David is an interdisciplinary sustainable development educator, holding a Masters of Science Communication from Imperial College London, with a background in environmental chemistry research at Griffith University. He works in the Sustainable Development Team as part of Monash's Faculty of Science, leading units in the Master of Environment and Sustainability and Master of Behaviour and Systemic Change. He focuses on developing innovation skills and creativity for system change and sustainable urban transformation.

He has worked on a variety of education and communication projects in Australia, Malaysia and the UK, from applied sustainability leadership short courses to large-scale science festivals. He specialises in the creative development, design and delivery of learning activities and environments that address complex and topical issues across science, technology and sustainability in innovative ways.

At the Australian Rivers Institute at Griffith University, David researched sediment biogeochemistry, rapid toxicity testing of wastewater, and estuarine chemical processes. David's Masters dissertation analysed online dimensions of debates around climate science, and in his role at the Science Museum, David led a public dialogue event programme exploring climate, environment and other subjects.

David is currently undertaking a PhD part-time with Wonderlab in the School of Design in Monash's Art, Design and Architecture faculty, investigating creativity in sustainability learning environments.