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Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• 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.

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

• 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.
• 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.
• provided bioinformatics expertise and training to researchers, students, and medical registrars, enhancing their analytical capabilities and fostering collaboration

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

• 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

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

• 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

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

• 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)

Antarctica

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

Antarctica, And Kingston Tasmania

• 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)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, And Population Biology

Phylogeographic and Phylogenetic Studies of Australian Burrowing Freshwater Crayfish (Parastacidae). Supervised by Professor Christopher M.

Bachelor Of Science (Aquatic Science), Aquatic Biology/Limnology

Subjects studied: Biology Chemistry Physics Mathematics and Computing Mathematics and Statistics Analytical Chemistry Analytical and.

Bachelor Of Science With Honours, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, High Distinction

A Bivariate and Multivariate Study of Sexual Dimorphism in Australian Freshwater Crayfish of the Genus Cherax (Parastacidae). Honours by.