1993-1997: Undergraduate degree in Physics (MPhys), University of Oxford;

1997-2001: Doctoral degree in Condensed Matter Physics (DPhil), University of Oxford;

2001-2003: Draper’s Company Junior Research Fellow in Materials Science, St Anne’s College, Oxford;

2003-2006: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Materials, University of Oxford;

2006-2010: Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Materials, University of Oxford;

2010-2013: Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

From September 2013: Royal Society University Research Fellow and Proleptic Reader in Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews