Jennifer received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2015 and have worked as a postdoc researcher at the University of Helsinki (2015-2017) and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (2017 -). Jennifer is currently a Senior postdoctoral in Professor Ricky Johnstone's Gene Regulation lab. Jennifer’s research focuses on dissecting the molecular mechanisms that control gene expression to identify transcriptional vulnerabilities that may be exploited for cancer treatment.

Jennifer is focusing on interrogating and understanding the complex interplay between multiple regulators of RNA Polymerase II transcription cycles, with a key focus on the cyclin-dependent-kinase (CDK) family. Jennifer utlises state-of-the-art cell and molecular biology and protein biochemistry approaches to make new discoveries about fundamental biological processes. Jennifer has supervised undergraduate (Honours, summer) students and have projects available for Honours, Masters and PhD students.