My scientific background is cell and molecular physiology/pharmacology. The focus of my PhD (1999, King’s college London) was the characterisation of K+ channels in myometrial smooth muscle.

I was appointed lecture at King’s in 2010 and promoted to senior lecturer in 2019.

I have published on various aspects on smooth muscle function, mainly vascular and respiratory, with a focus on responses to hypoxia and reactive oxygen species and the role of tyrosine kinases and the RhoA/Rho-kinase/RhoGEF signalling cascade, as well as ion channels and intracellular Ca²⁺.

I teach physiology at all levels and have co-ordinated large cohort level 4 Physiology modules for Biosciences and Medicine since 2013.

In 2021, I transferred to the Academic Education Pathway at King’s as a ‘senior lecture in Physiology education’ to focus on curriculum development, student transition, assessment and educational research.

I am currently the Head of Biosciences ‘Common Year One’, the Assessment Sub-Board Chair for Physiology and the outgoing Study Abroad Tutor for the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine (Biosciences).

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