I graduated from The Australian National University with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honors; 2001) and a Ph.D. in Marine Geology (2005). I have had a sustained earth science career with over twenty years of scientific research experience within government, private industry, and research organizations. 

Projects of interest include the paleoceanography of warm surface currents and the linkages with the Australasian monsoon, coastal mapping of benthic environments, Carbon Capture and Storage, and geothermal exploration. 

I currently work as a senior geologist building subsurface models and conduct uncertainty analysis and resource estimation for the company assets. My passion for geology is based on understanding past environments and climate change. 

With the help of this graduate certificate, I would like to refocus on projects that mitigate climate change and/or its impacts. I am specifically interested in the multi-spectral applications of fire management especially after the catastrophic bushfire season that we had in Australia (2019-2020).