Professor Cathryn Trott is Chief Scientist for CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility and a Professor of Radio Astronomy at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at Curtin University. A world leader in understanding the first billion years of the Universe, she uses radio telescopes in the WA outback to measure tiny signals from the dawn of time. In this period, the first stars and galaxies were born, illuminating the Universe in its infancy. She was President of the Astronomical Society of Australia, edited the Australian astronomy Decadal Plan, and inspires through work with WA science teachers and students. 

Professor Trott is a former ARC DECRA Fellow and Future Fellow, and CI and Deputy-Director of the ARC CoE in Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO-3D).