I am currently a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I obtained my Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Toronto where I investigated the sources of plastic pollution into the environment and the fate of plastic pollution in the global ocean. I use a combination of field sampling, laboratory analysis, and modelling approaches to answer questions pertaining to the sources, transport, fate, and transformation of plastic pollution in the environment. I am also interested in the interconnections between plastics, carbon, and climate, and informing policy through my research. 

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I am an award-winning scientist, science communicator, and environmental leader. My work on plastic pollution, marine debris, and climate change has been covered by news media from around the world including The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Eos, The Canberra Times, and Nature. I am open to collaborating on the sampling, analysis, and characterization of plastic debris; microplastics method development; modelling the flows of plastic and plastic emissions through society and the environment; and plastics and climate policy.