For the past 8 years and currently, I have been working as a Research Wildlife Biologist for the US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Centre (USGS-WERC) Dixon Field Station, where I work predominantly on movement ecology of Pacific Flyway Waterfowl. This work has contributed directly to applied and adaptive management of waterfowl, waterbirds and their wetland habitats across North America. Our research has included focus on migration, breeding, population studies, habitats and disease as well as various anthropogenic impacts including climate change, drought, wildfires, energy development, habitat change and fragmentation.

Sir David Attenborough and I on location on Heron Island in 2014 during filming of David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef.

One of the highlights of my research career was working side-by-side with Sir David Attenborough as his scientific, seabird and site consultant on his final on-location documentary produced by BBC TV and Atlantic Productions -  David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef, for which I gave an interview and my research data that were used in the 2nd documentary episode "Visitors" (can be seen on the interactive website).

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Prior to that I spent 8 years researching Great Barrier Reef seabirds (2009-16), and worked as a seabird ecologist in varied locations and habitats, with numerous species across Australia and New Zealand.

I have a long-held and deeply passionate belief in the need to  conserve our amazing wildlife and natural world. As a result I have spent many years involved in conservation activities for many marine, terrestrial and aquatic taxa and critical habitats including birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, crustaceans, insects, plants, beaches, reefs, forests, wetlands etc.

I have visited all 7 continents and lived and worked in 11 countries. I taught SCUBA diving in tropical environs around the world while also working and advocating for wildlife conservation, which, ultimately led to my scientific studies and becoming a researcher.

I am an avid skier, photographer, diver, hiker and backpacker (have climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Whitney, the Inca Trail, Annapurna Circuit, and many mountains of the Alps, Sierra Nevada and Rockies). I have visited  the Arctic and Antarctica by ship. Other interests include yoga,  camping, drawing and writing, citizen science, reading, stand-up paddle boarding, swimming, snowshoeing, and cooking exotic cuisines.