At Queen’s University Belfast, I designed and delivered multidisciplinary research into environmental biosensing for my NERC-funded PhD on rapid on-site biosensing of PFAS. I independently planned experiments, analysed data and managed project milestones within a collaborative doctoral programme.
I developed and optimised molecular detection platforms, including ELISA-based assays, custom protein conjugates and Surface Plasmon Resonance biosensors. My work also included mammalian cell culture, hybridoma generation, antibody purification and assay validation.
During my visiting PhD placement at the University of Aberdeen, I developed and characterised lux-marked Pseudomonas biosensor systems to assess PFAS toxicity. I also cultured environmental bacterial strains and performed ion chromatography for chemical analysis.
At the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, I collected marine environmental samples aboard AFBI's Research Vessel Corystes and performed IR-MS, GC-MS and LC-MS analyses. I’ve also contributed to science policy work at the Royal Society of Biology, drafting policy briefings and summaries.
