I am an astrophysicist with a PhD from the University of Cape Town, specialising in H I-line spectra and peculiar flow fields in the Zone of Avoidance. Following my doctoral studies, I have held postdoctoral and research fellow positions at leading institutions, including the Australian National University and the University of Queensland, where I am now employed as a Research Fellow. Currently, I serve as the co-chair of WALLABY SWG4 (Cosmology & Statistical Studies). I am also an active member of major international collaborations, including the DESI and 4MOST surveys. I have 43 publications in total with over 3000 citations, resulting in an h-index of 20 according to ADS and 21 according to Google Scholar. My research interests encompass H I surveys, large-scale structure and galaxy flows, galaxy formation and evolution, and photometric and spectroscopic surveys.

In 2017 I was named the 2017 winner of the IAU and Gruber Foundation Fellowship after receiving my PhD from the University of Cape Town with THREE A's on my PhD examiners reports. This additional grant of 50,000 USD is awarded annually to an extremely promising, young astrophysicist to promote the science of cosmology.

I am currently working on creating the largest dynamic map of the local universe, including both positions and velocities. These maps are crucial to study precision cosmology, as our local universe affects all the light we see from distant galaxies. I am currently using The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey, The WALLABY Survey, and The 4MOST Hemisphere Survey to establish this map.

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