Greater London, England, United Kingdom
With an interdisciplinary background in cell biology and quantitative methods, I study how biological systems and materials respond to environmental stresses using both experimental and computational methods. In my PhD, I studied how human cells respond to metabolic stress, focusing on cytoskeletal organisation and its role in cellular mechanics. This sparked a deeper interest in how the cytoskeleton and cytoplasm interact under stress conditions. In my current postdoc, I explore how temperature changes affect the cytoskeletal and cytoplasmic properties of aquatic embryos. I’m passionate about applying insights from fundamental cell biology to real-world challenges in marine conservation and disease research.
Project title: 'Suspended Animation in Living Cells' Key research area: Self-organisation of the cytoskeleton, mechanobiology Project objective: Investigate how cellular dynamics, in particular the organisation of the cytoskeleton, is perturbed during suspended animation, a reversible state of energy and activity loss triggered by extreme stress.
For the module 'Computing for Mathematical Physics '
Produced and utilised microfluidic devices for measuring volume and dry mass in cells exposed to metabolic stresses.
Using Mathematica and R to analyse C. crescentus cell size data and construct mathematical models for cell growth, to explore the size control in asymmetrically dividing bacterial cells.