Tom is a skeletal muscle physiologist with a research focus on the effects of skeletal muscle diseases on skeletal muscle function, particularly that of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Tom completed his PhD at UWA, where he focused on the involvement of hypochlorous acid in the disease pathology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 

Tom collaborates closely with A/ Prof Tony Bakker and in their lab group, a range of experimental techniques are used to investigate whole muscle function, isolated myofibre function and intracellular Ca²⁺ signalling among others to elucidate muscle dysfunction mechanisms in disease states.

Tom also supervises serveral research students and teaches into the undergarduate physiology degree