I love all things evolutionary biology. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney in 2017. For my honours thesis, I spent six months at a research station in the Northern Territory, running a common garden experiment focusing on cane toad behavious and morphology. I completed my Ph D in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2022. For my PhD research, I pivoted away from field ecology and into genomics, working primarily on the invasive European starling within Australia. I expanded on this research during my post doc at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, focusing on the role complex genetic elements such as structural variants and transposable elements play in adaptation and evolution. I am now a research fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney, and am applying these genomic tools to improve conservation and horticulture of native Australian plant species.
I enjoy working in the field and in the wetlab, though ultimately spend a large portion of my time at the computer analysing genetic data sets. I spend many of my working hours writing code, fixing code, and then writing about why I wrote the code in the first place. A small portion of my time is spent retrieving code deleted by Toothless the shingleback, as he walks thoughtlessly across my keyboard.
When not doing research, I fill my days with art, gardening, baking, reading, and gaming (board games, DnD, and computer games, I love them all).
