Leadership & Collaboration
- Instructor - International Geobiology Course (Sep 2022-Jul 2023). Involved in designing and teaching a six week summer course for graduate (PhD) students, including two weeks of field work in Italy where we investigated travertine deposits of Acquasanta Terme, sulfur-cycling microbes in Frasassi Caves, and the Bonarelli (OAE 2) horizon near Gubbio.
- Mentor - Goldschmidt conference mentor/mentee program (2022, 2023). Met with graduate students before and during the conference to discuss objectives, share science and career opportunities, and help them network.
- Science Team Collaborator - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover (Mar 2021-present). Member of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Working Group, and Extended Mission 4 Strategic Planning Working Group.
- Logistics Coordinator & Scientific Organising Committee Member - Astrobiology Australasia Meeting (AAM), online (9-11th Sep 2020). I managed logistics for the three day conference, in which over 150 people from more than 20 countries attended.
- Lead organiser & Co-Facilitator - Astrobiology Grand Tour, Pilbara, Western Australia (1st-11th Jul 2018). I organised and helped run a ten day scientific and cultural tour visiting internationally significant, remote research sites containing some of the earliest evidence for life on Earth. 45 scientists attended from Institutions across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Canada, and the USA.
- Field Guide - Astrobiology Grand Tour, Pilbara, Western Australia (15-25th Jul 2015). I helped coordinate and run a ten-day tour, in which 25 scientists participated from Universities across Australia, the UK, the US, and Canada, plus the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (US) and the Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (Aust).
Reviewing & Editing
- Reviewer - Astrobiology journal; Frontiers in Space Technologies journal.
- Proposal Reviewer - Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology.
- Abstract Reviewer - Goldschmidt (2023); AbGradCon (2022); Astrobiology Australasia Meeting (2020).
- Poster/Oral Presentation Judge - Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium (ECMSS) (2023); Penn State Geosciences Graduate Student Colloquium (2023); AbSciCon Student Poster Competition (2022).
- Scientific Fact Checker - Children's book Aliens and Other Worlds, by Prof. Lisa Harvey-Smith (2020); ABC Documentary The Great Acceleration, ep. 6 (2019).
Awards
- First place poster, Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Research Symposium (2022).
- UNSW Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses (2020).
- 'Best presentation with a fieldwork component', Geological Society of Australia Earth Science Student Symposium (GESSS), Sydney, Australia (2017).
- 'Outstanding seminar contribution to MG3 Life & Landforms session', GESSS, Sydney, Australia (2017).
- Phil Creaser CREATE Paleontology Prize (2015).
- 'Best Honours Earth Science Presentation', Geological Society of Australia NSW Division (2014).
- Queen's Scout Award; highest youth award available in the Scouting Movement (2010).
Grants & Fellowships
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow (2021-2023).
- Big Questions Institute Overseas Fellowship (2021-2023).
- Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives (PANGEA) Research Centre Student Grant, $800 (2019).
- Australian Postgraduate Award / Research Training Program Scholarship, $92 360 (2015-2018).
- Postgraduate Research Student Support (PRSS) Scheme recipient, $2 600 (2018).
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) Conference Support Grant for Goldschmidt, Boston, USA, $800 (2018).
- PANGEA Research Centre Student Grant, $810 (2018).
- Australian Speleological Federation (ASF) Award toward attendance at 17th International Congress of Speleology, Sydney, Australia, $600 (2017).
- PANGEA Research Centre Student Grant, $1 000 (2016).
- GeoHost Award toward attendance at 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa (travel, registration and accommodation) (2016).
Memberships
Committee Member:
General Member:
- Inaugural Executive Council Member - Postdocs of Earth & Mineral Sciences (PoEMS), Pennsylvania State University (2021-2023).
- Awards Coordinator - Penn State Postdoctoral Society (PSPS) (2021-2023).
- President - Geoscience Society (GeoSoc), University of New South Wales (UNSW) (2017).
- Secretary - Geoscience Society (GeoSoc), UNSW (2016).
- Events Coordinator - Geoscience Society (GeoSoc), UNSW (2015).
General Member:
- Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Australasia (WOMEESA) (2021-present).
- Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN) (2021-present).
- NASA Astrobiology's Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) (2021-present).
- Geochemical Society (2018-present).
- Geological Society of Australia (GSA) (2013-present).
- Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) (2014-2020).
- UNSW Geoscience Society (GeoSoc) (2010-2019).
Lab Visits
- Dr. Andrew Steele's Lab, Earth & Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC, USA (Sep 2022).
- Macquarie Analytical Facility, Macquarie University, Australia (Feb 2019).
- Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Lab, Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Apr 2017).
- SIMS Lab, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia (Jun-Jul 2016).
- Prof. Jennifer Macalady's Lab, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA (Jun 2016).
- Assoc. Prof. Andrew Czaja's Lab, Dept. of Geology, University of Cincinnati, USA (May 2016).
- Prof. Kliti Grice's Lab, Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Australia (Nov 2013).
Additional Training
- Safer People Safer Places Transgender & Gender Inclusion Workshop, Penn State University (Sep 2021).
- Safer People Safer Places Foundations Workshop, Penn State University (Sep 2021).
- Online Teaching Course, University of New South Wales, Sydney (Aug 2020).
- Raman Revealed Course, Renishaw plc, University of New South Wales, Sydney (6-7th Sep 2018).
- Intro to R Course, University of New South Wales, Sydney (9th May 2018).
- CPR Certificate, Allens Training (2018).
- First Aid Certificate, Medilife (2017).
- 4WD Course, Getabout Training Services, code: SISODRV302A (2013).
Curiosity selfie with Mont Mercou (the cliff in the background, ~7m high) in March 2021. Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.