Dr. Emma Watson

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Emma Watson completed her PhD supervision under Professor Richard Payne at the University of Sydney, focusing on developing synthetic methods for accessing post-translationally modified proteins. She attained her postdoctoral appointment with Professor Nicolas Winssinger at the University of Geneva as an EMBO postdoctoral fellow, where she worked on logic gated biosupramolecular systems in oncology. In 2022, she returned to Australia to begin an independent career at the University of Adelaide before becoming a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at Monash University in 2025. Her research centers on developing responsive therapeutic systems based on biomolecules, leveraging Boolean logic to enhance safety and precision in treatment. Watson's research interests include developing new methodologies for protein synthesis with late-stage modification, exploring post-translational modifications for the regulation of function in therapeutically relevant proteins, and utilizing nucleic acid mimics (PNA - Peptide Nucleic Acids) as components of molecular circuits to enable targeted drug delivery.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer

2025-01-01 — Present

Monash University • Melbourne, VIC

Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow specializing in developing responsive therapeutic systems.

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.