Vanessa Hill Explained

Vanessa Hill
Birth Date:3 March 1987
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Citizenship:Australian
Education:University of New South Wales (BSc)Australian National University (MSc)
Occupation:Television presenter, science communicator
Website:https://www.nessyhill.com
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Vanessa Hill
Channel Url:@braincraft
Channel Display Name:BrainCraft
Years Active:2013–present
Subscribers:616 thousand
Views:29.5 million

Vanessa Hill (born 3 March 1987[1]) is an Australian television presenter and science communicator who is best known for her YouTube series BrainCraft. Hill has hosted a PBS series of the same name since 2014.

Early life and education

Hill was born in Sydney, Australia and developed her interest in science while walking dingoes around Taronga Zoo.[2] In 2008, Hill graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Science and then completed a Master of Science Communication at the Australian National University.[3] She is pursuing a PhD at Central Queensland University and has published papers on bedtime procrastination.[4]

Career

In 2008, Hill began working for CSIRO, a federal government agency for scientific research as an educator.[5] In 2013, she won the CSIRO medal for excellence and hosted a series on DIY Experiments for the agency.[6] [7]

In 2014, Hill was hired by PBS after presenting her idea for BrainCraft as a stop-motion science series.[8] She further collaborated with PBS and Screen Australia in 2017 to direct and host Mutant Menu, a global exploration of new gene editing technology that was PBS Digital Studio's first long-form documentary, and in 2018 for Attention Wars, an online exploration of the behavioral psychology behind social media.[9] [10]

Hill is a host of the ABC series Sciencey and appears as a regular guest on ABC Radio, Dear Hank & John, DNews and SciShow.[11]

In 2019, Hill was announced as a AAAS Women in STEM ambassador and was represented in the largest collection of statues of women ever assembled at the Smithsonian Institution.[12] [13]

YouTube

Hill created her YouTube channel BrainCraft in 2014. BrainCraft is part of the PBS Digital Studios network. Her videos address phenomena related to memory, sleep, brain hacks, and the science of food.[14]

Hill has been outspoken about the hateful comments directed towards women on YouTube.[15] In 2018, Hill was featured in New York Times and Washington Post reports about new research that found women on YouTube receive a higher proportion of critical comments about their appearances.[16] [17] She also hosted the Crash Course Public Health series on YouTube.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vanessa Hill Producer, Director, Writer . 2023-09-06 . IMDb . en-US.
  2. Web site: S1 Ep2: Science trek: the next generation. 3m.com. en-US. 2020-03-18.
  3. Web site: BrainCraft Host and Video Producer, Vanessa Hill. Careers with STEM. 19 March 2019 . en-AU. 2020-03-18.
  4. Web site: Time to put the phone down – bedtime procrastination is real . 2023-09-06 . CQUniversity Australia.
  5. Web site: BrainCraft Host and Video Producer, Vanessa Hill. Careers with STEM. 19 March 2019 . en-AU. 2020-03-18.
  6. Web site: CSIRO Medal for Support Excellence. 2019-07-15. CSIROpedia. en-AU. 2020-03-18.
  7. Web site: The Brains Behind BrainCraft : Meet Vanessa Hill. Bondar. Carin. Scientific American Blog Network. en. 2020-03-18.
  8. Web site: Craft your interests into a career. Manager. General. web.science@anu.edu.au. scienceprod2.anu.edu.au. en. 2020-03-18. 18 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318210221/https://scienceprod2.anu.edu.au/study/student-stories/craft-your-interests-career. dead.
  9. Web site: PBS Digital Studios Announces the Premiere of MUTANT MENU, an Immersive Look into Genetic Engineering PBS About. PBS Digital Studios Announces the Premiere of MUTANT MENU, an Immersive Look into Genetic Engineering PBS About. 2020-03-18.
  10. Web site: Screen Australia announces $2 million for seven documentaries. Screen Australia. 2020-03-18.
  11. Web site: 2023-08-19 . The Science Show with Robyn Williams . 2023-08-23 . ABC listen . en-AU.
  12. Web site: 125 Women in STEM Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors. American Association for the Advancement of Science. en. 2020-03-18.
  13. Web site: Tu . Jessie . 2022-02-14 . Largest collection of statues of women ever assembled, honouring 120 STEM scientists . 2023-09-06 . Women's Agenda . en-AU.
  14. Web site: YouTube Channels You Must Follow To Get A+ On Finals. 2019-12-18. Harvard Blockchain Lab. en-US. 2020-03-18. 18 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318210223/https://blogs.harvard.edu/blockchain/youtube-channels-you-must-follow-to-get-a-on-finals/. dead.
  15. Web site: BrainCraft: Explaining your behaviors that you don't even understand. 2014-10-25. The Daily Dot. en-US. 2020-03-18.
  16. News: Jeffries. Adrianne. Women Making Science Videos on YouTube Face Hostile Comments. 2018-07-13. The New York Times. 2020-03-18. en-US. 0362-4331.
  17. News: So you want to be a science YouTube star... . Anna . Rothschild . The Washington Post. en. 2020-03-18.

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