2019-present Senior Lecturer/Coordinator of First Year Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

2012-2019 Lecturer/Coordinator of First Year Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

2009-2011: Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the supervision of Prof Julian Gale and Prof Kate Wright (Curtin University, Australia)

2007-2008: Postdoctoral Research Assistant under the supervision of Prof Jill Banfield and Dr Glenn Waychunas and Dr Benjamin Gilbert (University of California, Berkeley and LBNL, USA)

2003-2006: PhD in Computational Chemistry under the supervision of Prof Steve Parker (University of Bath, UK)

1999-2003: MChem with a year in industry (University of Kent, UK)

2019 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant

2015 and 2016 Centre of Education Futures Scholarships
Catalyst Grant-Chemistry Discipline Network

CHEM1001-Properties and Energetics
CHEM1002-Structure and Reactivity
CHEM1003-Introductory Chemistry
CHEM1004-Biological Chemistry

CHEM3002-Chemical Explorations

CHEM3006-Chemistry Beyond the Laboratory

My research interests are in Chemistry Education Research and Computational Chemistry.

In Chemistry Education Research I am interesting in the research exploring students self-efficacy in the chemistry laboratory. I design and develop new technologies such as interactive 360^o videos and augmented reality experiences and research the impact on student learning in the cognitive and affective domain. I am also keen to discover the links that students think they have between their assessments and employability skills.

In Computational Chemistry I enjoy researching the processes that are involved on solid surfaces such as  adsorption of species and catalysis of reactions. I am particularly interested in discovering the role that defects, such as dislocations, have on the properties of semiconductors. I am also interested in the aggregation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons which have astrochemical and environmental implications.