CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Macquarie University (2002-2007)
Bachelor of Science
Doctor of Philosophy
Professional
Employment History
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, September 2009 - November 2011
Post-doctoral position, the Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP).
Post-doctoral position, UNSW node
ARC DECRA fellow (March 2014-March 2017)
Student Supervision
Grants and project Collaborations
Overseas Collaborations
Memberships/committees
Education
Macquarie University (2002-2007)
Bachelor of Science
- Major in climate science
- Minor in conservation biology
- Development of crucial research skills
- Background research for higher degree study
- Major in Atmospheric Science
- Transfer to the University of New South Wales after 18 months
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
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"
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
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
- 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
Student Supervision
- Nicholas Cahlau (summer student, January 2014)
- Tammas Loughran (PhD, commenced August 2014)
- Peter Gibson (PhD, August 2014-August 2017)
- Jaqueline Fenwick (summer intern, January 2015)
- Oliver Angelil (PhD, commencing February 2015)
Grants and project Collaborations
- ARC DECRA Fellow, 2014-2017
- ARC Future Fellow, for funding commencing in 2018
- 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
Overseas Collaborations
- ETH Zurich (April-May 2013; October 2014), hosted by Dr Erich Fischer
- Hadley Centre, U.K. Met Office (May-June 2013), hosted by Dr Nikos Christidis
- Lecturer/tutor – Clim3001 – connections in the climate system, UNSW Australia, March 2012, 2013 & 2016
- Tutor – Clim1001 – introduction to climate change, Semester 2, 2012 and 2013
- Guest lecturer - Geos2111 - natural hazards, Sydney University, March 2014-2017.
- Global Education Designs guest lecture for U.S. students - the weather and climate of Australia, January 2016 -2018
- Lecturer - Clim2001 - atmospheric science, UNSW Australia, "climate" module, 2016.
- 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.
- ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) recipient, for funding commencing in 2014.
- 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
Memberships/committees
- Member of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- Organising committee of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science Young Researcher’s workshop, September, 2012
- Organising committee for the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Conference, Melbourne, February 2013.
- Organising committee for the Greenhouse 2013 International conference, Adelaide, October 2013.
- Organising committee for the Greenhouse 2015 International conference, October 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), 2016-2017
- Associate Editor of Atmospheric Research
- Environmental Research Letters
- Nature Climate Change
- Climate Research
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Climate Dynamics
- Journal of Climate
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Climatic Change
- International Journal of Climatology
- Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal
- Journal of Hydrology
- Climate Futures for Tasmania Report (2010)
- CAWCR Technical Report no. 38 : Methods for producing extreme temperature projections for Australia