[8][9][10][11][12] Langdale was educated at Barr's Hill Grammar School in Coventry[5][8] and the University of Bath, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Biology in 1982, specialising in microbiology.

[16] Following her PhD, Langdale was employed for five years as a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University with Tim Nelson.

The breadth of her research program has led to the elucidation of mechanisms operating throughout leaf development – from the earliest stages of organ inception and specification at the shoot apex, through patterning of distinct cell-types, to chloroplast biogenesis.

[42]Langdale was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2007[1] and appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to Plant Science.

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