Jaana Dielenberg

Jaana Dielenberg is the Biodiversity Council’s Science Communication Director. She works to raise awareness of biodiversity issues and support for solutions by amplifying the messages and voices of scientists and Indigenous Knowledge holders.

Jaana is the first point of call for journalists wanting to connect with biodiversity experts or who are looking to talk through ideas for biodiversity-related stories.

Jaana also provides communication and media training and coaching to early career researchers and other groups to give them the tools and confidence to increase the public profile of their science, to contribute to public discourse, and to reach policy makers and other groups important to achieving research impact.

Jaana has a BA (Geography) and Master of Environment from The University of Melbourne. She began her career with 11 years at Melbourne Water in waterway management, environmental planning and knowledge broker roles. After moving to Northern Australia she began 9 years in research knowledge brokering, communication and stakeholder engagement roles for the National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub, and then the National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub. She has also worked on climate-focused programs in Australia and in the Pacific.

Over the past decade, Jaana has generated more than 15,000 media stories about biodiversity research and conservation. She is an experienced science writer whose work has appeared across a wide range of media, with her articles for The Conversation attracting more than 1.3 million reads.

Jaana is an honorary Fellow within the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne and an honorary University Fellow at Charles Darwin University in the Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods. Jaana is an Ambassador for the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance.