I graduated from University of Bristol with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering focusing on fracture of metallic materials in 2009. Following my PhD I moved to The University of Manchester where I was a research associate working on failure of quasi-brittle materials before moving to University of Oxford in 2011. As an Oxford Martin Fellow and Junior Research Fellow (Linacre College) my research focused on using advanced techniques at the time combined with numerical analysis to study fracture of a range of materials, connecting their micro-mechanical behaviour to their macro-mechanical performance. I then moved to University of  Sheffield as a Lecturer in Solid Mechanics in 2013. I eventually moved back to my alma mater in 2015 where eventually I was Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair.

I moved to Monash, Australia in 2024 to take up the role of Head of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where I continue to study the failure of materials mostly used in safety sensitive industries.