Dr. Siddique received her BSc in Chemistry from Aston University. In 2012, she worked as R&D chemist at Hydrogel Healthcare Ltd and developed different materials and Hydrogel for industrial applications. She was awarded her PhD in materials from The University of Manchester, UK in 2019. She also worked as a postdoc at the University of Birmingham. She is currently working full time as a CEO and Scientist of AEH Innovative Hydrogel Ltd. Dr. Siddique is an exceptional and ambitious scientist and has won a number of prestigious awards for her work in the last 4 years, including over £1Million from Innovate UK. Her work at AEH has led to sustainable substrates for improving soil quality and for growing food crops without soil.