Grants
2026
Public Engagement Grant – Show Me The Science
Royal Society for Chemistry – £4000 (Co-Investigator)
2023
Building confidence: student-generated resources for developing oral presentation skills in Biomedical Sciences (pedagogical research)
Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching – £1428 (Co-Investigator)
2022
Microbiology in Society Award – Show Me The Science
Microbiology Society – £4776.50 (Principal Investigator)
2020
Public Engagement Grant – Show Me The Science
Royal College of Pathologists – £840 (Co-Principal Investigator)
2019
Harry Smith Vacation Studentship
Microbiology Society – £1,880 (Principle Investigator)
Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme
Cardiff University – £2,258 (Principle Investigator)
Public engagement proof of concept: “Microbiology: small worlds, big opportunities” (MicroScientists (see: Show Me The Science))
Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund – £5,361 (Principle Investigator)
2018
Understanding the contribution of the oral bacterial microbiome toward C. albicans virulence and associated mechanisms of action
Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund & GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare – £48,992 (inc. £7,000 GSK) (Principle Investigator)
Sodium bicarbonate toothpaste; efficacy and mechanisms of action against robust biofilms
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare – £26,602
2016
Use of full thickness oral mucosal 3D organotypic tissue models for the evaluation of biofilm infections and host responses toward the infections
GlaxoSmithKline – £21,350
Awards
2023
Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching, Bristol, UK
Outstanding Personal Tutor Award
2017
British Society for Oral and Dental Research, Plymouth, UK
Oral Presentation: Contribution of oral bacteria to Candida virulence and denture stomatitis
Senior Colgate Prize Entry Winner
2016
Biofilms7, Porto, Portugal
Poster: Development of an in vitro oral mucosal tissue model for biofilm infection
Poster Prize Winner
2015
MITReG annual meeting, Canada Lake and Lodge, Cardiff, UK
Poster: Bacteria increase expression of Candida virulence factors in biofilms
Poster Prize Runner Up
Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER), Bristol, UK
Oral Presentation: Development of an in vitro tissue model for biofilm infection
Highly Commended
2014
Oral Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG) meeting, Gregynog, Wales
Poster: Development of an in vitro biofilm model on denture acrylic
Poster Prize Winner