 1934 isolated gallocatechin. 1st woman in Japan w agriculture PhD b. #OTD 17 Sep 1888 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiyo...
Michiyo Tsujimura in a labcoat in a lab, back of hand partly covering mouth
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 22d
New Wikipedia page for Fiona Simson, rural champion for sustainability, hon Fellow of the Australian Academy of Techn Sciences and Engineering.

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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 22d
New wiki page for Prof Fiona Kerr, ATSE fellow and neuroscience researcher at NeuroTech Institute.

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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · Sep 4
#ScienceJobs 🧪
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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · Sep 4
Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!!

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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
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Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social · Aug 31
This seems important:
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ESIP - Earth Science Information Partners @esipfed.bsky.social · Sep 1
☁️ 9/4 - Community Power for Clean Air: Lessons in Equity and Inclusion from Jakarta, Indore, and Nairobi - World Resources Institute

Celebrate women’s clean air leadership. A reflection on the successes and lessons of an experimental approach.

#womeninstem #womeninscience #learnmore
Community Power for Clean Air: Lessons in Equity and Inclusion from Jakarta, Indore, and Nairobi
10:00-11:30 BST / 12:00-13:30 EAT /13:30-15:00 IST / 16:00-17:30 WIBAir pollution disproportionately impacts urban poor communities, especially women, yet their voices are often absent from…
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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Sep 2
Did you know that September is officially the International Month of Black Women in the Arts? The perfect time to give an always well deserved shout out to our co-founder/co-author Kerrine Bryan – why not join us!

#WomenInSTEM #DiversityInTech #FemaleRoleModels #butterflybooks
Co-founder / co-author Kerrine behind a table full of Butterfly Books' titles, flanked by blue balloons
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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · Sep 2
Important evidence on lack of physics teachers in today’s report from @instituteofphysics.bsky.social www.iop.org/about/public...
The physics teacher shortage and addressing it through the 3Rs: Retention, Recruitment and Retraining (England)
A plan to recruit more specialist physics teachers.
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · Aug 20
A minute of my paddle tonight. I though you all might appreciate the moment of peace.
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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · Aug 20
Yikes.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 11
Other countries will take American scientists, they say.
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
Exclusive: Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump’s deep cuts into US science agencies
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