Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

• Antibiotic synthesis
• Antimicrobial peptide synthesis
• Development of novel enzyme probes

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Current Research Opportunities

• Synthesis of novel antimicrobials to kill multidrug-resistant bacteria

Public outreach & key achievements

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council New Investigator Award (2019)

• Royal Society Research Fund (2018)

• Theime Chemistry Journals Award for Outstanding Early-Career Researchers in Organic Chemistry (2019)

• Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015)

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2011)

Research students

PhD title	Structural and Mechanistic Studies on Antimicrobial Peptides
Year	2017-2020
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD Titile	Synthesis of Labelled Prenols as Probes for New Antibiotic Targets
Year	2017 – 2019
Country	China
PhD Title	Synthesis of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides
Year	2019-2023
Country	Northern Ireland

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• Faculty of Engineering And Physical Sciences
• School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology
• Material and Advanced Technologies for Healthcare