● CURRENT POSITION
Since 2021 Group leader and Wellcome Trust Investigator
Since 1/2016 Group leader and the Royal Society University Research Fellow
Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
● EDUCATION
2012 PhD in Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, UK
2007 BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, The University of Birmingham, UK
● PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2012-2015 Postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Biology, USA
2010 Visiting researcher at the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Centre, USA
● FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2022-2026 Lister Institute Research Prize Fellowship
2021-2025 Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in Science
2016-2023 The Royal Society University Research Fellowship
2012-2015 Gordon & Betty Moore postdoctoral fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation
2012 John Innes Foundation Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research
2010 EMBO short-term fellowship and Korner Fund travelling fellowship
2010 Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) young scientist meeting award
2007 Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award
2007 Perry Prize for the best biochemistry student, the University of Birmingham, UK