Pia joined the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems as a research assistant in 2021.
As part of the BAT-RLX project team, Pia is primarily involved in assessing the safety of rail level crossing sites through coding road user behaviour (using Observer XT software), and contributes to communicating these findings to industry partners to optimise road user safety. In addition to her primary role, she has had the opportunity to advance her research skills through involvement in other projects, including the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Vehicles (SAVI) project.
Pia graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in 2022 and is due to complete her Master of Professional Psychology in 2025 at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC). She enjoys expanding her understanding of human behaviour and mental processes through the application of systems thinking methods as part of a dynamic and leading research team