Nicky Phillips is a news editor and the chief of the Asia-Pacific news bureau for international science journal Nature. Before joining Nature, Nicky was science editor for Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald. At the Herald, she also hosted the podcast Science is Golden. Nicky got her start in science journalism as a radio reporter and producer with ABC Radio National’s science unit. She has degrees in science and journalism. In 2013, Nicky spent two months reporting in Antarctica.