Biography Profile / Personal Information
Introduction :
- Vanessa Hill is well-known on YouTube, for her brainy presentations! Her brainchild, Brain Craft, hosted by PBS Digital Studios, is extremely popular amongst her 500,000+ subscribers and 20+ million viewers!
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Vanessa Hill is a young Australian, who is still single.
- She has just one sibling, a brother, who is married to Krystina Pecorari.
- Vanessa’s sister-in-law Krystina is the founder of the network, Writing Journey.
- She is also closely associated with another reputed Science communicator, Elise Andrew.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Vanessa earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New South Wales (2005-2008).
- Psychology was her favorite subject.
- She applied for a post-graduate degree at The Australian National University, in 2011 & obtained her Master’s in Science Communication, in 2013.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Vanessa seems to have dabbled in various things, beginning with the role of Subscriptions Coordinator for iMedia Asia Pacific (2004-2005).
- She was an online editor at the School of Science Communication linked to the University of New South Wales (March 2006 – July 2008).
- Later, she was CSIRO’s (Australia’s National Science Agency) Education Officer from July 2008 to September 2010.
- She took up the role of Astronomy Tours Manager at Ayers Rock Resort, under Voyages Indigenous Tourism, Australia (September 2010 – May 2011).
- After returning as CSIRO’s Education Officer between May 2011 & June 2012, Vanessa adopted the role of Social Media Manager and Spokesperson for them, between June 2012 and June 2014, at Sydney.
- Since her team managed to increase the audience for its professional and creative, presentations on scientific matters, it earned the CSIRO Support Excellence Medal in October 2013.
- Next, from 2014 to 2016, Vanessa headed to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), where she was a Content Strategy and Audience Development Consultant.
- From July 2013 to May 2014, Science Alert Pty Ltd welcomed her as a Science Reporter.
- As of 2019, Hill is a science communicator producer and host of Brain Craft. The show explores neuroscience, human behaviour and psychology.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Vanessa’s extreme passion for education prompted her to produce and host a large number of videos related to diverse educational initiatives.
- She is fond of working out digital strategies, offering advice & loves to work with her team of freelance writers and editors.
- The Internet is akin to a second home for her!
- Vanessa is justifiably proud of her very first documentary, MUTANT MENU.
- The film provides an in-depth look into novel technologies being used for DNA editing in the field of genetic engineering.
- It also raises a few ethical issues with the same.
Vanessa’s work has appeared in reputed publications like The Huffington Post, TIME & Scientific American. She is curious about anything and everything related to Science & hopes to transfer the same spark to others via her amazing productions!