Dr Elisa Bone is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Curriculum and Assessment - STEM, at the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, where she advises academics in curriculum innovation projects across the University of Melbourne. Elisa has a diverse academic background, with a doctorate in marine invertebrate zoology from the University of Melbourne. She has worked as a researcher and instructor in Australia, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, and in the USA as a Lecturer in Discipline at Columbia University. Elisa has research interests in interdisciplinary and authentic teaching and learning in the sciences, including the use of digital tools and technologies, in the design and implementation of strategic curriculum change processes, and in the effects of disruption on teaching and learning.