RESUME
academic qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney | 2019–present
Bachelor of Science, Honours class I, University of Sydney | 2019
Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney | 2018
Diploma in Biotechnology, Singapore Polytechnic | 2012
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Awards
University of Sydney – Fudan University Partnership Collaboration Grant | 2019
John H Elliot Memorial Prize for Best Thesis in Animal Biology | 2019
University of Sydney Dean's List of Excellence in Academic Performance | 2019
Australian Museum Research Institute Postgraduate Fellowship | 2019
University of Sydney Science Centenary Fund Scholarship | 2019
Australian Coral Reef Society Prize for Best Macro Photograph and Overall Photograph | 2019
University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize | 2019
University of Sydney Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship for Doctoral Research | 2018
Genetics Society of AustralAsia Travel Award | 2018
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
EDITORIAL BOARD
Assistant Editor for Journal of Fish Biology
Journals published in
Copeia
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
Molecular Ecology
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Systematic Biology
Tropical Lepidoptera Research
ZooKeys
Zootaxa
Journals REVIEWED FOR
Check List
Copeia
Ichthyological Research
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
Fisheries Research
Systematic Biology
ZooKeys
Zootaxa
Training & Workshops
University of Sydney | Taming the BEAST down under | Instructor
University of Canberra | DArT_R Workshop | Participant
University of Sydney | Sydney Phylogenetics Workshop | Instructor
presentations
Fairy Wrasses and Fairy Tales: UCE Phylogenomics Reveal The Recent and Rapid Radiation of the Labrid Genus Cirrhilabrus
| Australian Museum Research Seminar 2020 |
Angels In Disguise: Hybridization In The Marine Angelfishes Is Widespread And Occurs Between Deeply Divergent Lineages
| AustralAsian Evolution Society 2019 |
Boomeranging Around Australia: Historical Biogeography and Systematics of the Anti-equatorial Fish Microcanthus strigatus
| Genetics Society of AustralAsia 2018 | Australian Museum Student Showcase 2018 |
| Australian Coral Reef Society 2019 |
Cool Fishes I've Seen in Cool Places I've Been
| Marine Aquarium Conference of Australia 2017 |
Taxonomy And Systematics – Why It Is What It Is
| Marine Aquarium Conference of Australia 2016 |
Pseudanthias And Other Anthiadine Serranids: A Guide To Their Aquarium Husbandry
| Nordic Coral Symposium 2015 |
Biogeography and Taxonomy of Coral Reef Fishes
| Marine Aquarium Conference of Australia 2015 |
For The Love of Wrasses: A Closer Look at the Genera Bodianus, Cirrhilabrus, and Paracheilinus
| Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 2014 |