Experience

Exopharm Ltd

• Australia
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jun 2021 - Present

  Developing Exopharm’s product pipeline. Research and analysis of scientific literature and IP. Principal scientist designing and optimising gene therapies and exosome products. POC experimental design and project management of a team of scientists. Business development, stakeholder management and communication. Company and market research. Investment opportunity analysis and networking.

• • Nov 2020 - Jun 2021

  Exosome therapeutic research scientist. Design and conduct experiments utilising exosomes and disease cell models. Exosome commercialisation. Project management.



Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

• Australia
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Feb 2020 - Nov 2020

  Completed my PhD project and preparing for publication.

• • Feb 2016 - Jan 2020

  Investigated the mechanistic role of cancer- and embryogenesis-related genes in stem cell-driven muscle fibre development and growth. This work discovered a significant novel function of a common oncogene in muscle biology, and was achieved using advanced molecular biology techniques, bioinformatics, and cell culture/animal model systems. An original publication has been produced from this work, with another in preparation.



Monash University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jul 2017 - Nov 2020

  - Ensure maintenance and operation of the Monash Transgenic Quail Facility. - Animal feeding, health monitoring, and egg collection/incubation.

• • Jan 2017 - Nov 2020

  - Assisting delivery and design of the postgraduate Masters of Biotechnology course specialising in Regenerative Medicine.- Managing laboratory sessions for undergraduate biomedical science courses.



University of Otago

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

  Supported research investigating hormonal effects on reproduction and size of NZ eel species, in collaboration with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).

• • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  Completed Master of Science research project investigating molecular mechanisms of genetic signalling models for limb development and regeneration. This work resulted in two first-author original publications.



New Zealand Dairies Limited

• New Zealand
• Dairy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  As part of being awarded a competitive Career Training Scholarship from NZDL (now owned by Fonterra), I had the opportunity to work as a Laboratory Technician during university holidays. - QC and microbiological analysis of daily milk sample loads. - Managing safety adherence and maintenance of the company-wide MSDS database. As part of being awarded a competitive Career Training Scholarship from NZDL (now owned by Fonterra), I had the opportunity to work as a Laboratory Technician during university holidays. - QC and microbiological analysis of daily milk sample loads. - Managing safety adherence and maintenance of the company-wide MSDS database.