I obtained a BSc (Hons) in Plant Chemistry-Biology and a Masters degree in Microbial Ecology from the University of Lyon (France). Then, I completed a PhD in Biochemistry investigating the fate of insecticidal proteins produced by GM plants in the environment (INRA, Montpellier, France). I was subsequently employed as a Postdoctoral Researcher on a number of projects including:

- the mechanism of bacterial cell wall formation (Institute for Structural Biology, Grenoble, France),

- the development of genetically-encoded or chemically-labelled calcium, glutamate and glucose fluorescence indicators optimised for in vivo imaging (St George’s, University of London),

- calcium signalling in mammalian cell division and neurodegenerative disease (University of Liverpool)

Currently, I am interested in the role of calcium and calcium-binding proteins in neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases (University of Liverpool).

I have recently been awarded a British Heart Foundation Basic Science Research Fellowship to investigate the role of calmodulin in cardiac arrhythmia (University of Liverpool).