Education & Professional Experience

Laura has studied at University of Nottingham in Chemistry between 2014 and 2018, then at University of Nottingham in Organic Chemistry between 2010 and 2014.

Laura worked for BBSRC as Head of Transformative Technologies between Jul 2021 and Jan 2022, for EPSRC as Senior Portfolio Manager (Hydrogen and alternative vectors, fuel cells, industrial decarbonisation) between Oct 2018 and Jul 2021, for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as Senior Technical Advisor - Hydrogen (Secondment) between Jan 2021 and Jun 2021, for The Conversation UK as Editorial Team Intern between Jan 2017 and Mar 2017, for Endeavour Speciality Chemicals Ltd as Industrial Placement Student between Sep 2012 and Aug 2013.

 Skills & Competences

Laura has the following skills : Strategic Thinking, Public Outreach, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Chemistry, Data Analysis, Research, Presentations, Deadline Oriented, Customer Service, Conflict Resolution, R&D, Relationship Building, Business Relationship Management, Report Writing, Project Management, Working at pace, Science writing, Science Communication, Science.

Laura graduated from the following courses : ECDL level 2, Institute of Line Managers, Management Development Programme, People like Me (WISE), Fundamentals of Risk Management - Institute of risk management , RSC course: How to work with TV and Radio producers to create ideas for chemistry based content, Unconscious Bias.

Laura speaks the following languages : Welsh.