I have wide intrests in mammalogy, taxonomy, conservation biology and island biogeography in Australia and the South-west Pacific. My current research focuses on a range of long-term monitoring activities to track the ecological health of Kosciuszko National Park.

With Australia's Threatened Species Recovery Hub I worked to develop cost appropriate, cost-effective and practical monitoring protocols for threatened species like wiliji (West Kimberley rock-wallaby), and priotise monitoring for Australia's threatened species and species affected by the 2019-2020 bushfire crisis.

My work in the South-west Pacific focuses on searches for undescribed species and I have studied many of the region's rare and unique mammals, discovering how they are related, where they occur and the threats they are facing. Through this work I endeavour to support Pacific Island communities seeking to conserve their forests. The culmination of this work is the forthcoming book Mammals of the South-west Pacific (CSIRO Publishing) which combines published and unpublished data collected over years of field work to form a definitive guide to the mammals of the region.