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Toby Hendy
Hendy in November 2019
Personal information
Born (1995-07-11) July 11, 1995 (age 29)
Education
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Websitehttps://tobyhendy.com
YouTube information
Years active2011–present
Subscribers1.21 million Edit this at Wikidata
(January 2024)
YouTube information
Channel
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Subscribers792 thousand[1]
Total views96.52 million[1]
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100,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: 14 Jul 2022

Toby Hendy (born July 11, 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 AL.[2] In 2012 she won first place in the secondary school category of the NZ Eureka Awards for Science Communication.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] She was awarded a Westpac Future Leader's Scholarship.[6] 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'.[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]

Awards

  • 2020 Screen Australia Skip Ahead Grant[9]
  • 2018 FameLab Australia runner-up[7]
  • 2017 Westpac Future Leader's Scholarship[6]
  • 2015 Haydon Prize for top graduating physics student
  • 2013 UC Aurora Astronomy Scholarship[4]
  • 2012 NZ Eureka Awards for Science Communication[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Tibees". YouTube.
  2. ^ "2 Kiwi girls count down to the USA International Space Camp | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Scoop Media. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Young Canterbury Physicist wins Premier Science Award | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Scoop Media. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Watching this space: Katikati scholar". NZ Herald. NZHerald. Bay of Plenty Times. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Ms Toby Hendy profile – RSPhys – ANU". physics.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Young science fan Toby Hendy turned 'EduTuber'". www.westpac.com.au. Westpac. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Toby Hendy – Poking Plants (FameLab Australia 2018 Runner-Up)". Australia's Science Channel. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b Langin, Katie (25 June 2019). "It's OK to quit your Ph.D." Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.aay5196. S2CID 198657921. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Six teams to Skip Ahead with Screen Australia and Google Australia | Media centre". Screen Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  10. ^ Finding X | A Mathematical Short Film. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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