I completed my PhD in environmental microbiology at the University of Queensland in 2011. I then moved to San Diego, USA to complete a five year post-doctoral research position. In 2016 I started my first independent academic position at Monash University as a Lecturer and Group Leader in The School of Biological Sciences and am a member of the Centre to Impact AMR. I have published numerous papers in high-tier academic journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Microbiology, and Clinical Microbiology Reviews.