I currently work for Unilever as a Senior Product Science Research Manager in the Science and Technology team, within Beauty and Wellbeing. For the last 6 years I have been based at the Port Sunlight R&D centre, near to Liverpool, which is the original R&D site and the spiritual home of the global company. Our formulation research is focused around finding superior solutions for the hair care market, using hypothesis-driven scientific principles. 

I have a strong presence at the Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) at the University of Liverpool, which houses the world’s highest concentration of robots doing materials chemistry work. Vogue Business recently produced an article highlighting some of the research activities that Unilever focuses on at the MIF.

Whilst Unilever has world class facilities and scientists, we recognise the value of collaborating with scientific partners for specific technical projects. I am the industrial supervisor on several PhD projects co-funded by Unilever, as well as acting as an industrial contact for other research collaborations with universities around the world.

Prior to joining Unilever, I completed an Engineering Doctorate at the University of Birmingham, UK,  in Formulation Engineering. The project focused on encapsulation of fragrance for laundry applications and was in collaboration with Procter and Gamble and included working at their Newcastle Innovation Centre for around two years. This was preceded by a Master’s in Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK.

Beauty bots drive R&D at Unilever's £68 million facility | Vogue Business