Eleanor has a 1st class Masters Degree and a PhD from Imperial College. After her PhD, she worked as a Research Associate for Imperial College, but was quickly seconded to the Government Office for Science and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to be part of the Nuclear Energy Research and Development Review Board. She was heavily involved in assessing the UK’s nuclear energy landscape, which involved close communication with stakeholders across the nuclear industry in the UK.
After this Eleanor then took up a consultant position with Adelard LLP, who specialise in risk, security and safety analysis for a wide range of industries; defence, nuclear, rail and critical frameworks. Whilst at Adelard, Eleanor established a new specialist work area in hydraulic fracturing.
Eleanor is a Chartered Engineer and specialises in material failures, metallurgy, escapes of water and oil, system failures and personal injury.