Career History
2011-Present Lecturer of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.
2008-2010 Senior Research Officer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.
BBSRC funded research project: “Formation of Tyrosine Radicals in haem proteins: their role in electron transfer”
2006-2007 Senior Research Officer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.
EU Framework VI funded multi-center academic and industrial European team: “Genomics and Blood Substitutes for 21st Century Europe”
2003-2006 Senior Research Officer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.
BBSRC funded research project: “Characterisation of haem-protein cross-linked respiratory proteins: investigation of mechanisms for enhanced pro-oxidant activity”.
1999 – 2003 Research Officer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.
Wellcome Trust funding research project: “Molecular mechanisms of haem-protein induced oxidative injury: Rhabdomyolysis-induced renal failure”.
Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (April 2016)
Oct 94 - Oct 98 PhD, Biological Chemistry, University of Essex, UK
Title of Thesis: Reactions of lipids and lipid hydroperoxides with myoglobin and lipoxygenase
Oct 93 - Oct 94 MSc, Biological Chemistry, University of Essex, UK
Title of Dissertation: The analysis of the spectra of cytochrome c oxidase and its derivatives: Second derivative spectroscopy and singular value decomposition
Oct 90 - Jul 93 BSc, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Essex, UK (Hons)