Jonathan Webb

Dr Jonathan Webb is a science journalist and broadcaster, currently working as Science Editor for the ABC in Sydney. He hails from Adelaide but spent a decade of his early career in the UK, where he gained a PhD in neuroscience from Oxford. Jonathan left the lab to pursue journalism and became a science reporter for BBC News, covering everything from the Paris climate summit to the Pluto flyby. In 2016, he returned to Australia to run the ABC’s science unit, where he manages a team of Australia’s best science storytellers across radio, podcasts and the web. Jonathan appears regularly on ABC radio and TV, including on RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly.