I trained at Girton College, University of Cambridge and LSTM. I then spent two years in the laboratory of Dr Tovi Lehmann at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, on an American Society of Microbiology Fellowship.

I am an evolutionary geneticist studying medically important phenotypes in the insect vectors of malaria, Human African Trypanosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis. A major area of interest is the evolution of insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes. We use a variety of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic approaches to identify and validate insecticide resistance associated loci. We then work with a network of partners to integrate these diagnostics into both malaria control programmes and randomized control trials to assess the epidemiological impacts of insecticide resistance. A key partnership is with the Wellcome Sanger Institute, where I hold an Honorary Faculty position.