I am a research and teaching academic in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences at Curtin University. I am interested in the comparative and environmental physiology of terrestrial vertebrate animals, particularly birds and mammals. My work encompasses laboratory and field investigation of how animals meet their energy, water and thermal requirements. I teach a diversity of topics from first to fourth year level including animal physiology, zoology, wildlife conservation and advanced statistics, supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, and am the Ecology and Marine Science honours coordinator.