Professional Appointments and Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, E. J. Wherry Laboratory, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (2021-present)
Honorary Research Fellow, Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne (2021-present)
Senior Research Officer, L. Mackay Laboratory, Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne (2020-2021)
Research Officer, L. Mackay Laboratory, Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne (2019-2020)
PhD (Immunology), T. Gebhardt Laboratory, Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne (2015-2019)
B.Sc. (Hons), F. Carbone Laboratory, Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne (2014)
UG Research Assistant, L. Coultas Laboratory, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute (2013)
Fellowships and Research Funding
Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021-present)
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Level 1 Fellowship (2020-2025)
Cancer Council Victoria Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019)
Elizabeth & Vernon Puzey Graduate Research Excellence Scholarship (2015-2018)
Cure Cancer/Cancer Australia PdCCRS Project Grant (2020)
University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Project Grant (2020)
Awards and Prizes
Victorian Premiers’ Award for Health and Medical Research Overall Excellence Award (2020)
University of Melbourne Chancellor’s Thesis Prize for Excellence: PhD Thesis (2020)
Morgan Mansell Young Melanoma Researcher of the Year Award (2019)
ASI-Pharmaxis Travel Bursary (2019)
Centenary Institute Medical Innovation Award (2019)
American Association of Immunologists Thermofisher Achievement Award (2019)
PhD Oration Award for Best PhD Completion Seminar (2019)
QIAGEN PhD Achievement Award for best Doherty Institute PhD student (2019)
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Center Picchi Award for Excellence in Cancer Research (2018)
Best Oral Presentation: VCCC Postdoctoral Symposium, Melbourne (2019)
Best Oral Presentation: NIF Winter School, Singapore (2019)
International Travel Award, Singapore Immunology Network (2019)
Australasian Society for Immunology (ASI) New Investigator Finalist (2018)
Travel Award, Australasian Society for Immunology (2018)
Best Oral Presentation: Victorian Infection & Immunity Network (2018)
Best Oral Presentation: Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences (2018)
Best Oral Presentation: Melbourne Immunotherapy Network (2018)
International Travel Award, Federation of the Immunological Societies of Asia/Oceania (2018)
Australian Travel Award, Major Bartlett (2018)
Australasian Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Early Career Researcher Award (2018)
International Travel Award, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Keystone (USA) (2018)
International Travel Award, Australasian Society for Immunology (2018)
Travel Award, Australasian Society for Immunology (2017)
International Travel Award, Major Bartlett (2017)
Best Oral Presentation: VCCC Postgraduate Symposium (2017)
Best Oral Presentation: Immunology Group of Victoria (2017)
Best Oral Presentation: Doherty Institute Symposium (2017)
Best Poster Prize: Victorian Infection & Immunity Network (2016)
Roy & Iris Simmons Award for Best Honours Thesis (2014)
Frances & Elizabeth Thomson Honours Scholarship (2014)
Bryan Scholarship for Biological Sciences (2013)
WEHI UROP Laboratory Placement Scholarship (2013)
Additional Appointments
Secretary, Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences Early Career Researcher Network (2018-present)
Melbourne Immunotherapy Network Committee (2018-present)
Doherty Institute Equity in Science Committee (2018-present)
Australasian Society for Immunology Advanced Immunology School Committee (2019)
Day of Immunology Australia Organising Committee (2019-present)
Co-convener, Doherty Institute Journal Club (2019-present)
Community Engagement
Public Lecture and Tour Coordinator, Day of Immunology Melbourne (2015-present)
Immunologist participant, ABC Television Show ‘Ask the Doctor’ (2018)
Invited speaker, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School (2019)
Invited media interviews for outlets including The Age, The Herald Sun, BBC World News, ABC News Australia, the TODAY show (Channel 9), Channel 7 News
Public Tour Coordinator, Doherty Institute Open Days (2019-present)
