After completing BSc in Biochemistry in University of Dundee, I continued my studies in the molecular biology field and gained her PhD from University of Dundee in 2010. This was a joint PhD studentship between James Hutton Institute and University of Dundee. During this project I identified some potent polyphenols from fruit and vegetable that can exert chemopreventive effect and the mechanism underlying it. Subsequently, I worked in University of Manchester for a year on a project investigating the association between the changes of ion channel activity with the development of aging.