Erin completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science at the University of the West of Scotland in 2020. Following this, she worked in industry and then in the NHS before undertaking a Master’s in Precision Cancer Medicine with the University of Oxford in 2022, finishing in 2024. Whilst studying for her MSc, she worked as a Senior Research Technician within the Daphnia Facility at the University of Birmingham, on a project specialising in ecotoxicological testing using model organisms. She is now a PhD student in the Jones Group at the University of Birmingham, where her project focuses on developing broad-spectrum antiviral polymers utilising modified natural polymers.