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Education

2002 – 2006 Doctor of Philosophy (Mathematics)
University of Newcastle, Australia
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours)
First Class, University Medal
University of Newcastle, Australia


Employment

2025 – Present Associate Professor
The University of Sydney, Australia
2019 – 2024 Senior Lecturer
The University of Sydney, Australia
2017 – 2018 Scholarly Teaching Fellow
The University of Sydney, Australia
2016 – 2017 Senior Research Fellow
University of Wollongong, Australia
2011 – 2016 Lecturer / Senior Lecturer
University of Wollongong, Australia
2008 – 2011 Research Fellow
University of Wollongong, Australia


Research Grants

2025 – 2027 A new twist on product decompositions: twisted algebras for Zappa-Szép products
University of New South Wales, Australia
ARC Discovery Project $573,990 (With A. Sims, J. Ramagge, A. Duwenig and B. Armstrong)
2020 – 2022 There and back again: operator algebras, algebras and dynamical systems
University of Wollong, Australia
ARC Discovery Project $461,000 (With A. Sims, J. Ramagge, D. Pask, and L.O. Clark)
2017 – 2019 From actions to operator algebras and their equilibrium states
The University of Sydney, Australia
ARC Discovery Project $286,000 (With J. Ramagge, I. Raeburn, and M. Laca)


Supervisory Experience

PhD Students

2021 – 2025 Victor Wu
PhD in Mathematics (Joint with A. Thomas)
University of Sydney, Australia
2015 – 2019 Becky Armstrong
PhD in Mathematics (Joint with Aidan Sims)
The University of Sydney, Australia
2012 – 2015 Mitchell Hawkins
PhD in Mathematics (Joint with Aidan Sims)
University of Wollongong, Australia

Other Students

2012 – Present Two Masters students
Five honours students