Academic Qualifications & Experience
2014 - present | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Australian National University Attached to the SkyMapper project. Responsible for data verification, SkyMapper Data Pipeline monitoring and troubleshooting, and the development of web sites and tools to access SkyMapper data. |
2009 - 2014 | PhD, Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University Thesis work entitled "Outflows from Young Stellar Objects: The Case of DG Tauri" |
2011 | Graduate Award in Science Communication, The Australian National University |
2005 - 2008 | BSc (Honours) in Physics, The University of Western Australia Thesis work entitled "The Magnetic Milky Way as an Axionscope: Axion Decay and Radio Emission Within a Three-Dimensional Model of the Milky Way Magnetic Field" |
2008 - 2009 | Vacation Scholar, iVEC, The University of Western Australia |
2007 - 2008 | Vacation Scholar, Astronomy Group, School of Physics, The University of Western Australia |
2006 - 2007 | Vacation Scholar, Australian International Gravitational Observatory, Western Australia |
Scholarships, Grants, Honours & Awards
2013 | ANU Achievement Award for Best Student Talk |
2009 - 2013 | Joan Duffield Research Scholarship |
2009 - 2013 | Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplementary Scholarship |
2009 - 2013 | Australian Postgraduate Award |
2008 | Tesla Medal for Experimental Physics (UWA) |
2005 - 2008 | UWA Fogarty Foundation City Scholarship |
Conferences, Workshops & Meetings
2013 | Protostars & Planets V Heidelberg, Germany |
2011 | Star Formation Through Spectroimaging at High Angular Resolution Star Formation Summer School Taipei, Taiwan |
2011 | Annual Scientific Meeting, Astronomical Society of Australia Adelaide, Australia |
2011 | Astronomical Society of Australia Astroinformatics School Perth, Australia |
2010 | Annual Scientific Meeting, Astronomical Society of Australia Hobart, Australia |
2010 | Harley Wood Winter School Tasmania, Australia |
2009 | Harley Wood Winter School Geelong, Australia |
2008 | Annual Scientific Meeting, Astronomical Society of Australia Perth, Australia |
2008 | Harley Wood Winter School Fremantle, Australia |
Other Work Experience
2012 - present | System Administrator & Programmer (IT Officer), Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University |
2007 - 2013 | Australian Army Reserves |