Experience

OzFish Unlimited

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  OzFish Unlimited is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping the millions of Aussie recreational fishers take control of the health of their rivers, lakes and estuaries and shore up the future of the sport they love. OzFish Unlimited partners with fishers and the broader community to invest time and money into the protection and restoration of our waterways, counteracting decades of degradation. My current role with OzFish is Project Manager for Nth and Far Nth QLD. In this role I am connecting recreational fishers with government, industry, university and other community partner organisations to deliver improved fish habitat outcomes for north QLD.



James Cook University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Research Associate

  • Sep 2017 - Present

• Casual Academic

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2019

  This position has involved tutoring and lecturing undergraduate and masters students in eco-physiology, aquaculture propagation and aquaculture system design.

• Research Project Officer

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  In this role I provided technical and on-site support for the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Genetics. Working on-site at a commercial prawn hatchery, I provided technical and logistical support for an industry-linked research project that aimed to improve production of black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon).

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

  In this position I provided technical support and performed general maintenance activities and data collection for an aquaculture nutrition project with Dr Igor Pirozzi



MBD Energy

• Australia
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  My position with MBD focussed on developing culture technology for selected macroalgae species at commercial scale. This project was a collaboration between MBD and researchers at James Cook University and was run on-site at a commercial prawn farm (Pacific Reef Fisheries) in north Queensland. My position with MBD focussed on developing culture technology for selected macroalgae species at commercial scale. This project was a collaboration between MBD and researchers at James Cook University and was run on-site at a commercial prawn farm (Pacific Reef Fisheries) in north Queensland.



University of New England (AU)

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  In this role I assisted the senior researcher to conduct field trips to assess species richness and abundance (fish and crustaceans) in the Gwydir river near the town of Moree in New South Wales In this role I assisted the senior researcher to conduct field trips to assess species richness and abundance (fish and crustaceans) in the Gwydir river near the town of Moree in New South Wales



CSIRO

• Australia
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research project officer

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2012

  In this role I assisted the aquaculture project team with RAS system design, construction and maintenance at the Bribie Island research centre. I provided technical and logistical support for experiments on commercially important finfish and crustacean species. In this role I assisted the aquaculture project team with RAS system design, construction and maintenance at the Bribie Island research centre. I provided technical and logistical support for experiments on commercially important finfish and crustacean species.



Southern Cross University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2011 - Nov 2011

  In this role I provided technical support, including constructing and maintaining RAS systems, coordinating field trips to collect animals, developing safe operating procedures and coordinating the laboratory at the National Marine Science Centre in Coffs Harbour, NSW In this role I provided technical support, including constructing and maintaining RAS systems, coordinating field trips to collect animals, developing safe operating procedures and coordinating the laboratory at the National Marine Science Centre in Coffs Harbour, NSW