Caitlin graduated with a first-class degree in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Liverpool. She has excellent experience as a teacher, and her other activities include the publishing of a paper on the regioselectivity of Nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynes into 3-oxetanone. She has also presented to professionals within the pharmaceutical industry on GCP (Good Clinical Practice).
Amongst her other non-teaching activities, Caitlin has worked in partnership with industry and as part of a clinical trial to develop a medical device as a point-of-care test of immune function, which could allow patients to be stratified according to risk of post-operative complications.