I’m a biologist and automation engineer delivering the full scientific process, from fieldwork through to publication: building the robotic workflows that generate large-scale genomic and environmental datasets, analysing them as they come off the machine, and producing results ready for peer review.

Since December 2024, I’ve been an Automation Engineer at GENEWIZ Germany (Azenta Life Sciences) in Leipzig, where I program more than a dozen liquid-handling robots across Germany and the UK. I also continue to work on trace-DNA genomics: reconstructing genomes from sub-fossil bones and museum specimens, tracking invasive species along shipping routes, and rebuilding the genome of the extinct giant eagle Harpagornis moorei.

I trained at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, DE SN), British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge, GB CAM), Cornell University (Ithaca, US NY), and Otago University (Dunedin, NZ OTA), and completed my Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide (Adelaide, AU SA) in 2015 with dean’s commendation for thesis excellence.

I’m strongest in R, liquid-handler scripting languages, and Bash — PowerShell keeps me fluent on Windows.

After a decade abroad, I’m now based in Leipzig and open to new collaborations, consulting, or full-time roles — feel free to get in touch.