About

About me

I’m a Research Fellow (Gambling) at the Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Australia.

I’ve bounced around the world in different academic posts in the UK and Australia since finishing my PhD in Psychology in 2019, but found a home in Sydney and I’m here to stay as of November 2023.

I’m interested in the science of addiction with a passion for data science and visualisation.

Map	Position	Dates
	PhD Scholarship University of South-Wales	Apr 2016 → Jun 2019
	Postdoctoral Researcher University of Sydney	Jul 2019 → Jan 2022
	Psychology Lecturer Charles Darwin University	Feb 2022 → Feb 2023
	Psychology Lecturer University of Plymouth	Mar 2023 → Nov 2023
	Research Fellow University of Sydney	Nov 2023 → Ongoing

About my work

My career aim is to conduct research that can help prevent and reduce the harms associated with activities like gambling and substance use.

I’m also an advocate for increasing transparency and openness in research and so some of my work focuses on scientific reform within the addiction field.

Here’s a visual summary of my peer-reviewed publications by year and topic area:

Year	Extreme sports	Alcohol	Scientific reform	Other	Gambling
2016	2	1	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0	0	0
2018	1	1	0	0	0
2019	0	1	0	0	0
2020	0	1	1	1	0
2021	0	2	0	0	3
2022	0	1	1	0	0
2023	0	1	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1	0	1
Note: I do not believe that the number of papers someone publishes per year is an indicator of ability or impact. This table is meant to illustate patterns in my publishing history only.

About this site

I made this site and all the visualisations in it from scratch with Quarto, using mostly R and CSS code.

I store the full texts for all of my scientific publications here.