Research Activities

My current research interests are focused on mathematical and computational models of the transmission, control and evolution of infectious diseases (such as Group A Streptococcus, tuberculosis and norovirus), and other evolutionary processes. Past areas of research interest have included understanding the emergence of drug resistance in cancer-cell populations, segmentation and morphogen gradient formation in developmental biology

Biography

I am currently a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at La Trobe University.

I was previously a

• Research Fellow with the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, at the University of Melbourne Australia, where I worked with Dr Nic Geard and others, focusing on the transmission dynamics of Group A Streptococcus in remote Australian indigenous communities.

• Research Associate with the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, at the University of New South Wales Australia, where I worked with Prof Mark Tanaka, focusing on the evolution of tuberculosis, and other evolutionary problems

• Postdoctoral researcher at Inria Paris, France, where I worked with Dr Jean Clairambault, Dr Tommaso Lorenzi and others, focusing on the emergence of drug resistance in cancer cell populations

I obtained my Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science (Honours) (2008) and PhD (2013) in mathematical biology at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne. My PhD was supervised by Prof Barry Hughes and Prof Kerry Landman