I received my Ph.D. in molecular cell biology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, where I studied the process of hematopoiesis during mammalian embryonic development, using a model system of mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation. As a post-doctoral researcher I worked on investigating the role of the bone marrow stromal microenvironment in leukemic evolution and bone regeneration as well as the molecular mechanisms that regulate the role of mesenchyme derived cells in these two distinct processes. I joined Canterbury Christ Church University in 2014 and I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry.
My research is focused on stem cell biology and differentiation. My main interests include the interrogation of genes and signalling pathways that govern the process of embryonic stem cell differentiation towards hematopoiesis and neural development.