Danielle is a PhD candidate within the ARC Hub for Medicinal Agriculture involved in characterising enzymes from medicinal plants for producing plant-derived compounds. Danielle received her Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences degree in 2019 from La Trobe University, Melbourne. Danielle undertook her honours year in the laboratory of Agricultural Bio-Solutions via La Trobe University, in 2020. Upon completing her honours degree with a H1 (first class) outcome, Danielle was awarded a PhD scholarship through La Trobe University and offered a position to undertake her PhD in collaboration with the ARC Medicinal Agricultural Hub. In 2021 Danielle started her PhD in the Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences division at AgriBio where her research focuses on understanding how enzymes of the terpene biosynthesis pathway in plants function and the medicinal properties that they produce.