Journalist and Editor

Maddy De Gabriele is a science writer at Science in Public. Previously she worked as a senior reporter for Zoos Victoria, managing Healesville Sanctuary’s media response during the 2019-2020 black summer fires. Before that, she worked at The Conversation covering energy and the environment, and fact-checked several state elections.

She’ll go toe-to-toe over Australian animal trivia with anyone not named Irwin.