Our Visionary

Professor Lyn Beazley AO is a distinguished neuroscientist and 2015 Western Australian of the Year who has made a major contribution to the promotion and direction of science in Australia.

As Chief Scientist for Western Australia she championed gender diversity and science in the classroom through programs such as Microscopes in Schools, in addition to shaping science policy.

Lyn is well known for promoting science and technology in the media and she played a key role in bringing the internationally successful FameLab science communication competition to Australia.