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I obtained a first-class BSc (with honours) in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, and a PhD investigating the molecular mechanisms of methane oxidation in environmental bacteria from the University of Warwick. I joined the Dental School in ºù«Ӱҵ in the summer of 2007, as a lecturer in Microbiology.

In 2002 I joined the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge investigating various aspects of flagellar biogenesis in enteric bacteria. This allowed me to develop an interest in protein secretion and the molecular pathogenesis of disease-causing bacteria.

My main interests lie in the molecular level understanding of microbes, and microbial disease processes and exploitation of this knowledge for improvement of health or commercial translation. The main areas include research on periodontal pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, Industrial Biotechnology and Microbial glycobiology. I teach Medical and Oral Microbiology in the Dental School and across other departments at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervise research projects at all levels.

I am proud to lead an interdisciplinary and international group and encourage anyone interested in fellowships or PhDs to contact me directly via email.

I am also affiliated with the Florey Institute of Infection and act on their steering committee.