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The Questacon Science Squad is an enthusiastic team of trained science communicators who are all full-time employees of Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre. Based in Sydney, Australia, the Questacon Science Squad presenters come from a range of different backgrounds in science, science communication and education and are experienced in presenting science shows for a variety of audiences including primary and secondary school students, teachers and the general public.

Anna

Likes: dripping hydrogen chloride on limestone

Dislikes: being told I have a big bottom and then realising they were referring to the character Professor Wiggle Bottom.

Weird stuff about Anna: she can play the banjo – albeit an invisible one

Favourite scientist: Isaac Newton

Favourite quote: ‘To infinity and beyond!’ – Buzz Lightyear

Cordelia

Likes: board games

Dislikes: the sound of popping balloons

Weird stuff about Cordelia: collects the remains of living things... fossils!

Favourite scientist: Charles Darwin

Favourite quote: ‘Play is the best form of research.’ – Albert Einstein

Kelly

Likes: making things explode

Dislikes: when things won’t explode

Weird stuff about Kelly: laughs like a hyena, sings like a highly strung cat and dances...hmmm...not well

Favourite scientist: Marie Curie

Favourite quote: ‘I meant what I said, and I said what I meant...an elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.’ – Dr. Seuss (Horton)

Lang

Likes: slime... and all things green

Dislikes: mornings!

Weird stuff about Lang: has been attacked by both a bilby and a wild boar

Favourite scientist: Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Favourite quote: ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth so a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as long as you don't have all it’s eggs in one basket because a stitch in time saves nine.’

Steve

Likes: things that fizz, bubble and pop

Dislikes: pseudoscience

Weird stuff about Steve: he can block his nostrils with his upper lip

Favourite scientist: Erwin Schrödinger

Favourite quote: ‘In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.’ – Carl Sagan