Brief History
I was born in London but did most of my growing up on the North Coast of Cornwall. I moved back to London to study Genetics & Botany at University College London (UCL) and graduated with a First Class Honours Degree. I then worked for two years in student poltics, first at UCL as a Sabbatical Officer running UCL Student's Union and then as an Executive Officer of the UK National Union of Students. My portfolios included equity in education, antiracism, diversity and student welfare. I completed a Graduate Certificate in in Science Education at Kings College London and worked as a high school science teacher in a London before returning to UCL to start a PhD on plant nitrogen metabolism.
Professional Experience
| 2020 -present |
Deputy Director (Science Implementation), Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future Program |
| 2020 -present |
Executive Director, Global Challenges Program, University of Wollongong |
| 2018 -present |
Leader, Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones, Global Challenges Program, University of Wollongong |
| 2016 - present |
Senior Professor, SEALS, The University of Wollongong |
| 2016 - 2018 |
Associate Dean Graduate Research, University of Wollongong |
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Professional Activities
National & International Committees and Editorships
| United Nations Environment Programme Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (2010 -) |
| Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (2009 - 2012) |
| Editor, Global Change Biology (2005 - present) |
| Editorial Advisory Committee, Functional Plant Biology (2002 - 2007) |
| Custodian Antarctic State of the Environment Indicator (2002 - present) |
University Governance
| 2005 - 2008 | University Research Committee |
| 2004 - present | University Promotion and Probation Committee |
| 1998 - 2002, 2005 - 2008 | Science Faculty Research Committee |
| 2002 - present | Science Faculty Workloads Committee |
| 2001 - 2005 | University Library Consultative Committee |
| 1996 - 2000 | Science Faculty Library Committee (Chair 2001 – 2005) |
| 1997 - 2000 | Academic Senate |
| 1998 - 1999 | Co-chair University of Wollongong Tertiary Literacies Working Party |
| 1998 - 1999 | Science Faculty Representative at Health & Behavioural Science Faculty meetings |
| 1998 | Science Faculty Internationalisation Committee |
| 1997 | Introduction to Tertiary Teaching Curriculum Advisory Committee |
Awards
| 2019 | UOW Vice Chancellor’s Researcher of the Year |
| 2019 | Collaborative Team prize, UOW Scholars Impact Competition |
| 2018 | UOW Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership and Impact Award |
| 2017 | The Sun Foundation Australia 2017 Peer Prize for Women |
| 2009 | Chlorotube 2nd prize (You tube The Science of Cool) |
| 2003 | American Society of Plant Biologists |
| 2001 | (US$1000 to present Photosynthesis in silico CD) |
| 2002 | Australian Society of Plant Scientists’ Teaching Award |
| 2001 | Australian College of Education (Illawarra Branch) |
| 2001 | Outstanding contribution to Higher Education Award |
| 1991 | Irene Manton Prize, Linnean Society of London. Best UK PhD in Botany |
Contacts
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Phone: +61 2 4221 5753
Office: 20.205a
Address:
University of Wollongong
Northfields Avenue
WOLLONGONG NSW 2522
AUSTRALIA
