I received a B.Sc. Hons in Chemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1998, an M.Phil. in Radiochemistry from the University of Manchester in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Washington State University in 2009.

I have spent time working in the United States DOE system based at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls untill 2011 after which I moved to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) working in the Minerals Division. My research focus has predominantly been on developing both the knowledge underpinning separation processes as well as designing separation schemes for targeted metals, such as transplutonium actinides to rare earths.