Studying the evolution of Parastacid fauna in Australia. Subject areas: phylogenomics, phylogeography, population genomics

• developed bioinformatic pipelines in the AWS cloud using NextFlow (Groovy), designed to pull user-submitted sequencing data from AWS S3 for variant detection, complete genome inference, and phylogenomics• created custom microservices stored in AWS ECR and Docker, enabling cloud-scalable high-throughput analysis pipelines• supported global research initiatives, providing:° custom analysis of challenging viral genomes, enhancing understanding of difficult-to-resolve cases° bioinformatics training to WHO GISRS laboratories, expanding global laboratory capabilities in genomic analysis° developed comprehensive documentation and video tutorials for GISAID tools, increasing accessibility and usability for researchers worldwide° developed GISAID’s data submission software, which allows users to automate submission of data in bulk from the command line

Prof. Ben Howden Lab, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU-PHL), Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: A/Prof Torsten Seemann, Dr Anders Gonçalves da Silva• contributed to the development of bioinformatics pipelines and software packages for computational microbiology, phylogenomics, comparative genomics, and molecular epidemiology• developed high-performance computing (HPC) workflows (NextFlow, Python, R, Bash) on SLURM and in-house compute clusters, analyzing sequencing data from platforms such as Illumina, PacBio, Oxford Nanopore, Ion Torrent, MGI DNBSEQ, and Applied Biosystems• focused on bacterial and viral genomics, antimicrobial resistance, and molecular epidemiology, with key contributions to: ° sequencing the genome for Australia’s first SARS-CoV-2 patient sample (VIDRL; DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50569). ° developing analytical pipelines for Hepatitis A Virus outbreak cluster detection (github.com/MDU-PHL/havic) ° prototyping workflows for the analysis of HIV, measles, and norovirus ° genomic characterization of ESKAPE pathogens and mechanisms of vancomycin resistance evolution in Enterococcus faecium (10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.106849) ° comparative genomics of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ° characterization of the imp-4 plasmid in Victorian hospitals• provided bioinformatics expertise and training to researchers, students, and medical registrars, enhancing their analytical capabilities and fostering collaboration

Prof Kat Holt Lab, Bio21 Institute / Centre for Systems Genomics, University of MelbourneNHMRC Project Grant #1043830• used cutting-edge bioinformatic methods to understand mechanism of antimicrobial resistance evolution in bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae and other species in the ESKAPE group• contributed to high-impact publications in top-tier journals (PNAS, Nature Comms, MGen)• co-supervised a University of Melbourne Master of Bioinformatics student, who developed Bandage, a prize-winning tool for interactive visualisation of genome assemblies• contributed to development and testing of SRST2, a software tool for rapid genomic surveillance, widely adopted in public health and hospital microbiology labs• led and collaborated on environmental microbiome studies, integrating metagenomics and bioinformatics to explore microbial diversity• trained in software development using Python, R, and Bash, performing version control with Git to manage and maintain bioinformatics tools and pipelines

Prof Ary Hoffmann Lab, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science• SEIF-funded project aimed at uncovering the genomic basis of adaptation to climate change in a Drosophila model system• focused on the genomics of wild type drosophila, utilising bioinformatics and molecular biology to investigate evolutionary responses to environmental stressors• contributed to advancing knowledge of species adaptation at the genomic level, with implications for understanding climate resilience in natural populations

Prof Alyssa Barry Lab, Division of Infection and Immunity• population genomics of the immune evasion (var) genes of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in Papua New Guinea• contributed to a deeper understanding of malaria epidemiology, aiding public health interventions in affected geographical region• apicomplexan genomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, informal mentoring of international honours student• Trends in Parasitology Prize for Best Collaborative Work at the Molecular Approaches to Malaria conference (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

• Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) field-biologist, based at Davis Station, summer 2010/2011

• Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE), marine science, on board the RSV Aurora Australis KACTAS (Krill Availability, Community Trophodynamics and AMISOR Surveys) cruise, summer 2000/2001.• Zooplankton ecologist at Kingston Tasmania (2000)