My work examines issues of intertextuality and meaning in 19th- and 20th-Century Austro-German music, specifically the works of Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. Most recently, my work has investigated issues of gender and sexuality in Vienna at the fin-de-siècle, focusing on the life and works of Gustav Mahler and Alma Mahler-Werfel. 

I am Deputy Director and Co-Founder of the Institute of Austrian and German Music Research, Co-Founder of the Gustav Mahler Research Centre Postgraduate Forum and Team Lead for the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Music Studies Network. Most recently I was appointed as a board member of the Royal Musical Association and the Society for Music Analysis, and named an Affiliate of the Black Opera Research Network.

In 2020 I was awarded the Wagner Society Young Lecturer's Prize, and was also the recipient of the University of Surrey Vice Chancellor's Award for PGR Student of the Year. 

I am also committed to speaking out on issues of race and representation in Music Higher Education and I was recently accepted onto the WHEN 100 Black Women Professors Programme which helps to increase pipelines for Black Women in academia.