About

Dr Sarah Pearce is director of the SKA-Low telescope, where she leads a growing team in Australia preparing for construction, commissioning and operations of the world's largest low frequency telescope, SKA-Low, at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in WA, on Wajarri Yamaji country.

Sarah has a diverse background in space and mega-science projects, including Australia’s science representative on the negotiating team for the SKA Treaty, establishing CSIRO’s Space research program, science adviser to the UK Parliament and project manager delivering UK computing for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. She is a passionate advocate for women and minorities in STEM and is one of Science and Technology Australia’s Superstars of STEM.