I am a Research Fellow with expertise in peptide chemistry and small molecule drug discovery. I manage a drug discovery group at Monash University and my teamwork in both translational and fundamental research. I have particular interest in drug targets that includes peptidases, proteases and GPCRs.  I currently oversee programs in diabetes research that investigate the role of the melanocortin receptors in glucose control.

My research also focuses on the discovery of new chemical tools to enable investigations intracellular signaling during disease progression. My team has developed and demonstrated new technologies for providing cell membrane permeability to chemical tools and bioactive peptides.

Over the last 5 years my drug discovery team have brought 3 new peptide drug candidates to a preclinical development stage and overseen successful commercialization through the establishment of start-up companies for each candidate.