Candice is a senior lecturer with almost 20 years of experience in the field of additive manufacturing [AM]. During her career to date, she has built up a large network of academic and industrial collaborators, focusing much of her research towards improving powdered polymer AM materials and processes in order to increase their potential for widespread industrial usage. As part of these activities, she manages the University’s Advanced Polymer Sintering Laboratory. In 2011 she was awarded the International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award for her contributions in this field. She is also a keen advocate for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility, leading the MAPP EDI committee, and acting as deputy head of her Departmental Well-being and EDI committee. Externally she is a member of TIGERS (The Inclusion Group for Equity in Research in STEMM), a group working towards equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in STEMM, with a particular focus on the UK research funding landscape.