Armand's PhD project was a joint collaboration between the Australian National University and the University of Bordeaux in France. She completed her PhD in France with the intention to spend her early career in France or elsewhere overseas. When the offer of a post-doctoral position came up at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC), Hobart, Tasmania, Armand, with her family, including a three-month-old son returned, to Australia. Armand now has a second son.
