Sophie obtained her MSci in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham. Within her MSci she undertook a project focused on Stefan type boundary layer problems. Achievement on this thesis as well as other modules resulted in Sophie earning the Andrew King Prize from the University of Birmingham for outstanding performance in Applied Mathematics.
Sophie then undertook a PhD in Applied Mathematics under the joint supervision of Professor John Terry and Professor Andrew Bagshaw in the Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine and the School of Mathematics. Throughout her thesis she focused on the application of graph metrics and machine learning approaches for differentiating extreme chronotypes using fMRI data. Furthermore, she utilised the Kuramoto Model on surrogate networks to find potential biomarkers for susceptibility to sleep deprivation before testing these biomarkers on EEG data collected during a 40 h sleep deprivation.
Sophie then stayed at the Centre for System Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine for her role as a Research Fellow.