I am a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland with a mixed background in philosophy and biology. Before moving to Aotearoa New Zealand, I grew up in Seattle, got my BA at Reed College, worked for a synthetic biology company in Italy, and completed my PhD at the University of Pennsylvania.

I work in the philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, with a particular focus on experimental microbiology and other areas of inquiry that challenge our ideas about life and its simplest forms.

I’m an Associate Editor at Biology & Philosophy and a member of the executive committee of Te Ao Mārama—Centre for Fundamental Inquiry.

Here is my full CV (updated September 2023).

I live in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland with Brett Calcott and our two kids.

From October–December 2024 I am a fellow at SOCRATES Centre for Advanced Studies in Hannover.