Senior Lecturer
Skeletal Muscle, Exercise Physiology, Proteomics, Circadian Biology, Exercise Biochemistry, Sports & Exercise Science
I have particular expertise in a broad range of Sports and Exercise Science related disciplines. This ranges from the application of S&C applied principles to lab-based Molecular Exercise Physiology.
My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underpinning skeletal muscle adaptation and loss in response to exercise, with a particular emphasis on circadian biology, ageing, and health. I apply advanced mass spectrometry-based proteomics and molecular physiology techniques to explore how exercise training regulates protein synthesis, degradation, and homeostasis within a health and exercise context.
I completed my PhD at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, supported by a fully funded scholarship, where I worked in Prof. Jatin Burnis
more...I have particular expertise in a broad range of Sports and Exercise Science related disciplines. This ranges from the application of S&C applied principles to lab-based Molecular Exercise Physiology.
My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underpinning skeletal muscle adaptation and loss in response to exercise, with a particular emphasis on circadian biology, ageing, and health. I apply advanced mass spectrometry-based proteomics and molecular physiology techniques to explore how exercise training regulates protein synthesis, degradation, and homeostasis within a health and exercise context.
I completed my PhD at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, supported by a fully funded scholarship, where I worked in Prof. Jatin Burniston’s laboratory to develop and apply dynamic proteome profiling approaches in human and animal models of exercise. Following this, I held a postdoctoral position at the University of Florida’s prestigious Myology Institute, College of Medicine, where I investigated the integration of circadian rhythms and exercise adaptation, whilst also contributing to the NIH funded MoTrPAC consortium and co-authoring a chapter in the American Physiological Society’s textbook Exercise Metabolism.
On returning to the UK, I joined the Centre for Proteome Research at the University of Liverpool, where I led proteomic services for the NERC Environmental Omics Facility, overseeing externally funded projects, grant reviews, and training provision for researchers nationally. In 2023, I was appointed Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Lancashire, where I teach across several postgraduate programmes and provide academic leadership to the research environment of the school.
I maintain active collaborations across the UK and internationally and welcome opportunities to develop new partnerships. I am particularly keen to supervise PhD and MRes students with interests in exercise physiology, proteomics, and circadian biology, and invite students who are interested to contact me.
PhD, Muscle Proteomics and Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019
MSc, Sport and Exercise Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015
PGCE, Post-compulsory Education and Training, Edge Hill University, 2013
BSc (Hons), Sport and Exercise Science, Edge Hill University, 2012
