I am presently a research associate in Kevin Beach's group at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

In 2007 I completed my PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, titled: Topics in Ultra-cold Bose Gases: the Bose-Hubbard Model; Analogue Models for an Expanding Universe and for an Acoustic Black Hole.

My area of research goes by many names including: Ultracold atoms, quantum gases, Atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics, computational physics, condensed matter theory, and quantum fluids (to name a few). Take your pick!

Quantum phase transitions for lattice Bosons - characterizing quantum phases in the presence of disorder using Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of lattice Bosons.

Analogue models of gravity in Bose-Einstein condensates - investigating the quantum dynamics of such systems using the classical field method, equivalent to including Lorentz violation in the effective field theory.

Properties of ultracold dipolar molecules - phase transitions and thermodynamics of ultracold dipolar systems using Quantum Monte Carlo and mean-field simulations.