P007978 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-02-12 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-02-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007978b.htm person Torok Simon AACR2 Science communication Earth scientist Simon Torok was Chief Executive Office and Director of Scientell Pty Ltd from its establishment in November 2015. The aim of the business was to distil technical information for non-scientific audiences to communicate the importance of science to society.

From his ORCID entry (February 2026):
He has published more than 200 newspaper, magazine and scientific journal articles, and co-authored 20 popular science and climate change books, several of which have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Hungarian. He is an experienced public speaker, having given hundreds of presentations to a variety of audiences, and has made numerous appearances on television and radio, including on live TV news broadcasts, chat shows and children's TV programs.

Simon has a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication from the Australian National University, and completed a PhD in climate change science at the University of Melbourne. He has managed communication for CSIRO in Australia and for the Tyndall Centre in England.

1991 1995 Education - PhD (Earth Sciences), University of Melbourne 1995 1995 Education - Graduate Diploma (Centre for Public Awareness of Science), Australian National University 4 November 2015 Career position - CSO and Director, Scientell Pty Ltd Scientell Pty Ltd (2015 - ) 'Torok, Simon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Torok, Simon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Communicating climate change has never been so important, and this IPCC report pulls no punches Torok, Simon; Goldie, James; Ashcroft, Linden Communicating climate change has never been so important, and this IPCC report pulls no punches The Conversation Foundation 2021 The Conversation