Collecting ice cores. Photo credit: Jemina Stuart-Smith

2023 – current   Research Associate in Carbon biogeochemistry (Australian Antarctic Program Partnership)
-Examine the mechanisms that drive carbon export in the Southern Ocean.
-Supervise Honours and PhD students as well as postdoctoral fellows.

2022 – 2023      Executive Officer (Southern Ocean Observing System)
-6-month maternity cover.

2021 – 2022      Private consultant
-Part of a successful joint tender to the European Commission to identify capacity for marine monitoring across Europe.

2020 – 2022      International Project Officer (Global Ocean Observing System)
-Program lead for the Biology and Ecosystem panel.

2018 – 2020      Postdoctoral Research Associate in Quantitative Ocean Biogeochemistry (University of Liverpool)
-Develop mechanistic models examining the role of biota in biogeochemical processes.
-Supervise graduate student research project

2016 – 2017     Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology (Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre)
-Undertake field and laboratory research on influence of sea ice to the Southern Ocean microbial loop
-Examine the distribution of particulate organic carbon in coastal polynyas

2013 – 2016      PhD candidate (University of Tasmania)
Examine the role of Antarctic krill and baleen whales on iron cycling in the Southern Ocean.

2011 – 2014      Research Scientist (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Examine the implications of climate warming on freshwater ecosystems in the Andes Mountain, Ecuador and the Rocky Mountains, USA.

2009 – 2010     Research Scientist ((Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre, LaTrobe University, Australia)
Project Leader for the Murray River Bio-Monitoring Program.

2008                 Research Assistant – Part time (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Investigate the influence of climate warming on carbon sequestration in freshwater ecosystems.

2006 – 2007     Research Assistant – Part time (Monash University, Malaysia)
Examine the influence of climate warming on community structure and carbon sequestration.

2004                 Translator – Internship with United Nations Environment Program (United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity)
Translate scientific papers and verbal communications from Portuguese and Spanish to English and vice versa.