Dr Ashley Reynolds began her tertiary education at Monash University, studying Behavioural Neuroscience. She went part-time in her final year because her mum required lung transplants due to a rare lung disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (also known as LAM). Feeling burnt out, Ash spent two years travelling around the work, working and applying to medical programs.

Ash went on to complete first-class honours in Neurobiology and Neuroscience at Melbourne University. Towards the end of her honours year, Ash moved to the UK and started her Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Leeds. She found herself in a unique position where she was starting Med and finishing her honours thesis at the same time in a different country.

'Balancing your time between the things that do and do not matter to you, that is important, because time is everything'

Throughout her studies and throughout her career Ash has spent a lot of time and energy doing the things that she loved. Dancing, painting, drawing, pottery, partying... the list goes on. She has found that her priorities changed as she progressed through life and she was lucky enough her work coincides with her passion. It's been clear to Ash from a young age that she has a passion for neuroscience and as she progresses in her career and studies she is finding new ways of interacting with the field. After Ash completes her PhD, she hopes to drive the development, distribution and accessibility of neurobionic devices.