Biography:

Jake Sturmer is the ABC News science and technology correspondent. He was with the ABC previously in the Perth newsroom. He began as a cadet covering radio and TV news and then moved into television current affairs where he worked for several years. In his time working for Stateline and 7.30 he covered many science and technology stories.

He also hosts the Technology Quarter on ABC News 24. In 2012 he was named the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year for an investigation into child sexual abuse at a government run hostel in regional WA.

You can follow him on Twitter:@thesoundofjs

Presentations:

• Science as News