I completed my Bachelors of Science with honours at the University of Queensland. My honours which I undertook in the Coral Reef Ecosystems lab focused on coral physiology and climate change with field and tank based experiments on Acropora corals at the Heron Island Research Station. I am now completing my PhD investigating coral growth dynamics and small scale population genetics. My research aims to investigate how corals in locations with stark environmental contrasts show differing growth strategies on a species level, and whether there is evidence for this having a genetic basis.