Jennifer is a Professor in applied mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on using mathematics and statistics to answer questions in biology and medicine. In particular, she develops mathematical models in areas such as wound healing, tumour growth and infectious disease epidemiology. Jennifer was awarded a PhD in 2009 from Queensland University of Technology on “Mathematical modelling of chronic wound healing”. 

From 2010 – 2013, she was at the University of Oxford developing mathematical models for the spread of resistance to antimalarial drugs. From 2014 – April 2017 Jennifer was a Lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University. In 2016 she started an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award to study and mathematically model venous leg ulcers. In May 2017, Jennifer joined the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne as a Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020 and Professor in 2023.