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

 Journal and mAgazine covers 

 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

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 Training & Workshops 

University of Sydney   |   Taming the BEAST down under   |   Instructor

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University of Canberra   |   DArT_R Workshop   |   Participant

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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 | 

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 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 |