I am a philosopher of biology and cognitive science with a particular interest in the evolution of cognition and behaviour and the methodology of the life sciences. 

I am the Director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. 

​I am also the Chair of the National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science at the Australian Academy of Science, an Associate Editor for Biology & Philosophy and on the Editorial Board of Acta Biotheoretica. ​