Personal profile
Biography
Dr Sarah Keenihan is a PhD candidate at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at ANU, looking at science-society relations with a focus on South Australia's 2025/26 harmful algal bloom as an illustrative case study.
She is an experienced science writer, and previously Science and Technology Editor and Biomedical Sciences Editor at The Conversation Australia.
Sarah holds a PhD in Reproductive Immunology (The University of Adelaide) and a Graduate Diploma in Sciences Communication (Central Queensland University). She was a postgraduate research fellow at NAMRU-2 infectious diseases research unit in Jakarta Indonesia, and a researcher at The University of Adelaide.
Sarah is a member of the Environment Institute Advisory Board at Adelaide University, and a member of the Environment Advisory Committee for Surf Life Saving SA.
Education/Academic qualification
Science Communication, Graduate Diploma, Central Queensland University
13 Feb 2007 → 12 Dec 2010
Award Date: 8 Apr 2011
Reproductive Immunology , PhD, Myeloid antigen presenting cell populations in the murine uterus , University of Adelaide
20 Jan 1996 → 13 Mar 2000
Award Date: 20 Dec 2000
Bachelor of Medical Science, Honours, University of Adelaide
18 Feb 1991 → 18 Nov 1995
Award Date: 23 Apr 1996
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Advisory Board Member, Environment Institute , Adelaide University
1 Nov 2024 → …
Environment Advisory Committee Member , Surf Life Saving South Australia
1 Nov 2023 → …
Member , Australian Science Communicators
20 Jan 2010 → …