Short Biography

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​Current position: Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry,

The University of Manchester

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, UMIST

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Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Aston School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Postdoctoral fellow and visiting researcher

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with Prof. Mike Jung (nucleoside synthesis/carbohydrate chemistry/asymmetric synthesis - new routes developed to anti-viral nucleoside analogues). 

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PhD, University of Durham with Prof. M. R. Bryce (stereoselective natural product total synthesis - towards analogues of the anti-cancer alkaloid, Cephalotaxine)

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BSc Class I, University of Durham

Pemberton Scholar: Highest University-wide Marks, Finals Part 1

Harrison Shearer Prize for Chemistry: Highest Chemistry Overall Chemistry Finals

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