Biography:Toby Hendy
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| Born | 11 July 1995 |
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| Website | tobyhendy |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Subscribers | 1.12 million |
| Total views | 135 million |
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| Updated 08 October 2023 | |
Toby Hendy (born 11 July 1995) is a science communicator and YouTuber who focuses on educational content relating to physics, mathematics and astronomy.
Early life and education
School
Hendy attended Katikati College in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. In 2011, she was selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand as one of two national delegates to attend the USA International Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.[1] In 2012, she won first place in the secondary school category of the NZ Eureka Awards for Science Communication.[2]
University
Hendy obtained a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Physics and Mathematics, at the University of Canterbury. She was awarded an Aurora Astronomy Scholarship that enabled her to take an overseas trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Carnegie Observatory, UCLA, Macdonald Observatory Texas, University of British Columbia, NRC Observatory Victoria and CHFT Hawaii.[3]
Hendy went on to do her Honours year at the Australian National University in Canberra. In 2017, Hendy started a PhD at ANU focusing on using nanoindentation to examine the mechanical response of plant cells to applied pressure.[4] She was awarded a Westpac Future Leader's Scholarship.[5] During her time as a PhD student she placed runner-up in the Australian national finals of the FameLab science communication competition for her presentation 'Poking Plants'.[6] Her honours thesis title was ‘Examining the mechanical response of Arabidopsis thaliana using nanoindentation and Finite Element Modelling’, where she received class honours with a grade 93/100 for her thesis.[7] In 2018, Hendy discontinued her PhD studies to pursue YouTube full-time.[8]
Career
Hendy has been uploading videos to YouTube since high school.[8] In August 2020, Hendy announced that she is working on a mathematical stop-motion short film, 'Finding X', supported by the Screen Australia Skip Ahead initiative.[9] It was released on 25 January 2022.[10]
In 2023, she appeared on season 5 of the travel competition show Jet Lag: The Game, which was filmed in New Zealand.[11] She and Sam Denby won, making her one of two undefeated players of the game, along with Michelle Khare of Season 8.
Awards
- 2012 NZ Eureka Awards for Science Communication[2]
- 2013 UC Aurora Astronomy Scholarship[3]
- 2015 Haydon Prize for top graduating physics student
- 2017 Westpac Future Leader's Scholarship[5]
- 2018 FameLab Australia runner-up[6]
- 2020 Screen Australia Skip Ahead Grant[9]
- 2024 Young Australian of the Year nominee for Queensland[12]
References
- ↑ "2 Kiwi girls count down to the USA International Space Camp | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz (Scoop Media). 27 April 2011. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1104/S00631/2-kiwi-girls-count-down-to-the-usa-international-space-camp.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Young Canterbury Physicist wins Premier Science Award | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz (Scoop Media). 13 July 2012. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1207/S00024/young-canterbury-physicist-wins-premier-science-award.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Watching this space: Katikati scholar" (in en-NZ). NZ Herald. Bay of Plenty Times (NZHerald). 21 March 2014. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/watching-this-space-katikati-scholar/KPY5P3LZ4EFW5F622RQKA6KLJE/.
- ↑ "Ms Toby Hendy profile – RSPhys – ANU" (in en). https://physics.anu.edu.au/contact/people/profile.php?ID=1934.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Young science fan Toby Hendy turned 'EduTuber'" (in en). Westpac. https://www.westpac.com.au/news/in-depth/2019/02/young-science-fan-turns-edutuber/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Toby Hendy – Poking Plants (FameLab Australia 2018 Runner-Up)" (in en). https://australiascience.tv/vod/toby-hendy-poking-plants-famelab-australia-2018-runner-up/.
- ↑ "About Toby Hendy". https://tobyhendy.com/about/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Langin, Katie (25 June 2019). "It's OK to quit your Ph.D." (in en). Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.aay5196. https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-ok-quit-your-phd. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Six teams to Skip Ahead with Screen Australia and Google Australia | Media centre". https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2020/08-13-six-teams-to-skip-ahead.
- ↑ Finding X | A Mathematical Short Film. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ We Turned New Zealand Into a Giant Real-Life Board Game. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ↑ "Mind-bending science YouTuber one of Queensland's Australian of the Year nominees" (in en-AU). ABC News. 2023-10-26. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-27/queenslanders-of-the-year-chosen/103027012.
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