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Biography



Academic Education and Qualifications

1999-2003 Doctor of Philosophy
Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences Program
  Thesis title: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction From the Geochemistry of Karst Cave Deposits
1993-1998 Bachelor of Science (Honours)
University of Sydney, School of Geosciences
Pyhsical Geography Program
University Medal, First Class Honours
  Thesis title: Late Quaternary Palaeoclimate Inferred From Two Tasmanian Speleothems

Academic Employment

2003-2004 Post-doctoral Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Constructing records of rapid climate change at annual resolution from oxygen isotopes measured in a Chinese speleothem by in situ ion microprobe mass spectrometry.
March-June 2003 Consultancy
The Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences
Collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geology and Paleontology Constructing hydro-climatic records from rare earth elements in Austrian speleothems by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
1999-2003 Research Student
The Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences
Conducted remote area fieldwork and geochemical analysis of carbonates and waters including stable isotopes, trace elements and radionuclide dating techniques; to construct high-resolution climate proxy records from southwest Western Australian and Tasmanian speleothems.