Karlie Noon

Education, Outreach & Communications

Australian National University

Biography

Karlie Alinta Noon is a Gamilaroi astronomer and science communicator working with audiences around the country for the past decade promoting Indigenous astronomical knowledge systems and advocating for more women and girls in STEM. Karlie is co-author of Astronomy: Sky Country, co-host of ABC’s astronomy podcast, Cosmic Vertigo and was the first Aboriginal woman in Australia to graduate with combined degrees in mathematics and physics. She has an advanced Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is currently undertaking a PhD in astrophysics at the Australian National University.