After obtaining my PhD on ‘Historical Ecology and Experimental Biology of Foraminifera from the Inshore Great Barrier Reef, Australia’ from the University of Queensland, Australia, I joined the Leibniz-Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany, to focus on shallow-water carbonate systems from tropical upwelling regions. As part of my research I was Chef Scientist for an expedition to the Galapagos Islands and Chef Sedimentologist on board the FS Meteor (cruise M1290) to NW Mauritania. I have mentored and co-supervised numerous PhD candidates wihin the Geoecology and Carbonate Sedimentology working group. My research concentrates on Large Benthic Foraminifera and their response to global change with an emphasis in marine palaeoecology, biomineralisation, and biogeochemistry. As a Carbonate Sedimentologist my main research aims are to investigate the ecological and geochemical dynamics of carbonate ecosystems over broad spatial and temporal scales.