Analytical Chemist (Metals Department)

South West Water, Exeter, UK

• — Analysed metal content in the public water supply by ICP-MS — instrument operation, maintenance, and sample preparation on an Agilent 7000-series system.
• — Worked as a key worker through the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping water quality assurance running under constantly changing health guidelines.
• — Managed analytical results in the laboratory LIMS, ran proficiency schemes, and supported training across the department.

Assistant Scientist

Environment Agency, Leeds, UK

• — Rotated across the National Laboratory Service departments, analysing environmental samples to UKAS-accredited standards for the Agency and external clients.
• — Analysed formal samples used as evidence in legal prosecutions, where chain of custody and quality control are non-negotiable.
• — Specialised in organic chemistry — volatile organic compounds by headspace GC-MS — and co-produced an educational video on asbestos identification by polarised light microscopy for NLS conferences.

STEM Outreach Assistant

University of Bradford, STEM Central Laboratory, University of Bradford

• — Delivered everything from Lego Robotics workshops to undergraduate chemistry practicals in the STEM Central laboratory.
• — Represented the Royal Society of Chemistry, delivering the Spectroscopy Outreach Workshop to over thirty schools and colleges across Yorkshire.
• — Supported a 15-week programme for the educational charity 'Teaching, Learning, Growing', working with students excluded from mainstream schools.

MChem (Hons)

University of Bradford — Chemistry with Industrial Experience

Specialised in computational chemistry — the first bridge between chemistry and code.

A Level

King Edward VI School Lichfield — General

Module: Biology; Chemistry; Physics; ICT