Tom is an injury biomechanics engineer with specific expertise in mechanical impact response and tolerance of the human body, the design and testing of injury protective systems and motor vehicle crash investigation.

He was awarded PhD from the University of Technology Sydney in 2016 having undertaken a detailed examination of facial impacts to motorcycle riders and full-face helmet protection. In his postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of British Columbia, he led experimental impact biomechanics studies to define tissue mechanics and tolerance of the brain and spine.