About me

Originally from New Zealand, I’m a physicist turned biologist living and working in New York City. I’m currently a postdoctoral research associate working in the Rojas Lab at New York University. My research focuses on understanding the growth of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall.

Education

2020: Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a secondary field in computational science and engineering, Harvard University.
2015: Physiology course graduate, Marine Biological Laboratory.
2014: Master of Advanced Study in Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge.
2013: BSc Hons (first class) in Physics and Mathematics, Victoria University of Wellington.

Honors and awards

2019: Harvard Quantitative Biology Student Award.
2018: Harvard Graduate Merit Fellowship.
2016: Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Awarded for SB200, a graduate level systems biology course.
2015: Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Awarded for LS1A, an undergraduate into to molecular biology course.
2014-2016: William Georgetti Scholarship.
2013: Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
2013: Victoria University Medal for top graduate in the faculty of science.

HADA_staining_color_greyscale Fluorescent D-amino acids bind to the bacterial cell wall during growth.

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