RESUME
academic qualifications
Ichthyology Curator, Australian Museum | 2024–present
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Chadwick Biodiversity Research Fellow, Australian Museum | 2022–2024
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney | 2019–2022
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Bachelor of Science, Honours class I, University of Sydney | 2019
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Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney | 2018
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Journal and mAgazine covers
Awards
American Society of Ichthyology & Herpetology – Best Student Paper | 2022
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
Journal of Fish Biology
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Journals published in
Ecology
Ichthyology & Herpetology (formerly Copeia)
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
Molecular Ecology
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
PNAS
Systematic Biology
Tropical Lepidoptera Research
ZooKeys
Zootaxa
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Journals REVIEWED FOR
Check List
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Ichthyology & Herpetology (formerly Copeia)
Ichthyological Research
Journal of Biogeography
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
Fisheries Research
Systematic Biology
ZooKeys
Zootaxa
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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 | Virtual Evolution 2021 |
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 |
