I am a computational astrophysicist who works on a range of problems in dark matter and galaxy formation using large-scale supercomputers. I have been based at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at the University of Western Australia since 2011, during which time I've been a Research Assistant Professor (2011-2013), Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2014-2017), and a Research Associate Professor (2018-present).

I have taught courses at advanced undergraduate and Master's level on "Astrophysical Fluids and Shocks" and "High Energy Astrophysics". Currently I teach the "Astrophysical Cosmology" part of "Cosmological Physics" (PHYS4418), as well as acting as guest lecturer on astrophysical modelling for the "Scientific High Perfomance Computing" course (SHPC4001). 

I obtained my PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics in 2003 from Durham University in the UK, where I worked on the topic of "The Internal Structure of Lambda Cold Dark Matter Halos" under the supervision of Prof Carlos Frenk. Subsequently I had postdocs at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia (2004-2007) and in the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the University of Leicester in the UK (2008-2011).