Biography

During my undergraduate studies, I became fascinated by first statistics, and then, after an internship at a medical research institute, by the ability of statistics to contribute to fundamental research in biology. I completed a Bachelor of Science and then a Master of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) both at the University of Melbourne. In my MSc thesis, I critically compared statistical methods for selecting genes that distinguish biological cell-types in single-cell transcriptomics data. In my PhD research, I will aim to improve the statistical methodology used in genetic colocalisation analyses, with a particular focus on the ‘coloc’ software. Colocalisation analysis aims to determine whether multiple observed traits share an underlying genetic cause, with the aim of understanding how traits may mediate each other. By incorporating recent advances in our understanding of genetics into coloc’s statistical methodology, I hope to improve its performance for both fundamental genetics research and in drug discovery pipelines.It is a great honour to be joining the Gates Cambridge community, and I look forward to commencing my research at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of others.

Previous Education

University of Melbourne Maths 2021
University of Melbourne Science 2019