A marine biologist with a passion for understanding the impacts of anthropogenic effects on ecosystems and organisms.
After completing an undergraduate degree in Marine and Environmental Biology I went on to do a PhD investigating the microbial communities associated with healthy and diseased reef-building corals. I then went on to investigate the impacts of rising sea temperature, eutrophication and ocean acidification on the microbial communities associated with tropical coastal ecosystems, and the subsequent impacts on ecosystem and organism health.
I moved to New Zealand in 2015 and my research focus changed to looking at the impacts of microplastics on our environment. I co-lead a 5-year MBIE Endeavour Fund project looking at the levels and impacts of microplastics on New Zealand's marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments, and investigating mitigation and microbial remediation options.
