I obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Chemistry with Analytical Chemistry at the University of Salford in 1997. I studied on a part time (day release) basis whilst working for Astra Zeneca (AZ) - Specialty Chemicals division (formerly ICI Colours and Fine Chemicals) in Blackley near Manchester.

Styring, AK, Kuhl, A, Knowles, TDJ, Fraser, RA, Bogaard, A & Evershed, RP, 2012, ‘Practical considerations in the determination of compound-specific amino acid delta N-15 values in animal and plant tissues by gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry, following derivatisation to their N-acetylisopropyl esters’. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, vol 26., pp. 2328-2334