I graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2014 and before starting my PhD, I travelled and worked as a research assistant for various groups. Overall, I found that I was most interested in the actual application of science, which led me to pursue a PhD in conservation genetics. I am currently in the the final stages of a PhD at the University of Adelaide - my thesis is titled ‘Seed sourcing in the genomics era’. The core focus of my research is to explore the use of genomics as a tool to increase understanding of plant population genetic structure and adaptability to environmental variables and use this to inform conservation management. I work directly with practitioners so my findings can be integrated to conservation and restoration projects.