As a Nancy Foster Scholar (NOAA, USA) at the University of North Florida, I investigated the impact of salinity stress on seagrass and the impact that stress has on susceptibility to Labyrinthula infection and seagrass wasting disease.
My PhD research was on blue carbon biogeochemistry in seagrass ecosystems. At the University of Technology Sydney, I developed a fascination for coastal microbial ecology.
In Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab, I’ve held several postdocs, including the Alfred Deakin and Faculty of Science Industry Fellowships. During this time I have developed all these aspects of my research…I now combine marine disease research and biosecurity with the microbial ecology and chemistry of coastal plants and soils.