Pay Day with Dr Cat: How an immunologist built a career in science, outside of the lab

It's Pay Day where we ask Australians the money questions we don't like to talk about. If you were asked to picture a scientist you might picture someone in a lab, head down, white coat and goggles on — but Dr Catriona Nguyen-Robertson's science career took her in a different direction. After training in immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Catriona moved into science education and outreach and is now more likely to be found performing and singing about everything from the immune system to the universe under the moniker Dr Cat AKA The Singing Scientist. For Pay Day Dr Cat discusses juggling multiple jobs, her guilty science-themed splurges, and how bubble science is helping her fundraise for a voyage to Antarctica. Dr Cat AKA the Singing Scientist also writes songs to help people understand science.