Mark is a self-confessed science voyeur. He likes to watch people much smarter than himself and tell science stories about them.

Armed with a degree in tropical ecology from Queensland, he’s enjoyed multiple careers. He’s campaigned with environment groups to protect World Heritage forests, reefs and rivers. He’s worked with Aboriginal land councils doing research to support Caring for Country programs. He trained as a cadet journalist to become a science reporter and documentary-maker for ABC-TV and Radio National. And in recent years, fortunate to travel south several times, he’s a polar nerd communicating science about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.