I am an applied mathematician whose research broadly focuses on developing mechanistic models of biological and evolutionary processes. To do this, I work closely with an interdisciplinary group of experts from areas including biology, philosophy, anthropology and ecology. In the past, I developed a series of mathematical models that explore the evolution of multicellularity from unicellular ancestors and of uniquely human behaviour from our closest primate relatives. At the Global Ecology Lab, I’m developing mathematical models to investigate the impact of novel diseases on Australia’s Indigenous population through contact with European settlers. To address these problems, I apply ordinary differential equations and agent-based models.