She has a PhD in Behavioural Economics from the University of Edinburgh where she looked at the climate adaptation strategies of smallholders in Kenya. She has also carried out research on risk perceptions and wildfires in Trinidad and Tobago and on human decision-making related to livestock and zoonotic disease risks. Whilst at RMIT she will primarily be working with Dr Erica Kuligowski on her ARC Future Fellowship researching bushfire evacuation behaviour.