Education:
August 2013 - January 2017:
PhD in Climate Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Thesis titled "Influences on Australian East Coast Lows in present and future climates" awarded April 2017
August 2008 - May 2010:
MPhil (Masters by Research) at Macquarie University. Sydney, Australia.
Thesis titled “Improving rainfall estimation methods using the CP2 polarimetric radar in Queensland, Australia” awarded April 2011; involved large-scale data analysis to develop more effective methods for estimating rainfall from radar data, with an algorithm developed that is now in use at CAWCR.
2005 - 2007
BSc (Physics and Atmospheric Science) at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Achieved a perfect record of Distinction/High Distinction grades with numerous awards, including an annual $2500 scholarship and the Vice Chancellor's Commendation for outstanding academic achievement at the undergraduate level.
Other training:
Prizes:
Employment:
January 2011 - present
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Employed in the Climate Monitoring team on a full-time basis until June 2013, with part-time employment thereafter. Major duties included monitoring and communication of Australian climate variability and extremes, with an average of 100 media interviews per year, as well as writing routine climate summaries and reports and giving regular presentations to state government agencies and other stakeholders. Role also entailed significant research and project work, including assessments of the major drivers of climate variability on rainfall, heatwaves and snowfall in eastern Australia.
May 2008 - December 2010:
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Employed part-time in the New South Wales Climate Services Centre to assist in regional climate monitoring, data provision and research work. Specific projects included an assessment of the major influences on extreme high and low inflow events for the NSW Department of Water and Energy, and a climate risk assessment report for the NSW Department of the Environment and Climate Change.
August 2013 - January 2017:
PhD in Climate Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Thesis titled "Influences on Australian East Coast Lows in present and future climates" awarded April 2017
August 2008 - May 2010:
MPhil (Masters by Research) at Macquarie University. Sydney, Australia.
Thesis titled “Improving rainfall estimation methods using the CP2 polarimetric radar in Queensland, Australia” awarded April 2011; involved large-scale data analysis to develop more effective methods for estimating rainfall from radar data, with an algorithm developed that is now in use at CAWCR.
2005 - 2007
BSc (Physics and Atmospheric Science) at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Achieved a perfect record of Distinction/High Distinction grades with numerous awards, including an annual $2500 scholarship and the Vice Chancellor's Commendation for outstanding academic achievement at the undergraduate level.
Other training:
- June 2013: ARCCSS Winter School on Climate Modelling, UNSW, Australia
- December 2013: Scientific Paper Writing Workshop, UNSW, Australia
- February 2014: WRF user tutorial and workshop, UNSW, Australia
- June 2014: ARCCSS Winter School on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, ANU, Australia
- July 2014: WCRP-ICTP Summer School on Attribution and Prediction of Extreme Events
- Jul-Dec 2014: Audited 300-level subject “Fluids, Oceans and Climate”, UNSW, Sydney
- June 2016: ARCCSS Winter School on Tropical Meteorology, Monash university, Melbourne
- August-September 2016: Beginning to Teach, UNSW, Sydney
Prizes:
- 2016: Climate Change Research Centre Prize for Science Communication, Outreach, or Education
- 2015: “Best Student Speaker” at annual conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- 2007: Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for outstanding academic achievement at the undergraduate level
Employment:
January 2011 - present
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Employed in the Climate Monitoring team on a full-time basis until June 2013, with part-time employment thereafter. Major duties included monitoring and communication of Australian climate variability and extremes, with an average of 100 media interviews per year, as well as writing routine climate summaries and reports and giving regular presentations to state government agencies and other stakeholders. Role also entailed significant research and project work, including assessments of the major drivers of climate variability on rainfall, heatwaves and snowfall in eastern Australia.
May 2008 - December 2010:
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Employed part-time in the New South Wales Climate Services Centre to assist in regional climate monitoring, data provision and research work. Specific projects included an assessment of the major influences on extreme high and low inflow events for the NSW Department of Water and Energy, and a climate risk assessment report for the NSW Department of the Environment and Climate Change.