About Me

I was born in Sydney and whisked away to another country later that year. This pattern continued throughout my upbringing. I grew up across seven different countries. All of this moving around made me deeply appreciate the variety and diversity on the planet, in both cultures and landscapes. So, at 18, I made my way back to Australia and started a bachelor’s degree, double majoring in geology and biology – two subjects that allow me to keep outside, exploring and understanding the Earth.

I really enjoyed geology. The diversity within the major was incredible. On any given day, I could be mapping, involving camping and hiking for 10 hours a day, sketching, looking down microscopes, writing code, or struggling with calculus. It always kept me on my toes.

After falling in love with geology, I signed up for an honors degree (an Australian equivalent of an MPhil, straight out of undergrad) and got sucked into the disciplines of structural geology and tectonics.

This took me to my first international conference in Papua New Guinea! And like that, I was hooked and signed up for my Ph.D. Now I’m based in Sydney; I spend my time either in the office (or at home during the pandemic) or out in the field studying orogens.

Besides the science, I’m also into distance running, bouldering, fantasy books, and have a dog called Atticus (but prefers Atty or Tick) who joins me on my adventures.