PhD University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences

Ongoing

BA University of Cambridge, Natural Sciences

Graduated with 2.1 in Plant Sciences

A Level Norwich High School for Girls

4 A* 1 A and Extended Project Qualification A*

GCSEs Framingham Earl High School

13 A*

Academic Work

For more see Research Projects

DPhil Project: Biological defences of Sitka spruce against the weevil Hylobius abietis: Investigation of genetic variability and molecular basis to facilitate resistance breeding

Research Assistant: Develop user-friendly DNA finger-printing for traceability of Forest Reproductive Materials and verification of pedigree in commercial forest species.

Undergraduate Research Project: How the transgenic expression of betalain pigments in N. benthamiana affects their response to the pathogen P. infestans.

Research Assistant: Measurement of temperature exposure and integration over time

Non Academic Work

Police Constable Cambridgeshire Constabulary July 2018 – June 2019

Acting Pilot Officer for the Cambridge University Air Squadron Sept 2015 - Aug 2018

VSO Volunteer in the Philippines May 2015 - Jul 2015

Professional Training

Doctoral Training Centre Program Oct 2019-Jan 2020

Practical Courses on :Programming, Essential mathematics, Statistics and data management, Bioinformatics, Synthetic biology

Online Training

Coursera: Data handlers toolbox, R programming, Exploratory data handling, intro to genomic technology

Practical Training

Fluidigm biomark course

Workshops

epiDiverse – Black Forest Summer School, Plant Ecological Epigenetics

OpenPlant ERASynBio 2nd Summer School : Introduction to Synthetic Biology in plant systems at the John Innes Centre

Teaching