I was awarded 'PhD Student of the Year' for 2024 at the University of Canterbury, School of Earth and Environment Annual Student Awards.

I am fortunate to receive the annual Christchurch City Council Antarctic Scholarship for 2024. I accepted this award and laid a wreath at the annual season-opening event to recognise the efforts and sacrifices of previous antarcticans.

I presented a poster with some preliminary results from my PhD work at the SCAR Open Science Conference in Pucon Chile, August, 2024.

In Feburary 2024, I completed my confirmation, the first milestone of my doctoral study. This confirms me as a PhD Candidate at the University of Canterbury

Presented the results from my honours research at the 2023 SCAR Biology Symposium, Christchurch NZ.