Career history 2006-Present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Centre for Biological Sciences, Southampton University, UK. 1999-2000: Research Assistant. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), Porton Down, Wilts, UK. Academic qualifications 2002-2006: PhD ‘Proteomic Approaches to Biomarker Identification in Cancer', School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, UK. 2001-2002: MSc Oncology, Clinical Oncology, Nottingham University, UK. 1997-2001: BSc (Hons) Applied Biology-Biomedical Science, Department of Life Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

My research interests lie within the field of proteomics, using cutting edge mass spectrometry to identify protein biomarkers of disease progression and treatment as well as developing qualitative and quantitative methods that enable the identification of protein biomarkers that are present within samples in low abundance. My technical expertise includes the preparation and mass spectrometry analysis of complex samples such serum, tumour tissue and skin as well as 3-D skin models, cell lines, interstitial fluid and chemically modified model proteins.

Proteomic analysis of the human skin proteome after in vivo treatment with sodium dodecyl sulphate - Parkinson, Erika, Skipp, P., Aleksic, Maja, Garrow, Andrew, Dadd, Tony, Hughes, Michael, Clough, G and O'Connor, C.D. Published:2014Publication:PLoS ONEVolume:9, (5)Page Range:e97772-[10pp]doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097772PMID:24849295 A qualitative and quantitative proteomic study of human microdialysate and the cutaneous response to injury - Gill, Carolyn Anne, Parkinson, Erika, Church, Martin K., Skipp, Paul, Scott, D.A., White, A., O'Connor, D. and Clough, G.F. Published:2011Publication:The AAPS JournalVolume:13, (2)Page Range:309-317doi:10.1208/s12248-011-9269-6 Rapid and quantitative proteomic analysis of human skin biopsy samples - Parkinson, E., Skipp, P., Aleksic, M., Scott, D., Clough, G.F. and O'Connor, C.D. Published:2007Publication:Journal of the American Society for Mass SpectrometryVolume:18Page Range:S72-S72doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2007.03.022 A novel method for the quantitative analysis of the interstitial fluid proteome - Skipp, P., Parkinson, E., Aleksic, M., Scott, D., O'Connor, C. D. and Clough, G. F. Published:2007Publication:Journal of the American Society for Mass SpectrometryVolume:18Page Range:S49-S49doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2007.03.021 The interplay of proteomics, genomics and bioinformatics approaches and their potential for cancer diagnosis and prognosis - Parkinson, Erika, Matharoo-Ball, Balwir, Ball, Graham, Shardendorf, Dirk, Ugurel, Selma, Creaser, Colin and Rees, Robert C. Published:2006Publication:AACR Meeting AbstractsVolume:47Page Range:687