2013 L'Oréal Australia & New Zealand For Women in Science Fellow Joanne (Jo) Whittaker
Channel: Science in Public
Date: 2013-09-13

Dr Joanne (Jo) Whittaker likes to solve jigsaw puzzles. Now this marine geoscientist is tackling the biggest puzzle on the planet—the formation of continents.

With the help of Australia's national marine research vessels, and now her L'Oréal Fellowship, Jo is reconstructing how the Indian, Australian and Antarctic tectonic plates separated over the past 200 million years, forming the Indian Ocean and the continents as we see them today. This information will help us model climate change better, find new gas resources, and understand the dynamics of the land in which we live.

Read more about Dr Joanne Whittaker at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/loreal