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 After obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences at Sunderland University, Amanda worked for a number of years in microbial research at Freeman Hospital, who subsequently cofounded her PhD at Newcastle University under the supervision of Professor Michael Goodfellow. Amanda continued to work as a postgraduate research associate, in the field of microbial systematics at Newcastle University until the beginning of 2009, where upon Amanda took her post as a Lecturer in Biology.

Amanda was a member of the ISBA 14 Organising Committee, the 14th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 2007. In 2009 Amanda was appointed guest editor for the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek special issue from the 15th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Shanghai. In 2011 Amanda was appointed co-chair for the Emerging pathogenic actinomycetes at the 16th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Mexico and guest editor for the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek special issue from the same conference. In addition to being elected chairperson of the International Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Nocardia and related genera. Amanda is currently a Charter Member of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics, a member of The Society for General Microbiology and Society for Applied Microbiology.