AWARDS

Awards and grants

2024 - Earthshot nominee
2023 - Cairns AI Hub. High performing innovation and AI
2023 - JCU Teaching Excellence Award for Inclusive Practice
2023 - Australian Research Centre. Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity
2023 - SmartSat CRC. What if satellites are wrong? How drones can uncover the hidden truths.
2023 - SmartSat CRC. Mobility scheme, GeoNadir <> TERN
2023 - Angel investment. GeoNadir
2023 - Earthshot nominee
2022 - Advance Queensland Scholarship. Certified Chair Executive Program
2022 - Great Barrier Reef Foundation. GBR island monitoring
2022 - Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems. Diversity and Inclusion Award
2022 - First place DWEN Australia Dream Tech Contest
2022 - Boosting Female Founders Initiative. Drone pilots build the best map of the world to save global ecosystems
2022 - Earthshot nominee
2021 - Great Barrier Reef Foundation. GBR Sea cucumber monitoring
2021 - Commonwealth Secretariat Blue Charter. Online Coral Reef Mapping Training
2021 - The Surveyors' Trust. Geospatial Lighthouse schools map my path to industry
2021 to 2023 - Fondation Botnar. Fly for the Future
2020 - JCU Sandpit to Seed. GeoNadir: Building Mother Earth's Paparazzi to protect our most at-risk ecosystems
2020 - The Surveyors' Trust. Follow the yellow brick road to geospatial careers
2020 - Australia / ASEAN Council Grant. Flying futures for youth engagement
2019 to 2022 - Homeward Bound cohort 5
2019 to 2020 - Advance Queensland sponsored SheEO Activator
2019 - Pearcey Foundation Entrepreneur Award (Queensland) Finalist
2019 - Adopt the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur For A Day
2019 - The Surveyors' Trust. Search for Queensland's Coolest School
2018 - Runner up, Cairns Post Top 25 People to Watch
2018 - Winner, Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards - Women's Leadership
2017 to 2018 - Blended Learning and Innovation - VR for storytelling
2017 - Winner, JCU Excellence Awards - Research
2017 - Winner, TropEco Award: For embedding sustainability in teaching and learning activities
2017 - Winner, Women to Watch in the UAS Industry - Education
2017 - Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science. She Flies Drone Camps: Building Northern Australia's Drone Ecosystem
2017 - QLD Department of Science, Information, Technology and Innovation. She Flies: Using Drones to build STEM Confidence in Girls
2016 to 2017 - Rising Star award. Developing hyperspectral drone technology for coral reef bathymetric mapping
2016 to 2017 - JCU Development Grant. Are satellites telling the truth? Perspectives from a coral reef
2016 - Runner up, Reperio Commercial pitch contest. Sugar Sense: Using a drone to measure crop health
2014 - Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment, and Facilities (ARC LIEF). Developing an Unmanned Aircraft System Capability for Northern Australia
2014 - Innovation Award - Uncrewed Airborne Systems
2013 - Innovation Award - Developing online tools for remote sensing education http://remotesensinglab.com/
2013 - Vice Chancellor's Award for outstanding contribution to student learning
2011 to 2012 - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Coral Triangle Initiative. Mapping and assessment of the coastal-marine habitats of the Timor Leste south and northwest coasts
2011 to 2012 - Australia-Indonesia Institute / CDU. Remote sensing for planning and good governance in eastern Indonesia and northern Australia
2011 - South African Council for Geoscience. The current status of remote sensing for mapping and monitoring geological hazards
2010 - CDU EHS Faculty Grant. Mapping the density of Casuarina Beach seagrass communities
2006 - Australian Defence Service Medal
2000 - Order of Australia Medallion (Young Endeavour Sail Training Ship award for leadership)