Rebecca completed her BSc (Hons) in Astronomy and Physics at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the UK. Rebecca has a  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Astronomy and Astrophysics from The University of Western Australia. Her PhD research focused on the mass-size relation of galaxies and their components.

Rebecca has a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry, project work, and teaching computing and programming. She is experienced with R and Python programming, Mathematical Modeling, Astrophysics, and Optical Systems (development and operation). 
Rebecca represents Alcoa on the PhD Support Panel