I have a PhD in Marine Science from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. During my PhD studies and after graduating, I worked in industry as an acoustician in New Zealand before completing two Postdoctoral Fellowships: one at the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Hydrobiology in China and another at the University of Victoria in Canada. I am now a Research Fellow at the University of Victoria in BC, Canada, working closely with Jasco Applied Sciences Ltd and WCS Canada, and the underwater acoustics lead at Styles Group Ltd, New Zealand.
I was first introduced to the field of underwater acoustics during my first year of grad school, in my marine science MAR701 class at the University of Auckland. The class was on current issues in marine science and we were discussing how fish use sound to navigate the oceans and the role of sound as an orientation cue in larval fish. The idea that a creature such as a tiny fish larva could locate the safety of a reef by following reef sound underwater was completely captivating. From there, I did a lot of reading, changed my thesis topic to how noise influences the biology of the ocean, got new PhD supervisors (Professor Andrew G. Jeffs and Dr Craig A. Radford) and moved to the Leigh Marine Laboratory at the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland.
Since then, my passion for ocean noise research has grown into an obsession that has taken me around the world.
I was first introduced to the field of underwater acoustics during my first year of grad school, in my marine science MAR701 class at the University of Auckland. The class was on current issues in marine science and we were discussing how fish use sound to navigate the oceans and the role of sound as an orientation cue in larval fish. The idea that a creature such as a tiny fish larva could locate the safety of a reef by following reef sound underwater was completely captivating. From there, I did a lot of reading, changed my thesis topic to how noise influences the biology of the ocean, got new PhD supervisors (Professor Andrew G. Jeffs and Dr Craig A. Radford) and moved to the Leigh Marine Laboratory at the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland.
Since then, my passion for ocean noise research has grown into an obsession that has taken me around the world.