Background
In 2005 I completed my BSc at Macquarie following a number of years studying Fine Arts at UNSW. The primary focus of my BSc undergrad was plant science, prompted by my fascination with the bush and gardens in which I grew up.
After many years of rewarding employment within the NSW Department of Environment & Climate Change, I came to Macquarie to work as a Plant Ecology Researcher in 2006. Since taking up this position I have worked on a number of diverse projects including modelling the distributions of weed species under current and future climate scenarios and investigating the utility of herbarium specimens as surrogates for long-term phenological data in the Australian Alps.
In 2007 I commenced a PhD program under the supervision of Michelle Leishman and Lesley Hughes.