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David Ellyard has been in and around science and technology all his working life. Trained in physics and education, he has been a researcher (a year in Antarctica catching cosmic rays), a high school and university teacher, writer, lecturer, radio and TV broadcaster and a government policy advisor. As a result he has a deep and multi-sided understanding of science and technology and their place in today's (and tomorrow's) world.
His science and technology communication credits include 6 years with the ABC's Radio Science Unit (where he pioneered talking science on 'popular' radio) and an equal period in ABC TV as researcher, producer and presenter on Towards 2000, Quantum and Skywatch. He also spent 6 years presenting the weather on Channel 10 in Sydney, and nearly two decades bringing the weather to weekend viewers on the ABC. David is very active in the Australian Science Communicators. Currently Treasurer, he had served as President. He is a former Governor of the University of New England and recipient of the NSW Director-General's Award for Service to Public Education.
David is a very successful published author, with 15 books so far on weather, astronomy, current developments in science and technology and the history of discovery and invention, as well as an award-winning biography of Australian physicist Sir Mark Oliphant. His 2005 book Who Discovered What When won the Eureka Awards Science Book Prize. He is also in demand as a lively and provocative speaker on where we are and where we are going in science and technology, and contemporary issues such as climate change.
David can be contacted on david@davidellyard.com. You can find out more at his website www.davidellyard.com.
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