I’m a palaeoclimatologist and geochronologist. My research involves U-Th and U-Pb dating of secondary carbonates (speleothems, travertines, tufas). I’m specialized in understanding past variability in the hydroclimate in the Southern Hemisphere. I currently work on speleothems from the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa and from various sites in southern Australia including the Naracoorte Caves.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Postdoctoral researcher, Berkeley Geochronology Center / University of California, Berkeley
  • 2022–2024
    Postdoctoral researcher, University of Cape Town

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Melbourne, PhD

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