2024 -
Postdoctoral Researcher
NCCR Evolving Language (University of Zurich)
2017 - 2023
Doctor of Philosophy, Linguistics
The University of Sydney
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Linguistics (Honours Class I, University Medal)
The University of Sydney
2024
Barb Kelly Prize for the best PhD thesis in linguistics in 2023 (Australian Linguistic Society)
2017
Honours Class I and University Medal
2016
Arthur Capell Prize for an essay on Australian and Pacific Linguistics
2015
Appen Butler Hill Prize for Excellence in Linguistics
2015
GS Caird Scholarship in Linguistics (third year)
2014
GS Caird Scholarship in Linguistics (second year)
2024
Moklen (Phang Nga, Thailand). One week, in collaboration with Thai scholars.
2019
Saek (Upper Nam Noi Valley, Laos). Two months, monolingual.
2018
Saek (Upper Nam Noi Valley, Laos). Seven months, monolingual.
2017
White Hmong (Casula, NSW Australia). One month, immersive.
2016
White Hmong (Casula, NSW Australia). Two months.
2024 - present
University of Zurich
Anthropological Linguistics
2023 - 2024
University of Melbourne (Lecturer/Tutor)
Morphology
Exploring Linguistic Diversity
Advanced Chinese Translation
Business and Legal Translation
2022
University of New South Wales (Lecturer & Convenor)
Language Universals and Linguistic Typology
2015 - 2022
University of Sydney (Tutor)
Phonology
Structure of Language (3 terms)
Language and Social Context (2 terms)
Describing a Language
2023 - present
University of Melbourne
Collaborator with Prof Yongxian Luo on the intra-genetic typology of Tai languages.
2022
University of California, Los Angeles
Consultant on Prof Tanya Stiver's project "Cross-cultural Interaction Assistant for Negotiators and Operators".
2015 - 2021
University of Sydney
Research assistant for Prof Nick Enfield.
Analyzed multilingual data on ARC Discovery Project “Do language boundaries stabilize ethnic boundaries”.
Surveyed grammars for two typological titles, “The languages of mainland Southeast Asia” (CUP, 2021), and “Mainland Southeast Asian Languages: A Concise Typological Introduction” (CUP, 2018).