Following a successful time, I was invited to the join the group at the University of Newcastle under Prof. John Aitken, which was a continuation of my PhD theme in the identifying plasma membrane redox systems. Within two years, I decided to set-up and establish a proteomics platform at the University of Newcastle and have since been successful in establishing 4 mass spectrometers in the Advanced mass spectrometry facility. In 2005 I was awarded the university of Newcastle Fellowship (rank #1 from 96 applications) which allowed 5 years of full time research. In 2011 I was awarded the NHMRC career development fellowship (level 2) from the NHMRC. I have been successful on 3 NHMRC DP grants, 1 ARC project grant and 3 ARC LIEF grants.