Lauren holds a PhD in Biosciences from University of Exeter and a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology from Imperial College London. She is an experienced microbiologist and drug discovery scientist with over a decade of expertise spanning antimicrobial research, functional genomics, and early-stage drug discovery. Her career includes senior research roles in academia and global, consortium-driven programmes, most recently contributing to tuberculosis drug discovery initiatives funded by the Gates Foundation.

Lauren has extensive experience in assay development and optimisation, high-throughput and high-content screening, and elucidating antimicrobial mechanisms of action and resistance across bacterial and fungal pathogens. She is highly skilled in lab automation, biological profiling, and data quality control, and has led complex screening workflows from hit identification through to lead optimisation. In addition, she is an experienced mentor and team leader, known for supporting junior scientists, maintaining robust assay pipelines, and collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

At Bactobio, Lauren works in the Compound Discovery team testing extracts or compounds for activity against key agricultural and clinical pathogens.

In her spare time Lauren enjoys baking, reading and playing music.