In 2010 I graduated from the University of Queensland, Australia with a BSc and a BCom, majoring in zoology and finance respectively. During the subsequent year I completed an honours degree in zoology, examining variation in the hindgut microbial communities of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) over winter in Crystal River, Florida.

I joined WildCRU in 2013 to commence my DPhil. My thesis will investigate the direct threats of bushmeat hunting and retaliatory killing of fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), and provide insight into their conservation through habitat preference, genetics and the pressures of human settlement upon abundance.