I trained as a veterinary anaesthesia specialist before developing a parallel research career in somatosensory neuroscience. My interest in pain mechanisms grew directly from clinical practice and the challenge of measuring and treating pain in animals that cannot report it.

My PhD focused on the spinal circuits that carry pain and itch signals to the brain. I now hold a Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellowship, leading a group investigating how dorsal horn neuron identity shapes pain processing across species.