About me
Originally from New Zealand, I now lead the Barber Lab in the Department of Microbiology at The Ohio State University, where my research focuses on understanding the growth of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall. Previously, I was a postdoctoral research associate in the Rojas Lab at New York University (2020–2025).
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 intro 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.
