Received his PhD in physics from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, WA, Australia, in 2016. He is currently a research associate with the Department of Physics at the University of Western Australia and is a senior member of the Quantum Technologies and Dark MatterResearch Group. He is an active member of two nation-wide Asutralian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence; the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) funded from 2018-24; and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics funded from 2020-27. 

His research interests span a broad range of topics concerning precision, low-energy measurements for tests of fundamental physics, which includes direct detection of dark matter experiments, optomechanical systems to test quantum gravity, and investigations of extreme light-matter interactions; pursuing deep strong coupling in cavity magnonics and generating unique states of light. His doctorate focused on a macroscopic (kg scale) electro-mechanical device with the potential to test the nature of gravitational effects in the quantum world, as well as improvements to the phase noise performance of microwave readout technology at 100 kHz.

More recently, Bourhill has begun pursuing the commercialisation of some of his research, which focuses on utilising unique 3D-printed microwave resonators for chiral molecular sensing and filtering for pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical diagnostics, as well as dual-use applications. He received a 2024 Australia's Economic Accelerator grant to further develop this technology with an industry partner.

Bourhill has over 30 journal publications and 2 patents. He is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in academia. Skilled in Data Analysis, Matlab, COMSOL Finite Element Modelling, CAD design, Pyhton, Mathematica, Scientific Computing, Electrodynamics and Quantum Theory.