I am a materials scientist and engineer, interdisciplinary educator, and award-winning science communicator, currently Associate Professor of Nanomaterials and Interdisciplinary STEM Education at the University of Birmingham.

I see my academic role as a creative one, actively seeking to de-silo knowledge for the benefit of myself, my students, my colleagues, and wider public audiences.

Please explore the tabs at the top of the page (or in the menu bar on mobile) for more detail on past, current and upcoming projects, interests and activities.

Key Areas of Interest and Expertise

Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (University of Birmingham)

DPhil Materials (St Cross College, University of Oxford)

MEng Materials Science (Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford)

A Levels in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and French (The King’s School, Worcester)

The above gives far from the whole picture. I believe it is of great importance to share our journeys as academics and to provide the wider context of how we ended up where we are, especially for the benefit of those—both younger and older—with no direct experience of what academia entails, who might be looking in and wondering what it all involves. I was in that position once. If you’re interested, you can read about the ups, downs, and everything in between in My Story.

[Background photo from Dobbin’s Lookout on South Mountain just outside Phoenix, Arizona, during possibly the most spectacular sunset I’ve ever seen.]