Study, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute in the Netherlands, and the Australian National University (ANU). As a Research School Director, she led the multi-million dollar effort to rebuild the world-renowned Mt Stromlo Observatory after it was destroyed in 2003 by bush fires, re-establishing it as an international center for research, training, and high-tech instrumentation at the ANU, and initiating its partnership in the Giant Magellan Telescope. She currently holds an Honorary Professorship at the ANU Climate Change Institute.