Last updated: 23 May 2025
Current Sector: Industry
Current Company: AstraZeneca
MRes Project 1: New Routes to 100% Bio-based Polyesters
Supervisor(s): Matthew Davidson (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Gerrit Gobius du Sart
MRes Project 2: Directed evolution of thermostable terpene synthases
Supervisor(s): Professor David Leak, Dr Matthew Styles, Dr Steven Bull and Dr Marc Hutchby
Marc graduated with a BSc and an MSc degree in Biochemisty from the Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. During his Bachelor’s research project he focused on neuropharmacology. In the first year of his masters he did an Erasmus exchange year at Cardiff University where he studied Enzyme Mechanisms. After returning to Germany to finish his Masters, he focused his research on the derivatization of natural products, particularly Polyketides and peptide conjugates. In his spare time he enjoys skiing, jogging, travelling and baking.
