I am early career experimental physicist | surface scientist | materials scientist who has been manipulating modern materials to develop powerful new sensing technology. I have a particular knack for fabrication problems; and have achieved outcomes where others cannot through my need to rigorously and meticulously control every aspect of a processes coupled with a keen interest in understanding established mechanisms from the ground up.My early academic career has been highly successful with almost 30 peer reviewed journal articles, and have been recently awarded an ARC Discovery Project grant (a rare achievement for ECRs).My recent work has been focused on a highly promising new voltage imaging technology based on diamond fluorescence, with the article now accepted at the prestigious Nature Photonics Journal. I am committed to seeing this technology move from a demonstrated research concept to a new tool to enable neuroscience research to probe the fundamental nature of how our brains learn, form memories and develop consciousness!When I am not working on this goal, or helping to parenting my two beautiful children Max (2) and Ana (6 months) I like spend time in the garden, or in my workshop, or cooking, or playing beach volleyball or brewing beer.