CURRENT POSITION
Research Fellow, Monash University
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tasmania
Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Marine Research
EDUCATION
2007 Doctor of Philosophy, Distinction, Ecology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
2003 Bachelor of Science, Honors, Biology
University of Alberta
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Tracking top predators
Plastic pollution
Wildlife toxicology
Invasive predator removal
"Developed countries alone spend $17 billion annually on petfood and $34 billion each year on slimming products. It is thus clear to us that the developed world could fund effective conservation if it chose to" (Balmford & Whitten 2003)
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
Want to join me, and the rest of the Australian plastic pollution team, on a sailing adventure up the east coast of Australia in late-2013? Click here
New book (pre-release sales here) on the impact of jellyfish blooms. Highlights how marine species (the Flesh-footed Shearwater is featured) can act as indicators of ocean health. Foreword by Dr Sylvia Earle. Australian book tour coming to a city near you in June 2013.