CV

Education

Oct 2018: Research Associate, University of Liverpool, UK
- Nuclear physics graduate student activity coordinator, including invited * speakers, journal reviews, coding workshops etc.
- Undergraduate teaching (Mathematics for physicists III Course Tutor, BSc Projects Supervisor).
- Organiser and chair of online seminar series lockdownseminars.co.uk international research community event through Covid-19 pandemic.
- Member of Department Research & Impact Board.
- Supervisor: Prof. R. Herzberg
July 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, TRIUMF National Laboratory, Canada
- Led collaborations as spokesperson for multiple stable and radioactive ion beam experiments. Awarded beam time equivalent to $1.3M approx.
- Led development and commissioning of novel detectors SPICE and TRIFIC for use in radioactive ion beam physics.
- Supervised BSc, MSc and PhD projected students, as well as leading student activities and invited lecturing.
- Supervisor: Dr A. Garnsworthy
April 2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
- Conducted and supported experiments at JAEA Tokai and KURRI
- Supervisor: Dr K. Nishio

Accepted proposal (TRIUMF S1941) Coulomb excitation study of 158Yb to study octupole deformation.
Accepted proposal (iThemba LABS PR345) Electric monopole (E0) measurements of germanium and samarium nuclei.
2019: (TRIUMF S1716 - GRIFFIN) Beta-decay study of 72,74,76,78Ga, studying shape coexistence in germanium isotopes to quantify neutrinoless double-beta decay matrix element.
2018: (TRIUMF S1750 - GRIFFIN) Beta-decay study of radioactive 156,158,160Tm beams, studying nuclear shape transitions away from stability.
2017: (TRIUMF S1750 - TIGRESS) Coulomb-excitation study with radioactive 156,158,160Er beams, the heaviest accelerated ion beam studied at TRIUMF to date.
2017: (TRIUMF S1708) Conversion electron study of 70Se with SPICE and TIGRESS. Studying shape-coexistence Near N=Z.

2021 : Invited Lecturer - SAINTS SPAMS Workshop 2021 iThemba LABS, SA
2021 : Lecturer, Graduate Course - Data Analysis for Nuclear Physics
2021 : Student Supervisor - Nuclear Science BSc Projects
2020 : Course Tutor - Mathematics for physicists III
2019 : Lecturer, Graduate Course - C++ object oriented coding and data analysis
2019 : Invited Tutor - SUSSP and STFC Summer School
- Composed and led computer-based tutorial sessions on data analysis over a 2 week period.
2018-2021 : Graduate Student Mentor - Journal Club, Research Projects, etc
2017: Invited lecturer - TRIUMF postdoc society lecture series - Nuclear Structure
2015-2018: Research students supervisor - TRIUMF Laboratory, CA
- Supervision of PhD & Bachelor students during experiments and analysis at TRIUMF and ANU laboratories.
- Primary supervisor of undergraduate research assistants during work placements at TRIUMF
2009-2013 : Laboratory Demonstrator - Astrophysics and nuclear topics.
2010-2013 : Tutor - Newtonian Mechanics and The Physics of Matter.
2009-2013 : Maths Tutor - Undergraduate problem classes and University-wide drop-in support scheme.

University of Liverpool Department of Physics Research & Impact Board member. 2020-Present
IOP Nuclear Physics Group Committee Member 2020-Present
Invited reviewer, South Africa NRF (National Research Foundation) 2020
Invited doctoral candidate examiner, Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS 2021

Chair of IOP nuclear physics colloquia group
Organiser and chair of UK Lockdown and Social Distancing Seminars 2020-2021
- Online seminars to maintain research community during pandemic
- 57 speakers from 38 institutions spread over 15 countries and 5 continents
- Over 2,100+ live viewers, 3500+ video streams
- Paired with dedicated secondary session for UK graduate student speakers
I’m A Scientist, Stay at Home May 2020
- 3 month long online pandemic outreach event with schools and members of the public
- Physics zone scientists of the week
I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out of Here. Oct 2020
- Yellow Zone winner (£500 outreach prize)
IOP Meeting Organiser Apr 2019 - Opportunities in nuclear physics with separator at HIE-ISOLDE
2019 Invited speaker - IoP Workshop on the Nuclear Octupole Degree of * Freedom - UK
2018 Invited speaker - Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference - Canada
2015 Invited speaker - Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium E0 Workshop - Australian
2014 Invited speaker - 22nd ASRC International Workshop Nuclear Fission and Exotic Nuclei - Japan

I’m a Scientist Get Me Out Of Here - Outreach Prize 2020 (£500)
University of Liverpool School of Physical Sciences Postdoctoral Development Award 2019 (£1.7k)
JSPS KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) (¥1.2M).
C R Barber Trust Fund (International conference support).
STFC Long term attachment (LTA) fieldwork funding.