Sharon Robinson

Sharon Robinson is a Climate Change Biologist. and a 2024 Australian Laureate Fellow. She first visited East Antarctica in 1996 and has been on 14 expeditions to Antarctica, 12 with the Australian and Chilean National Antarctic Programs. She is a custodian for the only Antarctic State of the Environment Indicator concerned with Antarctic vegetation and is passionate about conserving Antarctic biodiversity. She is Deputy Director Science Implementation for the Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative for Excellence in Antarctic Science "Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future".

Sharon was educated in the UK. After completing her PhD at UCL in 1990, she held postdoctoral positions in the USA and Australia. Sharon was Executive Director of the Global Challenges program 2020-2022 and Challenge Leader for the Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones within the program from 2018-2020. She is a member and lead author of the UN Environment Programme, Environmental Effects Assessment Panel; and a Faculty Member of Homeward Bound, helping to create a global network of women with a background in STEMM leading and solving our world’s greatest challenges. She is currently UOW's Dean Researcher Development.