CV

Experience

Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University (2025-2029)

• Project: MQRF25 The birth of new Australian Aboriginal Languages: the role of speaker identity in language genesis

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University (2023-2025)

• Project: DP220102925 The building blocks of language: Words in Central Australian languages
• Supervisor: Mike Proctor

Associate Lecturer, University of Western Australia (2022)

• Lecturer & coordinator of:
  • LING1001 Language and Communication
  • LING2002 The Sounds of the World's Languages
  • LING3003 Linguistics of Australian Indigenous Languages
  • LING4103 Methods in Linguistic Research

Education

PhD, University of Queensland (2021)

• Thesis: A grammatical description of Warlmanpa
• Supervisors: Felicity Meakins, Mary Laughren, & David Nash

BA (H1 Hons) , University of Western Australia (2016)

• Double major in Linguistics & Management

Selected Experiences & Awards

Macquarie University Research Fellowship (2025-2029)

• Chief Investigator
• Success rate: 7.6% (approx)
• Funding amount: AU$481,484 (approx)

ECR Enabling Scheme, Macquarie University (2024)

• Panel's top ranked applicant
• Funding amount: AU$2,926.80

Dean's Award for Outstanding HDR Theses, University of Queensland (2021)

• Success rate: <10%