Curriculum vitae

PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics with a research focus on novel autonomous systems, remote instrumentation, and orbital assembly architectures

Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics with a thesis on the design and development of a novel autonomous rendezvous and docking system for small satellites

Bachelor of Philosophy (First Class), University of Western Australia

Graduated with a first-class honors in Mechanical Engineering

Project Lead - Orbital Locker

MIT STAR Lab / U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Cambridge, MA

Lead researcher on a seven-figure aerospace research program developing a modular orbital payload and satellite assembly platform. Responsible for system architecture, engineering trade studies, and communication of results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Founder & Project Lead - UWA Aerospace Rocketry Team

Perth, Australia

Founded and led a high-powered rocketry and balloon experimentation group. Planned and conducted launch operations in remote desert environments, requiring logistics planning, risk assessment, equipment maintenance, and team coordination under constrained conditions.

Researcher - Indian Ocean Marine Research Institute

Perth, Australia

Developed scale ship models and conducted flume-tank experiments to simulate vessel dynamics. Maintained experiment logs and calibration records to support reproducible results.

Field, Expedition, and Extreme-Environment Experience

Award-funded Arctic science communication expedition to Svalbard (polar night operations); participant on R/V Armstrong NES-LTER cruise (CTD deployments, water sampling, shipboard operations); trainee engineer aboard STS Leeuwin II supporting electrical maintenance and vessel systems work.

Founder, Host, and Producer - Atomic Frontier

Global

Created 50+ documentary-style educational films on engineering, physics, and aerospace systems with an emphasis on on-location storytelling. Built an audience of 300,000+ subscribers and 22+ million views.

Selected Projects

• Evolution of Sailing Physics
• AT&T Long Lines
• Space Propulsion Systems
• old War Bunkers
• Typography + Structural Analysis

National Academies Excellence in Science Communication - First Place

Global winner for best science communication by a university student.

Fulbright Future Scholarship - First Place

First place winner of an international full scholarship for postgraduate study.

Technical & Production

Aerospace systems engineering and architecture; autonomy and remote systems; technical writing and script development; archival research; data analysis and validation (Python, MATLAB, Julia, C++); documentary production and engineering visualization.

Webdesign is my passion

It shouldn't be. I have PSETs to do.