Last updated: 19 May 2025
Current Sector: Industry
Current Company: Charles River Laboratories
PhD Project Title: A protecting group free strategy for the sustainable synthesis of polyketide natural products
Supervisor(s): Professor Steven Bull, Dr Pawel Plucinski and Dr Matthew Jones
External Partner: Northwestern University
MRes Project 1: Nanostructured catalyst and continuous reactors for the upgrading of CO2
MRes Project 2: Tandem Catalytic Reaction
Rob graduated with an MChem in Chemistry for drug discovery from the University of Bath in 2012, his final year research project looked at the N-oxide catalysed Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones. Rob spent his third year on placement with BioFocus working as a medicinal synthetic chemist. In his spare time Rob enjoys watching and playing sport.
