Please say hi to my derpy orange cat Meeko as well.
I'm a neuroscience graduate who writes about science and spent a few years running the operations of a manufacturing business in between.
I studied Neuroscience at Cardiff University, spending my dissertation working with EEG and MRI data on cortical mapping. Alongside that, I've written for Women in Neuroscience UK for a few years, translating research on everything from circadian rhythms to consciousness into something a general reader can actually enjoy.
Before that, I worked as a camp instructor and after-school science host for Mad Science, running clubs and events for kids. It's where I first properly learned how to make science land for an audience that has zero patience for jargon, a skill that's turned out to be useful for every audience since.
More recently, I've spent two years as the operations lead for a fabrication business, estimating jobs, negotiating with suppliers, and managing a workshop under real deadline pressure. It wasn't part of the plan, but it taught me a lot about staying clear-headed and decisive when things don't go smoothly.
I'm currently building a career in science communication and technical writing, bringing together the research background, the writing, and the operational discipline, with a novel-in-progress quietly taking shape in the background.