Degrees

BSc in Biological Sciences (Sussex University), PhD in Zoology (King's College, London University)

Awards and Prizes

Elected Member of EMBO (2005), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007), Fellow of the Royal Society (2009), Honorary Member of the Physiological Society, London. 2021, Honorary Fellowship, Worcester College, Oxford University. 2019, International Member of the American National Academy of Sciences (2020), Prizes/Medals: Remedios Caro Almela Prize in Developmental Neurobiology, Spain (2011). The Royal Society Ferrier Medal and Lecture (2016); the Mabel Fitzgerald Prize Medal. Oxford. 2016. The Champalimaud Vision Award, Portugal (2016); The Rosenstiel Award, USA,  2022; The Brain Prize, Denmark, 2023.

She was awarded a CBE for services to Neuroscience in the King's Birthday Honours (2024).

Research interests

Wiring the brain. Axon guidance and mRNA-based mechanisms of axon navigation in the developing visual system. Neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders and nerve repair. See video.

Teaching interests

Part I Neuroanatomy and Part II Neuroscience.

Other interests

Wildlife, walking, music, family