1998 BA, Botany, Trinity College Dublin 2004 PhD, Trinity College Dublin 2004-2008 Science Foundation Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, UCD SBES 2007-2010 Assistant Lecturer, UCD SBES 2010-2011 SFI Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, Trinity College Dublin 2011-2013 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Biology, Maynooth University 2013- Associate Professor in Biology, Department of Biology, Maynooth University