I am a computer scientist and bioinformatician, applying scalable and robust computational methodologies to key challenges in human health, particularly in genomics and cancer.
After completing a Computer Science PhD in Programming Languages, I undertook an internship at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, before returning to a lecturing position at the University of Melbourne. In 2010 I joined the newly-formed VLSCI (now Melbourne Bioinformatics), a $100M project to build a world-leading centre for bioinformatics and computational biology.
During my time at Melbourne Bioinformatics I have led a team of bioinformaticians in Cancer and Clinical Genomics, and have contributed to a wide variety of research projects.
In 2017 I was awarded a Victorian Health and Medical Research Fellowship, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services in the Victorian Government.
In 2021 I joined the Australian BioCommons as Associate Director of Human Genome Informatics.
Honorary Clinical Senior Fellow, Department of Surgery (Royal Melbourne Hospital), Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Honorary Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Pathology, Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
South Pacific Championship Award (coach), ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, World Finals, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009.
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 2008.
Australasian Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, Best Computer Science PhD Thesis in Australia and New Zealand, awarded by the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE), 2007.
Excellence in Tutoring Award, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 2005.
Gold Medal (coach), ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, World Finals, Florida, USA, 2000.
Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training - Australian Postgraduate Award, 2000-2003.
The Computer Science Department Certificate of Excellence, Artificial Intelligence, The University of Melbourne, 1996.
The Computer Science Department Certificate of Excellence, Operating Systems, The University of Melbourne, 1996.
Dean's Prize, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, 1994.
Australian Students Prize for Excellence, National recognition of outstanding achievement in secondary education, 1993.
The Sutherland Award, The Australian Institute of Physics. For outstanding achievement in the VCE, 1993.
The Victorian Premier's Award, for outstanding achievement in the VCE, 1993.
Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK. January – April 2007. Project: A breakpoint debugger for the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. Supervisor: Dr Simon Marlow.
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne. Summer break 1995-96. Project: molecular dynamics simulation of trans-membrane signalling in the Aspartate receptor of E. Coli. Supervisor: Dr Herbert Treutlein.