Kia ora 👋🏼

I'm a PhD candidate studying in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. My research interests revolve around studying the interactions between bacteria and their viruses.

Microbial communities are the biological foundation of all ecosystems on Earth, and the structure of these communities are shaped largely by the ever-present viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Currently I am researching the molecular 'defence systems' that have evolved in bacteria to protect against viral infections, with an emphasis on developing tools to identify and discover novel types of defence systems.