Teaching responsibilities

Lecturer in the College of Science and Engineering. Taught modules include Forensic Investigation into Material Failure, Advanced Engineering Materials and Applications and Thermodynamics and Structure of Materials.

Membership of professional bodies

• Dementia Researcher career network STAART Alzheimer’s Association
• iOM3 - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) – UK, North West sector 

Qualifications

• PhD Science and Engineering, University of Manchester
• MA Fashion and Business (Distinction), Manchester Metropolitan University
• Postgraduate Diploma (Merit), London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
• History BA(hons), University of Birmingham

Recent conferences

• Alzheimer's Society Annual Conference 2024
• Advanced Materials Show 2024
• SubCon Manufacturing Show 2024
• The 15th Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium 2022: presentation of research 
  paper ‘Graphene-coated Embroidered Sensors for Detecting Low Level Protein Solutions’
• The 14th Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium 2021: presentation of research paper ‘Designing Wearable Electronic Textiles to Detect Early Signs of Neurological Injury and Disease’

Recent publications

• Textile-based biosensors for salivary detection of Alzheimer’s Disease biomarkers https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9224127/v1
• Could A Non-Invasive Biosensor Be Used to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease? American Journal of  Biomedical Science and Research’ https://biomedgrid.com/pdf/AJBSR.MS.ID.002881.pdf‘
• Designing Wearable Electronic Textiles to Detect Early Signs of Neurological Injury and Disease: A  Review’. 2021; Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics 14(3) 189-198 DOI:0.3993/jfbim00371
• ‘Graphene-coated Embroidered Sensors for Detecting Low Level Protein Solutions’. 2022; Conference: Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium