- 1985 BSc (Hon's) Chemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London
- 1989 PhD Organic Chemistry, University College of Swansea
- 1989-1995 Post doctoral assistant, followed by 1995-1999 Departmental assistant at The Dyson Perrins Laboratroy, University of Oxford with Professor Sir Jack E. Baldwin FRS
- 1999 Lecturer at Loughborough Univeristy
- 2004 Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University
Research areas
- Palladium Catalyzed Reactions of Vinylcycloproanes
- Stoicheiometic Organometallic Routes to Heterocyclic systems (With Dr S. D. R. Christie)
- Radical and Palladium Routes to Heteroaromatic and Aromatic motifs (With Professor W. R. Bowman)
- Approaches to mono-cyclic b-lactam PSA Inhibitors
- Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
- Novel Nucleophilic Acylation
Awards:
- Leonard Hinkel Prize in Chemistry
- 1st Granta Park Lectureship.