A truly global career

Associate Professor Jessica Mar is a computational biologist, using statistics and computers to solve questions about big data in biology. Jessica started out with a science degree at UQ, before moving on to the UK as a research assistant with the Human Genome Project. She then moved from the United Kingdom to the United States, completing her PhD at Harvard University. Next came the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York for a post-doc position. Jessica’s incredible career shows no signs of slowing down – she is now a group leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland.In this episode, Jessica talks about travelling the world in pursuit of her career, being a role model for emerging researchers, and what big data means for us in the world of health and biology.Read more about Jessica's work: https://aibn.uq.edu.au/profile/3649/jessica-marThis series is made possible by the contribution from Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo