The Foundation for the WA Museum is delighted to announce that Tammy Lee, embryologist and winner of FameLab Australia 2025, has been crowned the World’s Best Science Communicator at the FameLab International Final, held overnight at the CERN Science Gateway in Geneva.
Competing against national champions from eight other countries, Tammy impressed the international judging panel with her compelling three-minute presentation, “A-typical embryo?”, which explores how atypical appearances and behaviours in embryos may influence embryo selection in IVF.
Tammy’s win comes just two months after her standout victory on the national FameLab Australia stage at the WA Museum, Boola Bardip, where she emerged from a field of twelve exceptional early-career researchers from across the country.
FameLab, created by Cheltenham Festivals (UK), is the world’s leading public-facing science communication competition, challenging emerging STEM researchers to explain complex science with clarity, charisma and creativity. The 2025 international final brought together finalists from Australia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
As the international champion, Tammy has earned a place at the 2026 Cheltenham Science Festival, where she will join a global community of science communicators and thought leaders.
The Foundation for the WA Museum has proudly produced and hosted FameLab Australia since 2019, supporting excellence in science communication and helping amplify the voices of the nation’s brightest early-career researchers.
The Foundation for the WA Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of all FameLab partners:
