Dr Sara Webb is an astrophysicist and Course Director of Swinburne Astronomy Online at Swinburne University of Technology’s Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. Her research focuses on using artificial intelligence to discover unusual objects in the universe and track space debris in astronomical surveys.

Sara also leads student-designed space experiments sent to the International Space Station and is passionate about opening pathways into space science for the next generation. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree and Superstar of STEM, she regularly appears in national and international media to explain the wonders — and occasional catastrophes — of our universe.

Experience

• 2025–present
  Program Lead (Microgravity) , Swinburne Space Technology and Industry Institute
• 2024–present
  Course Director, Swinburne University of Technology
• 2021–present
  Mission Director , Space Challenge and Microgravity program
• 2021–2024
  Postdoctoral research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

Education

• 2021 
  Swinburne University of Technology , PhD
• 2017 
  Queensland University of Technology, Honours In Physics
• 2016 
  Queensland University of Technology , Bachelors in Science