CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

Macquarie University (2002-2007)
Bachelor of Science

• Major in climate science
• Minor in conservation biology

Postgraduate Certificate in Research Preparation  

•   Development of crucial research skills

•   Background research for higher degree study

Master of Philosophy

• Major in Atmospheric Science
• Transfer to the University of New South Wales after 18 months

The University of New South Wales (2007-2009)
 Doctor of Philosophy

• Thesis title “Evaluation and 21st century projections of global climate models at a regional scale over Australia”
• Graduated August 2010

Professional

Employment History
ARC Future Fellow (January 2018-present) now at School of Science, UNSW Canberra (Previously at UNSW Sydney, 2018-2021)

• incorporating physical mechanisms in the attribution of heatwaves
• researching the attribution of conditional and coincident events
• investigating the application of attribution methods to heatwave impacts

​Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, March 2014-present

• ARC DECRA fellow (March 2014-March 2017)
• continue focused research on heatwaves
• researching plausible future projections of heatwaves over Australia
• understanding heatwave drivers, their interactions and changes, past, present, and future

ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, November 2011-March 2014
Post-doctoral position, UNSW node

• refining metrics used to measure heatwaves, while still representing all characteristics (e.g. intensity, frequency, duration)
• researching observed changes in heatwaves over Australia and the globe
• quantifying the human signal in recent observed Australian heatwaves

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, September 2009 - November 2011
Post-doctoral position, the Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP).

• evaluation and construction of projections from climate models for the Pacific region
• training and communicating results to Pacific Islands stakeholders
• Contribution to "Climate Change in the Pacific: Scientific Assessment and New Research"

Student Supervision

• Nicholas Cahlau (summer student, January 2014)
• Tammas Loughran (PhD, August 2014-March 2018)
• Peter Gibson (PhD, August 2014-August 2017)
• Jaqueline Fenwick (summer intern, January 2015)
• Oliver Angelil (PhD, February 2015-May 2018)
• Charuni Pathmeswaran (PhD, 2018-)
• Xu Deng (PhD, 2018-)
• Jyoteeshkumar Reddy (PhD, 2018-)
• Thao Linh Tran (PhD, 2018-)
• Leanne Lee (Honors, 2020-)
• Philipp Aglas (Practicum/intern, 2020-)

Grants and project Collaborations

• Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CE170100023) (2021-)
• ARC Future Fellow (FT170100106), for funding commencing in 2017
• ARC DECRA Fellow (DE140100952), 2014-2017
• NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Climate Change Research Centre - Heatwaves affecting NSW and the ACT - recent trends, future projections and associated impacts on human health,  2015
• National Environmental Science Program, contributor to Earth Systems Hub, Ocean extremes program, 2016- present
• Charles Perkins Centre on "Climate Adaptation & Health" research node, contributor, 2016-present​​
• NSW Office of the Chief Scientist conference program award, 2018

Teaching

• Lecturer/tutor – CLIM3001 – connections in the climate system, UNSW Sydney, March 2012, 2013 & 2016
• Tutor – ClIM1001 – introduction to climate change, UNSW Sydney, Semester 2, 2012 and 2013
• Guest lecturer - GEOS2111 - natural hazards, Sydney University, March 2014-2020.
• Global Education Designs guest lecture for U.S. students - the weather and climate of Australia, January 2016 -2018
• Lecturer - CLIM2001 - atmospheric science, UNSW Sydney, "climate" module, 2016.
• Lecturer - BEES3041 - Big data in biological sciences, UNSW Sydney, 2020
• Convenor - ZPEM3208 - geographical research methods, UNSW Canberra, 2021

Awards

• The inaugural Climate Change Research Centre prize for highest impact student paper – 2009

• Early Career Researcher Travel awardee – Australian Academy of Science Annual Symposium, 2011

• Travel Awardee to Science meets Parliament, sponsored by the Community and Public Sector Union, 2011.

• Shortlisted for the UNSW VC Fellowship, 2011.

• Recipient of a NSW Young Tall Poppy Award, 2013.
• Shortlisted for 2014 Eureka prize early career researcher award, as part of the "extremes team"
• 2014 Director's Prize from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
• One of UNSW Australia's 20 rising stars who will change the world, 2016
• Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Early Career Researcher Award, 2016
• Australian Academy of Science Dorothy Hill Medal, 2021

Memberships/committees

• Member of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

• Organising committee for the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Conference,  2013, 2020.
• Co-convenor,  the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Conference, 2019

• Organising committee for the Greenhouse International conference, Adelaide, 2013 and 2015.
•  Founding council member, YESS early career scientists’ global network
•  Committee member, Global Climate Change Week, 2016
• Partner with Masada College, Scientists in Schools program 2013-2014
• Associate Editor of Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography (ASCMO), 2016-present 
• Associate Editor of Atmospheric Research, 2016-2017 ​
• Associate Editor of Weather and Climate Extremes, 2019-present
• Member of Scientific Reports editorial board 2018-2020
• Liaison between the World Meteorological Organisation Standing Committee's on Marine Meteorology and Oceanography; and Climate
• Co-Chair of the Expert Team on Communication and Outreach, World Meteorological Organisation Commission for Climatology, 2018-2020
• Co-Chair if the Interactional Association of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Early Career Scientist committee, 2020-present

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