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Biography

Berenice is a CERC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Genome Insights Team, within the Transformational Bioinformatics Group. She is currently working on prediction of phenotypic susceptibility derived from genomic data in Gram Negative bacterial isolates.

She also works on providing bioinformatic fungal genome analyses for use in Precision Fermentation and developing pipelines for virulence and allergens detection.

Academic Qualifications

  • 2019

    Doctor of Philosophy - Microbiology, Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology
    University of Canberra

  • 2012

    MBA - Supply Chain Management
    ESAN Business School

  • 2012

    Master in International Business
    Tec de Monterrey

  • 2009

    BEng Biotechnology
    ITSON

  • 2005

    Food and Beverages Technician
    CETis100

Achievements and Awards

  • 2024-2024

    AI in Science Award
    ANU - CSIRO

  • 2024-2025

    Ruby Payne-Scott Award
    CSIRO

Current Roles

  • CERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Genome Insights
    AMR

Professional Experiences

  • 2013-2022

    Service Manager | Data Analyst for Varietal ID of Australian crops
    Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd

  • 2022-2022

    Laboratory Manager
    Nourish

  • 2020-2020

    Bioinformatician
    University of Canberra

  • 2018-2018

    Member of the Council - Postgrad Student Representative
    University of Canberra