She received her PhD in the area of Microengineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in 2010. In 2013 she started a five year Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship. In 2015, she joined as an honorary fellow, the Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine (DIPM), at the College of Medicine, University of Edinburgh where her research group is currently based. From 2015 to 2017 she was part of the early career forum in manufacturing research at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC). She was nominated for the Heriot-Watt Crucible and the Scottish Crucible. She has received funding from the MRC Confidence in Concept programme, Chief Scientist Office, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Rosetrees Trust and Scottish Enterprise. In 2018 she was recipient of a £1.3M EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Challenge Award.