Lee-Anne is a key member of Urban Lab at Monash University, where she works with academic, industry and government partners to develop design models for more affordable, sustainable housing and urban precincts. Her research focusing on the transformation of middle-ring suburbs, where most Australians live, and operates across the scales of building, precinct and region.

To navigate the complex, and often conflicting, imperatives of urban regeneration, Lee-Anne employs speculative design as tool for enabling differing stakeholder-inputs to be synthesised into integrative and strategic spatial policies. Most recently, this has involved leading the Design and Development Stream of the CRC Building 4.0 Homes NSW MMC Program. Prior to joining the Urban Lab, Lee-Anne gained her professional registration working on a range of education and civic projects before transitioning into Government at the Victorian Urban Development Authority. 

Lee-Anne draws on her experience as an architectural practitioner with integrative design management expertise to drive cross-sector impact and interdisciplinary collaborations. This is reflected by her role as Co-Director of the Monash-AHURI Research Centre and, with Economic and Urban History colleagues, two co-authored articles about the morphology of suburban manufacturing centres. 

Lee-Anne has taught Architectural design and communications for the past 20 years, and is accepting PhD candidates who are interested in employing multi-scalar and design-led research approaches to address the various social and environmental challenges confronting our cities.