Senior lecturer and director of studies of Chemical Formulation Design major at School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. I have a passion for teaching and am inspired by the creativity and flexibility of product design students. I coordinate and teach multiple Formulation Science courses across the undergraduate and masters level. My background is in protein biochemistry and I have worked across different universities and research institutes on projects concerning different aspects of protein science. My ongoing research interests are multidisciplinary and revolve around biopolymers, enzymes and microbes involved in biopolymer synthesis, usage of these biopolymers in composite materials, material perception and formulation design.