Dr Jess Vovers (they/them) is a foresight analyst researching emerging and disruptive technologies, and a maker, potter, and secret poet with a PhD in biochemical engineering. Jess is also a scifi-fantasy dork nerd who is passionate about diversity and creativity in STEM; seeking to explore the plurality of queer, neurodiverse, regenerative futures and how we can enmesh art and science to cultivate them.

Lizzy Doepel (she/her) is an arts administrator with diverse experience working across Australian museums, galleries and not-for-profit arts organisations. Lizzy is the General Manager of The Farm Margaret River, an international artist residency in WA's southwest. She has previously worked as Exhibition and Engagement Manager at The Lester Prize for Portraiture and as Training Officer for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) WA.

Eli / Elena McGannon (they/them) is a photographic artist, director, producer, game master and bowerbird from Naarm with a focus on portraiture, form and movement. A current SciCurious advisory group member, this is their third curatorial panel with Science Gallery Melbourne. They are deeply passionate about queer advocacy and bringing trans joy into every possible space.

Ebony Ciarrocchi (she/her) is a full-time PhD student and part-time show pony. She spends a large proportion of her daylight hours researching marsupial reproduction at the University of Melbourne, but when the sun is down, you can find her deeply immersed in the queer performance world; dancing with the Real Hot Bitches 80s dance troupe, teaching dance classes or on stage as her drag king alter ego, Basil Bush.

Zeth Cameron (they/them) is an artist and occasional graphic designer. They love to facilitate creative workshops for young people and tinker about in their studio, where they are a Yarra Youth grant recipient and artist in residence. Their practice is grounded in their experiences with ADHD and gender non-conformity, and embraces work that is both playful and critical.

Tilly Boleyn (she/her) is a massive nerd, curious about the world and everything in it. She is a collaborative creature at heart and heads the curatorial team at Science Gallery with a mixture of organisation, chaos, humour and sassy backtalk. She loves connecting people, making space for thought, and challenging people to back up their opinions in an imagined recreation of Mad Max Thunderdome.

Bern Hall (she/her) is the Assistant Curator at Science Gallery Melbourne. An eclectic mix, her academic background spans a diverse range of fields including neuroscience, physiology and design. Weaving and whirling her way through many disciplines, she thrives in the messy middle – a place full of sparks, conversations and ideas.

Amélie Brindamour, Prof. Andrew Pask, Andy Frazer, Dr. Axel Newton, Chloe Woo, David Bowen, Ebony Ciarrocchi, Dr. Emily Scicluna, Emma Bugg, Freda Chiu, Gorkie, Jemima Christie, Dr. Jennifer Hutchison, JESWRI, Jim Bond, Neil Mendoza, Noémie Soula, Patricia Piccinini, Rita Cui, Robert Hengeveld, Rohan Long, Dr. Simon Coghlan, Tahlia Palmer, Thomas Marcusson, Tiffany Morelande, Tully Arnot, Yandell Walton.

Oron Catts (Director, SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia) is an artist, researcher and curator whose pioneering work with the Tissue Culture and Art Project which he established in 1996 is considered a leading biological art project. Catts interest is Life; more specifically the shifting relations and perceptions of life in the light of new knowledge and it applications. Catts’ ideas and projects are often cited as inspiration to diverse areas such as new materials, textiles, design, architecture, ethics, fiction, artificial life, and food.

Professor Megan Munsie (Professor of Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells), University of Melbourne) is a highly experienced interdisciplinary researcher who combines her scientific expertise with a deep understanding of the ethical, legal and societal implications of stem cell science and its clinical translation. Her work focuses on understanding community attitudes and expectation in regenerative medicine and other emerging technologies, and the development of policy and professional standards to enable responsible translation of stem cell and related research.

Professor Andrew Pask is an epigeneticist and head of the Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research (TIGRR) Laboratory at the School of Biosciences in the University of Melbourne. His lab sequenced the genome of the extinct thylacine and is using this data to understand more about the biology of this unique marsupial predator. The lab is also developing methods to examine the possibility of de-extinction for this species as well as tools to help preserve and conserve current threatened and endangered marsupial species.

Sibling, Susu Studio, Forde + Nicol,

Bollinger + Grohmann, Flys Alone Painting, Get Rigged, Image Box, Reveal Productions, Steve Watson & Partners, Studio Tops, Synthesis.