NINA EARL

Science Curator, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Australian, Australia
Nina Earl is a curator and science communicator who works at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. She holds a Masters of Science Communication and has extensive experience in STEM education and community outreach. As a curator, she works across the Museum’s science collections with a focus on managing the health and medical collection. Her recent work involves the delivery of many successful cross-disciplinary exhibitions, such as Linear (2019), Design for Life (2020), and Eucalyptusdom (2021). She is particularly interested in how interdisciplinary exhibitions can help new audiences access complex scientific information and build trust in the research process. She also advocates for students to pursue higher education in the sciences and seeks to bring awareness to the diversity of careers that a degree in science can lead to beyond research.