I am a marine scientist with expertise in fish ecology, video-based methods for assessing marine communities in shallow to hadal depths, inter- and subtidal invertebrate ecology, and oil and gas decommissioning.

My current position as Deputy Director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre (MUDSRC) at UWA is both research intensive, strategic and administrative. I manage external relationships and assist to coordinate research which encapsulates seven postdoctoral Research Fellows, four research support staff, and three PhD students. I also hold a position as Research Fellow in the School of Biological Science at UWA. I am Chief Investigator on deep-sea research projects in multiple Australian Marine Parks in the Indian Ocean and work as Chief Scientist at sea for many vessels, including Inkfish’s RV Dagon which is equipped with the full-ocean-depth human-occupied submersible, DSSV Bakunawa.

My primary interests and research explores abyssal and hadal environments using various video-based methods including baited landers, human occupied submersibles, and remotely operated vehicles. At a national level, my research focuses on understanding the deepest locations off Australia and how they change through time, and how spatial management practises like marine parks can play a role in protecting the deep sea. Internationally, I utilise video-based techniques to quantify biodiversity at the deepest locations on Earth and *try to* explain how and why these locations and different or the same. 

I also work alongside oil and gas companies to understand how and why fish and fisheries interact with their subsea infrastructure and the implications for decommissioning their assets. This work informs national and international best practise approach and guidelines for decommissioning offshore oil and gas assets.

All my research works closely with industry partners, national governments and philanthropic organisations operating in Western Australia and overseas, and I set my results in a global context. I am currently collaborating with colleagues in the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, New Zealand, and Japan.