Curriculum Vitae
Academic appointments, education, and professional experience
Academic Appointments
Senior Lecturer
The University of Queensland
Physics and Astrophysics
ARC DECRA Fellow
The University of Queensland
Spatially-resolved galaxy evolution
Lecturer in Astrophysics
The University of Queensland
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Swinburne University of Technology
Angular momentum
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian National University
The morphological evolution of galaxies with cosmic time
Education
PhD (Astrophysics)
University of Queensland
Tidal dwarf galaxies in HI-rich groups
Graduate Certificate in Research Commercialisation
University of Queensland
Courses: Developing Business from Science, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation in Practice, Uniquest Internship
Bachelor of Science, Physics Honours Class I
University of Queensland
Summer Research Scholar and Honours Project: Formation of Ultra-compact Dwarf Galaxies.
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
University of Queensland
Dean's Commendation for High Achievement
Bachelor of Business Management
University of Queensland
Dean's Honour Roll
Observational Astronomy Experience
Integral Field Spectroscopy
SAMI, Hector, WiFeS, MUSE
Extensive experience with integral field spectrographs for galaxy evolution studies
Adaptive Optics Imaging
GSAOI at Gemini Observatory
High-resolution imaging for morphological studies of high-redshift galaxies
Multi-object Spectroscopy
DEIMOS at Keck Observatory, GMOS-S at Gemini
Kinematics and metallicity measurements of dwarf galaxies
Wide-field Imaging
DECam at Blanco 4m, Mosaic 2 Camera
Deep imaging surveys for galaxy structure and environment studies
Skills
Software
Adobe Acrobat & Creative Suite, Dropbox, DS9, Emacs, GALFIT, GIMP, Google Apps, IDL, IRAF, LaTeX & BibTeX, MS Office, python, pywifes, RMODEL, SExtractor/SCAMP/SWarp, Stellarium, UHSPECFIT, XMind, YNAB, standard OSX packages
General
Public Speaking, Administration, Writing, Time Management