Dr. Angela Maharaj is a lecturer at the Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) at the University of New South Wales, Australia and Associate Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. Angela's science research is in understanding the role of the ocean in climate variability particularly through satellite oceanography. She also has interests in learning and teaching, STEM and student engagement around meteorology, oceanography and climate science. She is passionate about science literacy and is involved in several initiatives which aim to improve links between schools, universities and science research. Angela is a lead investigator on the Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) Citizen Science project and is currently the Vice-President of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS).