The Rotary Club of Berwick is proud to introduce Ryan Stewart-Speller as the successful candidate to participate in the National Youth Science Forum.
Every year Rotarians continue to support the NYSF Year 12 program by selecting students to attend and assisting with funding.
NYSF is a not-for-profit organisation that runs a number of residential programs to encourage young people in their passion for science, with a vision to inspire young Australians to value science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), delivering immersive and transformative youth-led experiences to encourage life-long STEM literacy.
The program will be a combination of in-person events across capital cities and digital events, as opposed to the traditional residential program in Canberra.
It will run for 12 days from Monday 10 January to Tuesday 25 January, 2022.
Ryan is a 17-year-old Berwick Secondary College student.
He will complete his year 12 VCE in 2022 and hopes to commence a science degree in 2023.
At this stage, his career goal is to become a theoretical physicist as he is deeply fascinated by elementary particle physics and quantum mechanics.
Ryan grew up on the family farm on the outskirts of Harkaway with his Mum and younger brother, surrounded by animals and plants.
From the youngest age he was interested in STEM and was always fascinated with how things worked.
Ryan is also a passionate musician and loves to play the alto saxophone.
He plays in the Berwick College Symphonic Band, Stage Band (classical and jazz music) and the school’s Saxophone Ensemble.
He is also interested in health and wellness and the natural abilities of the human body to heal and fight disease after he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at five years old.
At age 7, he received his first insulin pump and his passion for STEM thrived.
Ryan hopes the NYSF program will provide him with relevant education on working in science and will help him to understand more deeply the career he intends to pursue.
Through the NYSF, he hopes he can receive the basics of working in a science field to assist his way forth in theoretical physics and help him navigate a career path.
