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Krystal De Napoli

Krystal De Napoli is a Gomeroi astrophysicist, science communicator and co-author of Astronomy: Sky Country, winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards’ People’s Choice Award (2023).

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Krystal De Napoli

Krystal De Napoli is a Gomeroi woman and award-winning author, astrophysicist and science communicator devoted to the advocacy of Indigenous knowledges and equity in STEM. Krystal is co-author of Astronomy: Sky Country (2022), winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards’ People’s Choice Award (2023), shortlisted for both the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing (2023) and Book of the Year by the Age (2022).

Krystal is the host of the weekly radio program, Indigenuity, on Triple R 102.7 FM where she holds conversations with Indigenous knowledge holders to platform their ingenuity. She has made TV appearances across ABC, SBS, 9News, and BeTV, as well as featured in and co-produced the BBC’s radio documentary ‘Emu in the Sky’. Krystal creates Indigenous science curricula for educational institutions, including Monash University’s inaugural Indigenous Science course, and has curated a database of Indigenous science resources for the Australian Council of Deans of Science.

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