I am a final year PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne. I study stellar nucleosynthesis and mixing processes from a theoretical perspective, particularly for stars born enriched in heavy elements. This helps us to place constraints on regions in the universe that harbor greater quantities of metals, such as galactic nuclei, as well as the upper bounds of stellar contributions to chemical enrichment.

My undergraduate background is physics and mathematics, where I have then specialized in stellar astrophysics for my honours degree and PhD. My research experience is with stellar modelling, where I have worked with:

• The Monash / Mt. Stromlo stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis code, to investigate how light and heavy element (from the slow neutron capture process) chemical contributions from low mass stars vary as a function of their initial metallicity,
• For stars on the border of the intermediate to massive range, I have used the Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) software program to investigate how the initial mass to produce a type II core collapse supernovae varies as a function of initial metallicity.
• My most recent work has been with the KEPLER stellar evolution code, where we are producing explosive stellar yields for type II core collapse supernovae.

Outside of Academia, I've worked in science education and outreach (Australia and internationally) for the past decade. I’ve taught students from grade two to post-graduate level. Helping to train and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers is something I’m very passionate about, Some highlights include:

• The where can physics take me? resource. Together with the Vicphysics Teachers' Network and Dr. Sara Webb, we interviewed 20+ professionals with backgrounds in physics about their journey from curious kid to astrophysicist (or oceanographer, engineer, teacher extraordinaire, pilot + many more).
• Working with a local Melbourne primary school to win NameExoWorlds2022. The students chose the name "Wattle" for the host star WASP-19 and "Banksia" for its orbiting planet, WASP-19b, named after native Australian plants.

I love learning in general, not just about space. I have a graduate diploma in Archaeology and Ancient history and spent my 2015 & 2016 summers working on digs at the Eric the Red West fossil site (Cape Otway, Victoria). I also hold a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and used to compete in kickboxing and Muay Thai. I was lucky enough to spend six months training at the Absolute MMA Thailand campus (Rawai, Phuket) in 2019.