Isabel’s higher education was at Cambridge and Sheffield universities. She joined TWI in 1992 after working in nuclear engineering, steels research and offshore technology, and has been a Technology Fellow since 2012.

Isabel’s technical work focuses on the development of analytical flaw assessment techniques, and their application to safety-critical structures and equipment. She chairs the committee that develops and maintains BS 7910 (UK flaw assessment procedure) and is a member of the R6 (UK nuclear assessment procedure) panel.

In 2016 Isabel took up the additional role of Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Integrity Management at the University of Bristol.