Experience

2017–2023

• Royal Society TATA University Research Fellow
  University of Glasgow, UK
  About the Royal Society TATA University Research Fellowship

2012-2016

• Ramsay Memorial Research Fellow
  University of Glasgow, UK
  About the Ramsay Memorial Research Fellowship

2011–2012

• Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Clark Research Group, University of Glasgow, UK

2009–2011

• Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Lautens Research Group, University of Toronto, Canada

Summer 2004

• Research Internship
  AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, UK

Summer 2003

• Research Internship
  Holmes Research Group, University of Cambridge, UK

Education

2004–2008

• Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
  Propargylic Mesylates and Model Studies for the Synthesis of Azadirachtin
  Prof. Steven V. Ley, University of Cambridge, UK

2000–2004

• M.Sci., M.A., Natural Sciences with Computer Science, 1st Class Hons
  University of Cambridge, UK
  Masters project: Synthesis and Reactions of Silylcarbamates in Supercritical CO₂,
  with Prof. Andrew B. Holmes

Positions, Awards & Recognition

2018–2023

• Young Chemists Panel
  Society of Chemical Industry Committee as part of the Fine Chemicals Group

2019–2022

• Treasurer, Glasgow and West of Scotland Section
  Royal Society of Chemistry

2018–2022

• Perkin Representative, Glasgow and West of Scotland Section
  Royal Society of Chemistry

2018

• Scottish Crucible
  Selected to be part of the The Scottish Crucible leadership and development programme

2017

• Glasgow Crucible
  Selected to be part of the The Glasgow Crucible leadership and development programme

March 2017

• Voice of the Future, Portcullis House, Palace of Westminster, London, UK
  Asking important science questions to the Science and Technology Select Committee: Report

September 2013

• Dave Kelly Cup, Gregynog Synthesis Workshop, Gregynog, UK
  Awarded for presentation of research into 1-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles

July 2013

• 63^rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Lindau & Mainau Islands, Germany
  Selected by the Royal Society and Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

August 2009

• Bayer Postdoctoral Workshop, Long Island, USA
  Invitation to present my research and participate in the workshop

September 2007

• UCB Excellence in Postgraduate Research Symposium, Cambridge, UK
  Invitation to present my research at the postgraduate research symposium

August 2007

• AstraZeneca Support for the Sharing of Science
  Awarded to present my research at the 2007 ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, USA

January 2007

• AstraZeneca Medicinal Chemistry Workshop, Knutsford, UK
  Invitation to present my research and participate in the workshop

December 2006

• Pfizer Poster Competition - Prize Winner, Canterbury, UK
  Invitation to present my research (Prize Winner) and participate in the workshop

October 2006

• Process Chemistry Workshop, Ware, UK
  Invitation to attend the workshop for final year PhD students

2000–Present

• Senior Scholarship, Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK
  Awarded for academic excellence

Presentations

• ScotChem Early Career Symposium 2021 (Online)
  August 2021
• Young Chemists' Symposium 2021, Imperial College London, UK (Online)
  April 2021
• RSC Perkin Meeting, St Andrews, UK
  January 2020
• Gregynog Synthesis Workshop, Gregynog, UK
  September 2019
• ISySyCat 2019: International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis, Evora, Portugal
  September 2019
• BOSS: 16^th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium, Brussels, Belgium
  July 2018
• University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  June 2018
• Meeting of Minds, The Royal Society, London, UK
  May 2017, Agenda
• Tata Innovation Showcase, The Royal Society, London, UK
  March 2017
• University of Keele, UK
  March 2017
• RSC Twitter Poster Conference
  March 2017
  
• European Researchers' Night
  September 2016
• Ramsay Memorial Research Fellowship 75^th Anniversary Symposium, London, UK
  June 2016
• RSC 5th Early Career Symposium, Glasgow, UK
  June 2016
• 24th International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry, Cambridge, UK
  July 2015, Poster
• Glasgow–Nankai Symposium, Glasgow, UK
  March 2015
• 21st Annual Review Meeting, Society of Chemical Industry, London, UK
  December 2014
• Ramsay Memorial Fellowship Lecture, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  December 2014
• Gregynog Synthesis Workshop, Gregynog, UK
  September 2014
• University of Manchester, UK
  June 2013
• Gregynog Synthesis Workshop, Gregynog, UK
  September 2013
• COST Meeting [CM0804] Chemical Biology with Natural Products, Izmir, Turkey
  May 2013
• RSC Perkin Meeting, St Andrews, UK
  December 2012
• 94th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montréal, Canada
  June 2011
• ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, USA
  August 2010
• 93rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
  June 2010
• Bayer Postdoctoral Workshop, Long Island, USA
  August 2009, Poster
• UCB Excellence in Postgraduate Research Symposium, Cambridge, UK
  September 2007, Poster
• ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, USA
  August 2007, Poster
• AstraZeneca Medicinal Chemistry Workshop, Knutsford, UK
  January 2007
• Pfizer Poster Competition, Canterbury, UK
  December 2006, Poster - Prize Winner
• ICOS Mérida, Mexico
  June 2006, Poster [ICOS-161]
  J. Mex. Chem. Soc. 2006, 50, Special Issue 1, 180