She completed an MSc at Concordia University, Canada and a PhD in Mathematical Physics at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany. With her move to Edith Cowan University she changed her research focus to geostatistics. She has been involved in teaching of geostatistics since 2001 and postgraduate supervision in the application of geostatistical techniques to a variety of fields, including geological and fisheries data. Her current focus is on the geostatistical modelling (simulation and estimation) of multivariate data, including compositional data. Of particular interest is the quantification of uncertainty.