Experience

Exciting Instruments Limited
• Innovation and Partnerships Lead

  • Mar 2023 - Present

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Environmental Targets- Evidence and Analysis Science Lead

  • Jul 2021 - Mar 2023


Civil Service Fast Stream

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Defra 25 Year Environment Strategy Team, Targets Evidence and Analysis

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

• SAGE Covid Response Strategy and Delivery

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

  Government Office for Science

• CCAV Innovation Team Project Advisor

  • Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

• Futures and Home Office Science Advisory Council Strategic Lead

  • Oct 2018 - Sep 2019


Springer Nature for Research & Development
• Scientific Reports Associate Editor

  • Oct 2017 - Oct 2018


BioMed Central

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

  Editor for BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Biophysics and BMC Structural Biology. Responsible for working with the Editorial Boards to promote the journals and to provide homes for valid and contributory manuscripts. We emphasise on Open Access publishing of scientifically sound research within the BMC Series of community journals. Key responsibilities include; • Maximizing performance of a portfolio of medical journals • Building excellent and productive relationships with academic section editors, associate editors, editorial board members, authors and reviewers • Relationship management • Highlighting journal content to raise profile and visibility of the journals • Developing the content of the journals through commissioning, conference attendance and identifying key areas in the field for development • Progressing individual journal content to ensure efficient and appropriate peer review Show less



The Francis Crick Institute

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Student

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2016

  A challenging and rewarding project, in which I used independent learning and research skills to characterise a family of human proteins in response to infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This is a competitve field with increasing profile, requiring meticulous dedication to suceed. I have a number of publications, include a first author in Cellular Microbiology I was in frequent attendance and participation of Infection & Immunology seminars and journal clubs. I carried out supervision of an undergraduate student Sept 2014- Sept 2015. Throughout my project I worked within a close-knit team, sharing knowledge and ideas. I gained invaluable project management , analytical and organisational skills. I developed a very high level of attention to detail. These are important skills that I have been able to transfer into new career possibilities. Show less



Springer Nature

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Editor with SpringerPlus

  • Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

  Working an an in-house editor to guide articles through the peer-review process, focussing on scientifically sound articles that were published as open access papers. Working an an in-house editor to guide articles through the peer-review process, focussing on scientifically sound articles that were published as open access papers.