Prior to my PhD I completed my undergraduate course at Cambridge. I then took a year out of academia, enabling me to travel and visit friends and family across the globe. During this time I worked as a tailor, a new skill which I have since employed! Aside from my PhD, I am an avid painter and sketcher, focusing on painting my and my families pets. I am also a competitive archer, shooting a compound bow for 2 years, after shooting a recurve bow for 8 years previously.