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Curriculum Vitae

Academic appointments, education, and professional experience

Academic Appointments

Senior Lecturer

The University of Queensland

Physics and Astrophysics

2023-Present

ARC DECRA Fellow

The University of Queensland

Spatially-resolved galaxy evolution

2022-2025

Lecturer in Astrophysics

The University of Queensland

2020-2023

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Swinburne University of Technology

Angular momentum

2017-2019

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Australian National University

The morphological evolution of galaxies with cosmic time

2014-2016

Education

PhD (Astrophysics)

University of Queensland

Tidal dwarf galaxies in HI-rich groups

2011-2014

Graduate Certificate in Research Commercialisation

University of Queensland

Courses: Developing Business from Science, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation in Practice, Uniquest Internship

2011-2012

Bachelor of Science, Physics Honours Class I

University of Queensland

Summer Research Scholar and Honours Project: Formation of Ultra-compact Dwarf Galaxies.

2009-2010

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics

University of Queensland

Dean's Commendation for High Achievement

1999-2002

Bachelor of Business Management

University of Queensland

Dean's Honour Roll

1999-2002

Observational Astronomy Experience

Integral Field Spectroscopy

SAMI, Hector, WiFeS, MUSE

Extensive experience with integral field spectrographs for galaxy evolution studies

2011-Present

Adaptive Optics Imaging

GSAOI at Gemini Observatory

High-resolution imaging for morphological studies of high-redshift galaxies

2014-2015

Multi-object Spectroscopy

DEIMOS at Keck Observatory, GMOS-S at Gemini

Kinematics and metallicity measurements of dwarf galaxies

2013-2014

Wide-field Imaging

DECam at Blanco 4m, Mosaic 2 Camera

Deep imaging surveys for galaxy structure and environment studies

2010-2014

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