Research Experience

Experimental Biophysics PhD (September 2026 – Present) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

• Project: “Towards machine olfaction, a new ISR modality”, supervised by Prof. Davide Michieletto (academic) and Dr Neal Hopkins (industry; Dstl).
• Research focus: nucleic acid nanotechnology.
• Recipient of SPADS CDT doctoral funding.
• Awarded an additional £10k annual Research Training Support Grant from the OCSA Bio Tech Centre.

Bridging Research Intern (June 2026 – August 2026) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

• Awarded bridging funding to undertake research before commencing PhD studies.
• Project: “DNA Nanostars”, supervised by Prof. Davide Michieletto and Dr Jenny Harnett.
• Investigated liquid-liquid phase separation in DNA nanostars and its potential application in lanthanide capture.

MPhys Research Project (September 2025 – May 2026) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

• Project: “Evaporation of Breath Figures”, supervised by Dr David Fairhurst and Dr Joey Kilbride.
• Extended a recently published study by investigating the dynamics of the macroscopic edge effect in respiratory breath figures and its relationship to droplet-size distribution.
• Designed and built an experimental setup for imaging large droplet arrays.
• Developed efficient image, data, and statistical analysis workflows using FIJI and Python.

Summer Research Intern (June 2025 – August 2025) QinetiQ / University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

• Produced “Terahertz Methods for the Characterisation of Materials”, a literature review advising the company’s future research direction.
• Summarised findings in a final report and developed a comparative table of practical trade-offs.
• Funded by the University of Edinburgh Career Development Scholarship and hosted by QinetiQ.

Research Intern (July 2024 – June 2025) University of Melbourne / Carbon Cybernetics, Melbourne, Australia

• Project: “On the Characterisation of Carbon Fibre Electrodes for Neural Recording”, supervised by Prof. Steven Prawer.
• Contributing author on Modelling of Intracortical Microwire Electrodes for Brain–Machine Interfaces (manuscript in preparation).
• Designed and built a benchtop testing system to optimise carbon-fibre microelectrode-array performance.
• Undertook a meta-analysis of in vivo datasets to inform optimal array design.
• Automated data acquisition and analysis workflows using MATLAB and Python.
• Delivered weekly research presentations, incorporating group feedback into further development.

Education

University of Edinburgh (2021 – 2026) Master of Physics (MPhys), Physics with a Year Abroad — First-Class Honours (75%), Edinburgh, UK

• Received the Margaret Campbell-Scott Scholarship for outstanding entry qualifications.
• Awarded the Career Development Scholarship for a summer project in conjunction with QinetiQ.
• Achieved Certificates of Merit for academic excellence in the first two years.
• Awarded the Junior Honours Class Medal for top performance in the third-year cohort.
• Earned the Edinburgh Award for volunteering contributions to the University Sports Union Jiu Jitsu Club.
• Final-year focus: soft condensed matter (experiment and theory), biological physics, and statistical physics.

Employment History

Academic Tutor (March 2025 – June 2025) Newman College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

• Tutored first- and second-year Bachelor of Science students in Foundations of Physics (PHYC10009) and Quantum and Thermal Physics (PHYC20012).
• Ran individual consultations and group tutorials, tailoring support to students’ areas of difficulty.
• Designed original resources and problem sets to present physics concepts in novel contexts.

Cheesemonger (June 2023 – December 2023) IJ Mellis, Edinburgh, UK

• Independently managed shop operations, including opening and closing responsibilities.
• Completed specialised training in product knowledge and food safety.
• Developed expert knowledge of artisanal and regional cheeses.

Volunteering

English as a Second Language Tutor (March 2025 – June 2025) Jesuit Worldwide Learning, Remote

• Supported a refugee student in Kenya in developing English-language skills through personalised, one-to-one conversation practice.

References

• Prof Davide Michieletto, University of Edinburgh.
• Dr David Fairhurst, University of Edinburgh.
• Prof Steven Prawer, University of Melbourne.

Contact details available on request.