Careers that start here

A science degree is the beginning of a beautiful career.

We have senior alumni doing brilliant things. And our recent graduates are forging ahead with amazing careers. Our current students have inspiring stories and are also making significant contributions to the breadth of scientific knowledge. Take a look at some of the careers and life journeys that have started with science at Monash.

Biological and life sciences

Life on Earth: anatomy, botany and plant sciences, ecology and conservation biology, genetics, marine and freshwater biology, and zoology and animal sciences.

Kate Charlton-Robb

PhD researcher Kate Charlton-Robb has uncovered a new species of dolphin in Victoria. Given only three new dolphin species have been formally described and recognised since the late 1800s, Kate's discovery met with worldwide interest.

Read about other biological and life sciences students:

• Annie Aulsebrook
• Lorenz Frick
• Prue Simmons

Biomedical and behavioural sciences

What we're made of and how we behave: biochemistry, biotechnology, developmental biology, immunology and human pathology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and psychology.

Hugh Evans

Hugh Evans has been immersed in the fight for global justice since he was a kid. "If we are going to end extreme poverty we need to send a clear and unequivocal message that it's not right that a child dies for lack of a 30 cent immunisation," he says. "If we send that message, I believe that we can also end extreme poverty in our lifetime." The 2004 Young Australian of the Year graduated with a Science/Law degree with first class honours.

Read about other biomedical and behavioural sciences students:

• Jia Jiunn Chew
• Jessica Arnup
• Simon Moss
• Tom Webb

Earth and environmental sciences

The world around us: atmospheric science, environmental science, geographical science, geology, and geophysics.

Madelaine Willcock

In 2011, Maddy received a Young Scientist Research Prize from the Royal Society of Victoria for her research into caldera volcanoes. According to The Age newspaper's Melbourne Magazine, Maddy was one of 'Melbourne's most influential, inspirational, provocative and creative people of 2011'.

Read about other earth and environmental sciences students:

• Caitlyn Hoggart
• Monica Long
• Adele Bear
• Jozua Van Otterloo

Mathematical and computational sciences

Numbers and their applications: applied, pure and computational mathematics, financial and insurance mathematics, computer science, and statistics.

Carolina Andrea Segovia Riquelme

Carolina's PhD research aims to predict crime more accurately by incorporating historical crime reporting information, as well as the interplay between police and criminals. She chose Monash because of its 'great level of research and its large number of overseas students'.

Read about other mathematical and computational sciences students:

• David Bowman
• Greg Findlow
• Murray Rudman

Physical and chemical sciences

The really big picture: astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry, materials science, pharmacology, and physics.

Amelia Fraser-McKelvie

Ameila has made a breakthrough in the field of astrophysics, discovering what has until now been described as the Universe's 'missing mass'. Even more remarkably, Amelia was an undergraduate aerospace engineering/science student at the time, and pinpointed the missing mass during a summer scholarship.

Read about other physical and chemical sciences students:

• Martin Duriska
• Deepak Dange
• Pushpamalar Vengidesh

Share your story

If you're a Monash science graduate, you may have transitioned between several work environments and roles. We love to hear what our graduates are doing, and where they are doing it.

If you are a graduate with a story to tell about your work, we'd love to hear it. Keep in touch and tell us where you are now.