My research is primarily focused on seagrass ecosystems and their associated fisheries. I am conducting a PhD at Stockholm University where I investigate the linkages between biodiversity and people using seagrass meadows as a model social-ecological system. I'm interested in these linkages more broadly to provide evidence for policy change across the Indo-Pacific that gives priority to seagrass meadows for the services they provide to people (e.g. livelihoods & food security), but also for measures that contribute to sustainable development (poverty reduction). I have been working with seagrass ecosystems for over 8 years and worked on seagrass research and conservation projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mauritius, Mexico and the United Kingdom.