Simone is a Senior Associate at Davies Collison Cave in Brisbane, Australia. She specialises in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the areas of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry, biotechnology and biochemistry. Prior to commencing her career as a patent attorney, Simone completed her PhD at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her doctorate focused on the functional and structural characterisation of bioactive peptides in animal venoms. Her postdoctoral research at a multinational biotechnology company involved the design, synthesis and functional characterisation of orally stable peptide therapeutics. Simone also holds a Bachelor of Biotechnology (Drug Design and Development) with First Class Honours from The University of Queensland.