Tanu completed her Economics and Science degrees at UNSW, with Honours in molecular biology. Her honours research focused on the structural and sequence specificity of UV-induced DNA damage.

Currently, she is focused on the bioinformatic search for novel viruses in bats. Bats are a prominent reservoir of human pathogenic viruses with zoonotic and pandemic potential yet not much is known about the diverse range of viruses that they naturally harbor. Tanu aims to discover new viruses from a variety of bats and assess their human pathogenic potential.

Supervisor:

Professor Peter White