I am a postdoctoral research assistant in the Experimental Statistics Laboratory of Dr Rory Bowden, working on the UK CRC Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium project to understand the evolution and transmission of health-care associated microbial pathogens.  Prior to joining the laboratory, I was completing a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Anthony Larkum, A/Prof Michael Charleston and A/Prof Murray Henwood at the University of Sydney. My research involved investigating genome evolution in Prochlorococcus and marine Synechococcus, cyanobacteria that share a common ancestor but have different light-harvesting antenna systems likely to have been acquired through lateral gene transfer. My previous educational and work experience includes an honours degree in  Computer Science, work as a software engineer in the finance industry, and  a master of applied science in bioinformatics.