Curriculum Vitae
Full CV may be downloaded here
Academic Positions:
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2022 - Present Post-doc at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics and Stanford Doerr School for Sustainability
Stanford University |
Education:
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2015 - 2022: PhD in Philosophy at UC San Diego.
Supervisor: Professor Craig Callender Thesis: `Putting the Philosophy Back into Natural Philosophy: Ethics, Policy, and Using Philosophic Tools to Solve Scientific Problems' 2013: Honours in History and Philosophy of Science at The University of Sydney First Class Supervisor: Professor Dean Rickles Thesis: Time^m; an Examination of Observer Interaction in Multiple Time Dimensions 2008 - 2012: Bachelor of Science in Physics at The University of Sydney Distinction 2008 - 2012: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at The University of Sydney Distinction |
Areas of Specialty:
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Environmental Ethics, Science and Technology Ethics, Philosophy of Science
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Areas of Competence:
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Space Ethics, Environmental Policy, Philosophy of Physics
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Publications:
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Books
The Tangle of Science: Reliability Beyond Method, Rigour, and Objectivity 2023, Oxford University Press With N. Cartwright, J. Hardie, E. Montuschi and M. Soleiman https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-tangle-of-science-9780198866343?cc=us&lang=en Articles “Circular Spaces and Privileged Times: What the Video Game Asteroids Can Tell Us About the A-Theory" Nov 2023, Synthese https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04325-w “The Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration: History, Philosophy, and Culture White Paper”, M. Johnson et al. Feb 2023, Galaxies Special Issue https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/11/1/32 “Key Science Goals for the Next-Generation Event Horizon Telescope”, P. Galison et al. April 2023, Galaxies https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies11030061 "When Extinction is Warranted: Invasive Species, Suppression-Drives, and the Worst-case Scenario" Nov 2020, Ethics, Policy and Environment: 1-27 https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2020.1848197 Correspondence “Big Science Collaborations Must Include Humanities and Social Sciences”, A. Marcoci et al. Nature: Human Behaviour https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01674-x Revise and Resubmit "Get Angry about Climate Change", Environmental Ethics |
Grants:
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- 2023: Accelerating Biological Adaptation to Climate Change, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) Pilot Funding Initiative, with B. Shapiro, E. Palkovacs and W. Bussiere.
- 2023: Facing the Anthropocene: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Environmental Crisis, Stanford Humanities Center Grant - Under Review: MSRI 2 Grant – Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope, National Science Foundation ($82 Million), invited to second stage [$82 million] |
Fellowships and Awards:
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2022: Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Physics, Bonn University
2020: Graduate Scholar, Graduate Teaching Fellowship 2020: Fellow, Friends of the International Centre 2019/2020: Research Assistant Grant with N. Cartwright 2019: Graduate Fellow, Institute for Practical Ethics, UC San Diego 2017: Scholar, Summer School for Women in Mathematical Philosophy, LMU, Munich |
Working Groups, Labs, and Collaborations:
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[Project Lead] Responsible Telescope Siting, The Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope, Harvard Black Hole Initiative and the Smithsonian Institute
Accelerating Biological Adaption to Climate Change Working Group, The University of California, Santa Cruz Research Labs: Hadley Lab (Biology), The Social Ecology Lab (Environmental Behaviour), Environmental Justice Lab, Stanford Climate and Energy Policy Program Working Group, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics: A Case Study for the Applied Humanities Working Group, Stanford Affiliate, The Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University Palo Alto Elk Reintroduction Project, Stanford University Associate Member, Astronomy in Culture Working Group, The International Astronomical Union |
Service:
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2023-24: Reviewer - Ethics and Society Review Board, Stanford University
2016-23: Referee: Philosophy of Science, Synthese, National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society: Synthetic Biology, Cambridge Prisims: Extinction 2023: Founder - Stanford Queer Philosophy Reading Group 2022: Underrepresented Philosophy of Science Scholars Mentor, Philosophy of Science Association 2020/2021: Founding Chair - UC San Diego Philosophy Department Climate Committee 2020: Founder - UC San Diego Philosophy Queer Phenomenology Reading Group 2018: Treasurer - American Philosophy of Time Society 2013: Rural Australia Outreach Demonstrator - Sydney University Kickstarter Physics |
Teaching:
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Instructor of Record
- Techno-optimism or Can We Invent Our Way Out of Climate Change? (Environmental Ethics), Winter 2023 Stanford - Technology and Human Values (The Philosophy of Robots), Summer 2020 UCSD - Topics in Bioethics (Nature in Crisis), Summer 2021 UCSD Teaching Assistant - Exploring Planetary Stewardship, Summer 2023 Stanford - Ethics of the Anthropocene, Spring 2023 Stanford - Ethics and Society, Fall 2015, Fall 2020, Summer 2016, Winter 2020 - Introduction to Ethics, Fall 2018 - Logic, Spring 2019, Winter 2016 - Nature of Reality, Winter 2017, Winter 2021 - Scientific Reasoning, Winter 2017 - Philosophy of Physics, Fall 2018 - Introduction to Philosophy, Summer 2017 - Public Rhetoric & Practical Communication, Spring 2018 - Remix: Authorship of the “Found” in “Public” Space, Winter 2018 - Are We Alone? Aliens, the Other, and Communication, Spring 2017 - Games We Play: Games, Performance, and Play, Spring 2018 - Kickstarter Physics Outreach, 2011-2013 Pedagogical Training - Introduction to College Teaching, Summer Graduate Scholars Teaching Program, 10-week course, Winter 2020 - Reacting: Games for Education, work with Andy Lamey at UC San Diego. Information on Reacting may be found here. |