About Me
I am presently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium in southern Taiwan where my research focuses on coral thermal tolerance and climate change resilience.
I completed my jointly-supervised PhD at Simon Fraser University (Canada) and National Dong Hwa University (Taiwan), where I assessed natural mechanisms and active enhancement of coral thermal tolerance. Prior to starting my PhD, I was a lecturer at National Dong Hwa University for 5 years where I developed and taught Ecology, Tourism, and English courses. I undertook my MSc at the University of Northern British Columbia (Canada) where I examined spawning site selection & the incubation environment of an endangered sub-species of coho salmon. My BSc (honours) is from Trent University (Canada) in Environmental Resource Science and Geography (with a year abroad at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand). I have always been fascinated by aquatic ecosystems, and this research interest has taken me from raging rivers in New Zealand, to frigid salmon spawning grounds in Canada, and most recently to spectacular coral reefs in Taiwan (and lots in between!) |