Helen was a posdoctoral research associate in the Parsons group, having gained her PhD from Queen Mary, University of London where she used the reverse Monte Carlo method and netron total scattering to model local order in ferroic materials.

Helen worked on the "Putting the squeeze on molecule based magnets" project, which attempted to ehnace the magnetic properties of Re(IV) and Cr(III) molecular magnets through the application of GPa pressures.
Helen collected high-pressure diffraction data on both the local instrument and at Diamond light source, including collecting magnetic data under pressure.

Helen won the SCI Scotland Group prize at the EaStCHEM conference for early-career researchers 2018

Publications:
Local structure of the metal–organic perovskite dimethylammonium manganese(II) formate (2016)
Local structure of a switchable dielectric Prussian blue analogue (2017)
Magnetic structure and spin-wave excitations in the multiferroic magnetic metal-organic framework (CD₃)₂ND₂[Mn(DCO₂)₃] (2017)