Faces of STEM in Defence

This National Science Week, we are proud to share our 'Faces of STEM' initiative with you.

This initiative celebrates the STEM professionals working across Defence and reflects on their contribution to the Defence and security of the country.

Meet our Faces of STEM

Flying Officer Stephanie Redman graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2019 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Honours.

Squadron Leader Gerard Markham is an Armament Engineer with the Royal Australian Air Force.

Squadron Leader Kate Yaxley is a 20 year Royal Australian Air Force veteran and is currently a Sir Richard Williams Scholar at the Air and Space Power Centre.

Jasmin says the best thing about her career is learning new skills every day and being able to apply those when working on her own car.

Having graduated from Queensland University of Technology with a Mechatronics Engineering Degree, Rob now manages future trades people in Defence whilst they undergo military and technical trade training.

Flight Lieutenant Grace Scholl has an extensive history as an Officer Aviation Air Battle Manager, training on and excelling in Airborne Early Warning and Control effects.

As a Fitter Armourer, Revan's main responsibility is to inspect and repair a wide range of military weapons.

From growing up on a strawberry farm in South East Queensland, to completing a Mechanical Engineering degree, Sophie is an Engineering Officer in the Australian Army having pursued a career in STEM.

Prior to joining the Australian Defence Force, Flight Lieutenant Cullen taught ICT to high school students in remote outback Queensland.

As someone with a love for both art and physics, Dr Michael Went believes there are linkages between the creativity of art and the problem-solving required in physics.

Becoming a Radar Signature Specialist with Defence enabled Jermaine to combine his childhood dream of joining the Army, with his strong passion for science.

At school, Rachel enjoyed both the sciences and humanities, being equally at home solving differential equations, dissecting rats or discussing philosophy.

Nanotechnologist, Melanie has always been a passionate advocate of women in STEM.

Armed with a science degree, Sydney University alumna Maggie is helping Defence make better decisions about future capability by investigating new technologies and how best to use them.

Danielle always liked maths and physics at school and at one stage envisaged a career in Meteorology.

Alex always knew that he wanted to do something involving maths, he just wasn't quite sure what.