About

My research focusses on ecological modelling for historically overexploited sawfishes. As filling data gaps for range-restricted species across the entire state of Queensland is labour, time, and monetarily costly, I emphasised the value in alternative sources to field work, including citizen science, historical archives, specimen morphometrics, and trace element data. Building and maintaining relationships was essential throughout this process, and my research involved collaborations with Queensland Fisheries, recreational fishing groups, Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers, and more than 50 museums and historical societies.

I currently assist various research teams with modelling, machine learning and database management.

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Awards and Honours

Dean's Award for Outstanding Thesis
University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia, Sunshine Coast) - UniSC, 15-Apr-2026
Mellon College of Science College Honors
Carnegie Mellon University (United States, Pittsburgh) - CMU, 01-Jun-2012
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Honors in Psychology; Recognition for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Carnegie Mellon University (United States, Pittsburgh) - CMU, 01-Jun-2012

Organisational Affiliations

Casual Academic, School of Science, Technology and Engineering

admin/projects, School of Science, Technology and Engineering

Education

Marine and Coastal Ecology
01-Feb-2021–23-Jan-2026, Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia, Sunshine Coast) - UniSC

Thesis: Threatened sawfishes of Australia: Spatial ecology and species composition through time

Medical Sciences
01-Aug-2012–01-May-2013, Master Degree, Boston University School of Medicine (United States, Boston) - BUSM

Thesis: The Feathered Dinosaur and the Origin of Avian Flight

Biological Sciences and Psychology
04-Aug-2008–01-Jun-2012, Bachelor of Science (BS), Carnegie Mellon University (United States, Pittsburgh) - CMU

Thesis: Selective Sustained Attention and Statistical Language Learning Processes in Preschool Children