Dr Kristy Osborne

GradDipEd, PhD, BSc (Hons), Grad Cert Academic Practice, QUT

Dr Kristy Osborne is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Kristy’s area of expertise is STEM education and assessment, particularly physics, mathematics and digital technologies. Kristy manages the Australian branch of the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge and has led several reviews of secondary STEM curriculum programs. Kristy has also worked on curriculum and assessment reviews for medical colleges, including medical physics, radiology, psychiatry and dentistry. She has worked on large-scale assessments including the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) and the National Assessment Program – Information and Communication Technology Literacy (NAP-ICTL). Before joining ACER, Dr Osborne was a Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology and was responsible for co-ordinating the undergraduate physics degree.

• 2015 Physics Teaching Award
• 2012 Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award for Course Development
• 2011 Young Tall Poppy Science Award
• 2007 Fulbright Postgraduate Award
• 2006 Australian Optical Society Postgraduate Student Prize
• 2004 University Medal
• 2003 Head of School's Award for Excellence in Mathematics
• 2002 George Edward Curphey Prize in Mathematical Modelling