I am a molecular and structural biologist and biochemist passionate about how the natural world works. Curiosity, exploration, persistence and critical analysis are central to my personality. Every day I employ the scientific method to investigate how microbes function, how they cause disease, and how we can stop them.
I am a strategic thinker by researching and developing scientific research projects and I have secured more than $1M in research funding. I provide scientific leadership and technical contributions to international collaborative molecular and structural biology projects, working with the public and private sector partners. My research has been published in 61 peer-reviewed articles including the journals Science, Nature, Cell Chemical Biology and Nature Communications.
My main scientific research focus is infectious disease and understanding the phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotics are central to modern healthcare and resistance is a serious medical and economic problem that threatens modern medicine. I study the adaptive mechanisms in pathogenic bacteria and fungi so as to prolong the efficacy of these drugs, discovery of new antimicrobial drug targets, and structure-guided insights into antimicrobial drug development.