She received her degree and PhD from Ulster University and was appointed to Trinity in 2009. Her research is on Sustainable Energy with a focus on Solar Energy and Energy Storage for application in the built environment. She has published more than 100 papers and has lead national and EU projects as well as COST Action. Her work on Luminescent devices has been at the forefront, being the first to introduce quantum dots collaborating with Imperial College and investigating plasmonic augmentation in these devices. She has recently been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Starter Grant for her project PEDAL – investigating plasmonic enhancement for luminescent devices for solar application in buildings.