Josh joined the Cai group in 2019 as a PhD student, where he combined DNA synthesis, automation, recombinases, and CRISPR-Cas engineering to develop platforms for dissecting complex features of the human genome. His work was conducted in collaboration with Dr Wei Leong Chew at the Genome Institute of Singapore, where he spent the final two years of his doctoral studies (2021-2023). Upon completion of his PhD, Josh returned to the Cai Group as a PDRA. His current research continues to focus on translating advances in microbial synthetic genomics to larger, more complex eukaryotic genomes. Josh holds a MSci from the University of Bristol, working with Prof. Thomas Gorochowski and outside of the lab enjoys cooking, travel, and SCUBA diving.