Michael Dello-Iacovo
| Michael Dello-Iacovo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| 🏡 Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
| 🏫 Education | University of Adelaide, University of New South Wales |
| 💼 Occupation | Scientist |
Michael Dello-Iacovo is an Australian scientist.[1] and philanthropist[2]. In 2016 he made a pledge to donate everything he earns over $45,000 AUD each year to effective charities[3]. He will be running in the New South Wales 2019 state election for the Animal Justice Party in the electorate of Heffron[4]. Michael was the CEO of non-profit Effective Altruism Australia from 2016-2017[5], and is an advocate of the effective altruism movement[6].
Michael is undertaking a PhD in space science at UNSW[7], and has written about the use of seismic equipment to measure soil properties on other planetary bodies[8] and the risk of asteroid impacts[9]. In his honours degree at the University of Adelaide, he wrote about heat flow and geothermal energy in South Australia[10]
Michael runs the blog and podcast 'Morality is Hard', where he "seeks to shed light on some of the most complex ethical issues today".[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research profile
- ↑ Meet the 'effective altruists' who earn to give: The Age article
- ↑ Vegan politician will donate half of his salary to animal charities if elected: VegNews article
- ↑ Candidates of the 2019 New South Wales state election
- ↑ Seated Massage highlights
- ↑ Effective Altruism Is Changing How We Think About Charity: Probono article
- ↑ Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research profile
- ↑ Dello-Iacovo, Michael (2017). "A novel method of measuring seismic velocity in off-Earth conditions: Implications for future research". 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings.
- ↑ Extinction alert: saving the world from a deadly asteroid impact: The Conversation article
- ↑ Dello-Iacovo, Michael (2014). South Australian Heat Flow Anomaly: Source and implications for geothermal energy (PDF) (Honours). University of Adelaide.
- ↑ Morality is Hard homepage
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