Scott Hocknull
Scott has worked at Queensland Museum for the last 31 years, from starting as a volunteer, working with the public, and then becoming Geosciences senior curator in palaeontology. He recently described and named his fourth dinosaur species Australotitan, Australia’s largest dinosaur. He recently published a 10-year-long study of Australia’s youngest tropical megafauna site, including the world’s largest kangaroo.
Scott specialises in utilising new scanning technologies to capture our fossil heritage in 3-D, whilst sharing this worldwide. He has been applying this work in research and in engaging the public to better visualise and interpret our unique natural geo-heritage. Scott is an advocate for connecting scientists with industry by developing multifaceted projects that focus on local communities in citizen science.