Ella obtained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. During her degree Ella completed an industry placement at Storm Therapeutics, where she investigated mechanisms of action of RNA-modifying enzyme inhibitors; and a research placement in the lab of Dr. Saverio Brogna, working on the interaction of UPF1, an RNA helicase, with the eukaryotic ribosome.

As a PhD student in the Ribeiro de Almeida lab, Ella is funded by a SBS DTP PhD studentship and investigates how RNA helicases remodel RNA structures in B cells.