She has over 15 years of experience in the field of applied superconductivity, and leads a research group that focuses on tailoring the performance of a wide range of superconducting materials by microstructural engineering on the micro and nano scale. She is Co-Director of the new Oxfordshire Centre for Applied Superconductivity, a £6.49M project funded by BIS through the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, to link research in Oxford University with the interests and requirements of the cluster of industrial exploiters of superconductivity in Oxfordshire (www.cfas.ox.ac.uk). She is currently the Letters Editor of Superconductor Science and Technology.