Candice Michelle Goodwin is a South African-born chemical engineer and microbiologist turned writer, producer, podcaster and paranormal investigator.
She attended University of Cape Town (UCT) where she completed a BSc (with distinction) in Biotechnology & Microbiology, followed by a BSc (Hons) and MSc (with distinction) in Molecular and Cell Biology with a thesis entitled "Investigations into Actinomycetes Isolated from Coastal Environments, with a Special Emphasis on the Genus Micromonospora".
"[1][2] From 2010 Goodwin worked for KAPA Biosystems, a subsidiary of Roche SA in Cape Town, and from 2012 at DSM Biologics in Brisbane, Australia, in various aspects of quality control, manufacturing and process development.
[1] Goodwin is Outreach Manager at the University of Queensland Centre for Microscopy and Micro Analysis[3] in conjunction with Inspire Stem Education, a corporate social responsibility initiative of Hitachi[4] which involves taking an Hitachi Scanning electron microscope to schools to encourage students to study STEM subjects.
[1] From an early age Goodwin had an interest in space exploration and from January 2008 to June 2012, she was appointed a Student and Young Professionals representative for the South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town.
[1] In 2017 Goodwin participated in the "Finish Line Script Competition" with a TV screenplay called Enter Entropy, a work of science fiction.
[17] Her second screenplay book Enter Entropy: Volume 2 was published in 2019 and includes magic deception, the science of fight choreography and ghost-hunting, among other topics.