Background
I completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne where I studied population structure and ecophysiology of microbes living in symbiosis with tropical Scleractinian corals. Following my PhD, I developed an interest in understanding how life adapts to extreme environments such as the deep sea, hypersaline lakes and polar systems. I currently work on a range of projects including symbiosis in deep sea corals, microbial life in aquatic caves, microbial population structures and functions of hypersaline lakes microbialites and biogeochemistry of Antarctic waters.