Jennifer is a medicinal chemist, with her research focusing on the computational design of new molecules that target particular proteins in the body that are associated with different cancers. In 2020 she gained her PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Newcastle.
As a Fulbright Scholar, Jennifer will travel to the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California to work with Prof Gabriel Lander, aiming to solve the structure of a protein that is crucial to many different roles within the body and is associated with breast, renal and pancreatic cancer, among others.
Home Institution
The University of Newcastle
Host Institution
Scripps Research Institute
Award Name
Fulbright Scholar Award
Discipline
Structural Biology
Award Year
2023