I am currently a BBSRC and EPSRC Scholar at the University of Oxford studying for a DPhil in Engineering Biology. I studied molecular bioengineering at Imperial College London as a President's Scholar before transferring to The Australian National University to complete my Honours research on protein evolution and engineering with Professor Colin Jackson within the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology. I have worked for the last 2 years in Environmental Policy for the Australian Government, focussing first on consumer energy resources and then water policy.