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.