Dreaming up proteins in silico. Proving them in the lab.
I design and validate proteins for antimicrobial discovery and gene therapy, translating sequence-level ideas into experimental proof.
Until antibiotic resistance stops outrunning us.
From protein language models to mouse models.
Research Officer, CMRI Sydney · 20+ publications · 300+ citations · 2 patents
Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney
Research Officer
We built a computational platform for antimicrobial peptide discovery — from protein language model predictions to preclinical validation in mouse models — and extended the same approach to AAV capsid engineering for gene therapy.
Core Competencies
Pre-doctoral Researcher
UAB & IRTA, Barcelona
Graduate Researcher
University of California, Irvine
01. Selected Work
Protein engineering from computational design to preclinical validation, spanning antimicrobial discovery and gene therapy.
02. The Story
Finding the therapeutic signal in a sea of biological noise.
Three countries, three labs, one obsession: turning sequence into therapy.
I trained in Biotechnology at UAB Barcelona, took a Master's in Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine, then returned to UAB for a PhD where we designed antimicrobial proteins end-to-end — from sequence design through recombinant production and functional assays. That stage produced two patents and four first-author papers.
At CMRI Sydney we built a platform to analyse millions of sequences and surface hundreds — sometimes thousands — of new antimicrobial peptides. With protein language models and recent advances in AI, we tested those predictions in the lab and in preclinical models. In parallel we applied generative AI to protein engineering, designing AAV capsids for gene therapy.
Core Competencies
Protein Language Models
ESM-2, ProtTrans, pLM-based sequence analysis
AAV Capsid Engineering
Directed evolution, capsid libraries, tropism engineering
Python & Data Science
PyTorch, scikit-learn, pandas, data pipelines
Antimicrobial Discovery
Peptide design, MIC assays, in vivo efficacy
Preclinical Validation
Mouse models, pharmacokinetics, toxicology
Molecular Biology
Cloning, protein expression, functional assays
Research Officer
Children's Medical Research Institute, SydneyWe built a computational platform for antimicrobial peptide discovery — from protein language model predictions to preclinical validation in mouse models — and extended the same approach to AAV capsid engineering for gene therapy.
Pre-doctoral Researcher
UAB & IRTA, BarcelonaWe designed antimicrobial proteins from scratch — cloning, recombinant production, functional assays. Two patents and four first-author papers, eight total.
Graduate Researcher
University of California, IrvineWe tracked estrogen receptor dynamics in living cells with single-molecule fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis.
Code doesn't kill bacteria. But it tells me where to aim.
Bridging computation and biology. 20+ publications, 300+ citations, and 2 patents in antimicrobial drug discovery and protein engineering.
Research Officer, CMRI Sydney · 20+ publications · 300+ citations · 2 patents