Research

My research area is microbiology and plant pathology, with a focus on molecular systematics and evolution.

The main projects that I have worked on are detailed below:

Summer studentship

My first real research project was a job during the university holidays (November 2000 - February 2001) after my third year of study. I worked at Forest Research (now Scion Research) in Rotorua, New Zealand. I developed a rapid inexpensive protocol for DNA extraction from pine needles, and created a database of laboratory chemicals.