Last updated: 21 May 2025
Current Sector: Research Management
Current Company: University of Bristol
PhD Project Title: Using natural variation and adaptive evolution of Metschnikowia pulcherrima for lipid production from low value plant feedstocks
Supervisor(s): Dr Daniel Henk and Dr Chris Chuck
External Partner: AB Agri
MRes Project 1: Improving vaccine thermostability using silica
Supervisor(s): Asel Sartbaeva (Chemistry)
MRes Project 2: Bioprospecting for industrially relevant fungal species/communities
Supervisor(s): Dr Daniel Henk
Rob graduated from the University of Exeter with a BSc in Biosciences in 2012 and has since been working in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries. After a while at Shell Global Solutions, where he investigated the use of synthetic biology for the creation of novel metabolic pathways for biofuel production, he joined UCB, where he expressed recombinant antibody fragments in bacteria for the development of novel therapeutic drugs. In his spare time, Rob likes to eat burgers, play football with his friends and occasionally runs, but only if the weather is nice.
