Team (NT)

Joanne Watkins

Chief Executive Officer

Jo has been a part of the team since 2011 moving across from her role as an Earth and Environmental (and general) Science teacher with the Department of Education. Jo loves enthusing students and teachers about this wonderful subject.

Jo is based in WA but loves travelling, to support the team, across Australia.

Lachlan Hallett

Education Officer

Lachlan joined the team in 2021. Lachlan is a geologist with the Northern Territory Geological Survey but is swapping the rocks and map making to come work with primary school students in the NT. He has a background in geology and engineering. In his spare time, Lachlan enjoys building things and going orienteering.

Lachlan is based in the NT.

Fiona Mochrie

Lead Educator – Primary Engagement

Fiona started working for ESWA in 2017 after having worked as a Science Outreach Officer at Murdoch University. Her love of travel and the outdoors is what led her to study Geology with Planetary Science at Manchester University, before going on to teach Geography, Geology and Physics in the UK and Australia. Her favourite rock is an eclogite, but looking at thin sections of meteorites was also a highlight of her studies.

Fiona is based in WA.

Marie Rodger

Operations Officer

Marie joined the team in 2018 with over twenty years of experience in not-for-profit, private and public sectors, including running her own consultancy. She provides operational support for the team as well as helping to make ESWA bigger and stronger. Having three daughters, she is passionate about education and children having no barriers to learning and striving.
Marie is based in WA.