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Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons), Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), PhD
Catherine is a new Postdoctoral Fellow at the and is also a computer programmer of 20 years experience. Previously, Catherine worked for Australian Defence Force contractors as a software developer until 2010 when she started her own web development company. She has been a Technical Support Officer with the School of Psychology and Counselling since 2018 and has worked on a wide variety of research projects during this time. Catherine’s thesis focused on developing hazard visibility tests for night-time roads. She is experienced in designing and creating desktop and web-based psychology experiments including visual perception tests, reaction-timed tests, surveys, and websites. Catherine has expertise in quantitative data analysis and data transformation. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Information Technology (honours), Bachelor of Arts (Psychology). Upon graduation Catherine was awarded both the Accenture Award for Excellence and the Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement in 2003.
KEY RESEARCH AREAS
- Road safety, particularly for vulnerable groups
- Hazard perception
- Detection of bots and fraudulent responders in surveys
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
- Python
- MATLAB
- R
- JavaScript
- CSS
- HTML
- Visual C#
- SQL
- VBA
- Java