2015- present Royal Society University Research Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer, University of Bristol 2010-2015 Royal Society University Research Fellow and Gatsby Research Fellow, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. Associate Lecturer at Newnham College, University of Cambridge. 2008-2009 Browne Research Fellow, The Queen’s College, Oxford. 2002-2008 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Plant Sciences Department, University of Oxford. 1998-2002 Ph. D. University of Edinburgh. 1997-1998 M. Sc. University of Edinburgh/ Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 1996-1997 Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer, University of Oxford. 1992-1996 B. Sc. Joint Hons, University of St. Andrews