Meet the Team - Management
13 Feb 2026
Meet the Content Team
Olivia is our Education Project Lead, and leads the Content team here at Science Alive! She is a former teacher who is passionate about STEM education and loves creating engaging, hands on learning experiences.
When she’s not at work, you’ll likely find her travelling, walking around Hagley park, or spending time with friends!
If you could time travel to any historic discovery, which would you witness?
Watching the planning, engineering and mathematical problem solving behind the pyramids of Egypt — how did they actually do it??
What’s a fun fact about you that usually surprises people?
I worked at a COVID hospital in London during the pandemic.
What’s your favourite way to learn something new?
Hands on and visual learning works best for me, especially when it’s organised, practical and colourful.
What was your dream job when you were a kid?
Hairdresser and Zoologist.
Jess is one of our Education Content Designers, focusing on creating and developing the lessons on our education platform. She’s passionate about sparking curiosity and supporting lifelong learning, and loves bringing real-life connections into educational content to make it meaningful and engaging.
When she’s not at work, you’ll likely find her spending time with her two children or out for a walk in the sun.
If you could switch jobs with anyone on the team for a day, who would it be?
Byron, our outreach manager - I love how his role combines creating resources for kaiako with getting out into schools to see the real impact our incredible programmes have on learners.
What was your dream job when you were a kid?
Florist — I wanted to be creative and loved the idea of doing this through different bouquet arrangements!
Favourite way to spend a day off?
Taking my kids down to a beach — a swim in the ocean, walk along the beach, reading a book, having a picnic or fish and chips, finding shells, and making sandcastles!
If you could time travel to any scientific discovery, which would you witness?
Helping uncover a new animal species and experiencing the discovery firsthand would be amazing!
Jai is one of our Education Content Designers, creating engaging lesson content for our teacher education portal!
She’s passionate about making science accessible for everyone and loves combining her creative skills with scientific learning (what a combo). When not at work, you’ll likely find her biking or at yoga.
What's a talent you have that most people don't know about?
I can spin fire poi.
What’s a fun fact about you that usually surprises people?
I don’t share a last name with my mum or my dad – they gave me a completely new one just like you would choose a first or middle name.
What’s one piece of advice you live by?
“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain
What’s your favourite STEM fact?
There is a bacteria (Pseudomonas syringe) that likes to attack plants. It has a protein on its surface that makes water freeze at a warmer temperature. When the bacteria lands on a plant, they help frost form more easily on the leaves. The frost damages the leaf, making tiny breaks in it which lets the bacteria sneak inside the plant and make it sick.
These bacteria get blown off plant leaves and up into the sky, and possibly play a part in cloud formation. Snow machines on mountains use these dead bacteria to make snow, since even though they are dead, the protein on the surface still can freeze water in warmer conditions. So if there hasn’t been much natural snowfall, you’re probably skiing on top of a whole lot of dead Pseudomonas syringe.
