Curriculum vitae
Appointments
- 2024–
- Senior Research Fellow & NHMRC Investigator FellowFlinders University
- 2022–24
- Research Fellow & NHMRC Investigator FellowSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
- 2018–22
- EMBL Australia Postdoctoral FellowSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
- 2016–18
- Postdoctoral ResearcherAPC Microbiome Institute, Ireland
Education
- 2017
- PhDUniversity College Cork, Ireland
- 2013
- MSc BioinformaticsUniversity College Cork
- 2011
- BSc (Hons) MicrobiologyUniversity College Cork
Recognition
- 2025
- World's Top 2% ScientistsStanford University / Elsevier
- 2025
- High Impact Publication AwardSAHMRI, for the institute's highest-impact paper of the year (Nature)
- 2025
- Special Recognition Award for Outstanding ContributionsAustralian Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Society
- 2025
- People's Choice AwardMicrobiome Virtual International Forum
- 2025
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Mid-Career ResearchersFlinders University
- 2022
- Award for Scientific ExcellenceAPC Microbiome Institute
Selected funding
- 2026–31
- NHMRC Ideas GrantAssociate Investigator
- 2026–30
- NHMRC Ideas GrantAssociate Investigator
- 2026–28
- ARC Discovery ProjectChief Investigator B
- 2024–29
- Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation (Bloom)Chief Investigator F
- 2024–26
- SA Genomics Centre Multi-omics InitiativeChief Investigator A
- 2023–28
- NHMRC Investigator Grant (Emerging Leadership)Chief Investigator A
- 2021–25
- MRFF Emerging Priorities & Consumer-Driven ResearchAssociate Investigator
More than $9M in competitive funding as CI or AI.