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
Supervisor(s): Dr Laura Torrente Murciano, Dr Matthew Jones & Dr Davide Mattia
MRes Project 2: Tandem Catalytic Reaction
Supervisor(s): Dr Steven Bull and Professor Christopher Frost
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.
