I am a Developmental Biologist with a background in understanding the intersection of biology and physics in generating diverse biological shapes.

I earned a BSc in Natural Sciences from UCL and my PhD at the University of Cambridge with Ben Steventon investigating early embryo head-to-tail elongation in zebrafish embryos. My recent postdoc work uncovered differences in tissue mechanics that lead to the divergence of embryonic brain and spinal cord shape under fluid pressure.

I graduated with an MPhil in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge in 2023, where I studied the mechanisms of SNX9 in cell motility of PI3K-driven breast cancer cells under the guidance of Dr. Jenny Gallop.

Currently, I am working as a research assistant supporting Dr. Susie McLaren in investigating the formation of coral-plankton symbiosis during coral morphogenesis, with the goal of aiding ecosystem recovery.

I'm a third-year undergraduate student at the School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, currently working as a summer intern in the lab.

I’m now focusing on the changes in cell morphology and tissue characteristics during the early development of Aiptasia, a model organism, in both sexual and asexual reproduction. Additionally, I am exploring its interactions with symbionts and working to uncover the underlying mechanisms that drive these processes.

I am a summer student whose project is developing pipeline to image algae symbionts within Aiptasia polyp and using Cellpose to segment individual symbionts. This could help researchers quantify algae symbionts more easily as part of their research projects. For example, we hypothesis that symbiont density relates to various quantities like tissue rigidity, which in turn determines animal behaviour.

I have just finished my undergraduate study in Physics at the University of Cambridge.