Biography
I'm a PhD candidate and research associate interested in non-proliferation, arms control and the geopolitics of health security. My current research is focused on deterring the use of chemical, biological and radiological weapons (CBRW) under conditions of hybrid warfare.
My doctoral work is supported by an an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship (doi.org/10.82133/C42F-K220), and a Defence Strategic Policy Grant...view more
I'm a PhD candidate and research associate interested in non-proliferation, arms control and the geopolitics of health security. My current research is focused on deterring the use of chemical, biological and radiological weapons (CBRW) under conditions of hybrid warfare.
My doctoral work is supported by an an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship (doi.org/10.82133/C42F-K220), and a Defence Strategic Policy Grant (no. 2025-060).
Recent work can be found in the academic journals Defense & Security Analysis, BMJ Military Health, Global Biosecurity, and in the Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and International Relations.
Reportage and analysis has featured in Australian Foreign Affairs, The Diplomat, The Strategist, The Interpreter, The Conversation and Australian Outlook.
In 2024, I completed a Midcareer Biodefense Fellowship at the Council on Strategic Risks in Washington, D.C.
My Qualifications
R.N., B/A Arts, GradDip MH Nurs, M.P.H. (Security)
My Research Activities
In recent years I have collaborated with colleagues at UNSW on several exercises at the intersection of public health and national security:
2025 - present: Research Associate - Defence Strategic Policy Grant project no. 2025-060: Deterring the use of chemical, biological and radiological weapons in hybrid warfare.
2024: Project Officer - Exercise Able Resolve (INDOPACOM). This exercise, a collaboration between UNSW and the U.S. Department of Defense, modelled responses to an outbreak of smallpox in a Pacific island nation.
2023: Research Assistant - The Boxwood Scenarios (Phase III: Biological Weapons). This exercise was led by Associate Professor David Heslop, and was aimed at Australian professionals working in Defence, the intelligence community and foreign affairs.
I have also provided teaching assistance for the security specialisation of the Master of Public Health at UNSW in 2024 and 2025, including PHCM 9789 (Bioterrorism & Health Intelligence). Oral presentations have been delivered at Georgetown University and at the 2024 Global Health Security Conference in Sydney.
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8253-5014