Dr Siobhan Bradley
- AGL Energy
Wednesday 23 November, 11.30am
About the speaker
Siobhan is a policy manager at AGL Energy – a leading integrated service provider delivering 4.2 million gas, electricity and telecommunication services to residential, business and wholesale customers and operating Australia’s largest electricity generation portfolio.
Siobhan has a PhD in applied science and a background in solar energy and physical chemistry. She moved out of research into energy policy in 2021 and started out working to support the development of emerging energy technologies within the Victorian Government before moving to AGL Energy earlier this year to focus on energy policy more broadly and the transition to a decarbonised energy system.
About the Alumni Panel session
A major sources of stress for graduate students is the prospect of finding careers in academia and industry following the completion of their degree.
One of the ways to combat this stress is to rely on the advice and example of alumni that have recently undergone this transition.
Here, we present a panel of both Exciton Science alumni and current early career researchers within the Centre. Our cohort has worked in academia, industry, and government policy.
The panel will discuss their experience of finding their first jobs following their PhDs. They will focus on the challenges they have faced, the skills they found most useful, and address any surprises they encountered along the way.
The panel will also touch, where relevant, on their experiences transitioning away from academia and into careers in fields such as industry and policy, and explore the differences between such environments.
Audience participation in this panel is key, so please bring along any questions you may have about what to expect from life after submitting your thesis.
