Profile

My CV

• Education:

  I went to Bishop Wand Secondary School in Sunbury where I took my GCSE’s and then onto Strode’s College, Egham for my sixth form education.
  I chose to go to the University of Nottingham for my undergraduate degree and then went to work at the University of Warwick after a gap year. Three years later, I went onto do a PhD at the University of warwick after being encouraged to by colleagues, and because I was loving the work I was doing.

• Qualifications:

  I have 11 GCSE’s A*-B including my choice subjects of PE, Food Tech and History. At my school, French and RS were compulsory so I took these alongside English, Maths and Science.
  My A Levels were in Biology, Environmental Science and Chemistry, and I took AS Levels in PE and Maths. I needed 2 sciences to get into university for the course I wanted, but fortunately not maths, as I did really badly in the AS!
  I have BSc in Plant Science, which is the subject I really wanted to study, so chose to specialise straightaway, rather than take biology and specialise later.
  I had a break from education for a few years, and then studied again, to earn a PhD in Plant and Environmental Sciences. The project was working on rocket, the salad leaf, so for 4 years I was a rocket scientist!

• Current Job:

  Research Fellow in Useful Plants