Rebecca Chesterfield

Rebecca Chesterfield is a Technical Application Scientist at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a position held since August 2023, following a role as a Field Application Specialist at Bio-Rad Laboratories from August 2020 to July 2023. Prior experience includes serving as a Biochemistry Tutor at The University of Queensland from March 2019 to August 2020 and as a Technical Writing Assistant for the Australian Council of Learned Academies in 2018, contributing to the report "Synthetic Biology in Australia: an outlook to 2030." Additionally, Rebecca worked as a Research Assistant at The University of Melbourne from January 2013 to June 2016, focusing on biosensors related to neurodegenerative diseases and presenting research at several national conferences. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from The University of Queensland (2016-2020) and a Bachelor's degree with Honours in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Melbourne (2009-2012).